Jesus Christ is in Heaven - Concerning the Faith Formed Within our Communities

The Sabbath may be one of the most difficult scriptural commands for Christians in the west to fulfill. Our western culture is oriented around our work. We are taught to measure ourselves by what we produce, by what role in society we fill. Think about this: what is the first question you typically ask someone when you meet them for the first time, after learning their name? Isn’t it something like: “So, what do you do?” This thinking is so innate to us that we rarely stop to

Compose a 500 word blog post regarding what you have gained over the semester, what kinds of inspirations it has fostered, and how you plan to use what you learned in the future.                 The reading and videos, and the discussions, that I engaged with during the course of this class have provided me with a number of significant insights and pieces of information that, I hope, will become seeds of wisdom. I feel that I have gained much. To begin with, diving into the c

Grace is one of the most beautiful words in our dictionary. In the Christian life, we often speak of grace as God’s forgiveness, which it certainly is. At times, when trying to be more precise, we may hear someone use the term ‘unmerited favor’.                 As members of the Wesleyan tradition, we know that God’s grace is more than pardon. Grace is God’s active work in our lives. He imparts it to us to make us into the people we were created to be – to transform us more c