This book develops the theological method implicit in the theology of John Wesley. The four normative sources for doing theology have been described as the Wesleyan quadrilateral--Scripture, tradition, reason, and experience. The author shows that for Wesley the Protestant concept of "Scripture alone" entails the view that the Scriptures are the primary source, not the only source, of theology. He proposes that Wesley's theological method is the basis for a catholic evangelicalism and ecumenism that is faithful to the Scriptures, to the Early Church Fathers, to a responsible use of reason, and Christian experience enlightened by the Holy Spirit.

The Wesleyan Quadrilateral: Scripture, Tradition, Reason, & Experience as a Model of Evangelical Theology

Religion & Spirituality

Thorsen, Don

Christian Books & Bibles

Emeth Press

This book is a post-critical conversation with modern and postmodern theology. It focuses on the narrative of history and the task of hermeneutics as the means of validating faith as opposed to the verification-epistemology of modern rational objectivism. Paul Ricoeur's philosophy of testimony is preferred as a means of bridging the extremes of modern objectivism and postmodern subjectivism. The contributions of Karl Barth, Rudolf Bultmann, Marcus Borg, N. T. Wright, Jürgen Moltmann, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Gustavor Gutiérrez, James Cone, Sandra Schneiders, James B. Cobb, Jr., George Lindbeck, Stanley Hauerwas, William Abraham, among others, are considered and evaluated.

Theology As History and Hermeneutics: A Post-Critical Conversation with Contemporary Theology

Wood, Laurence W.

This book has two aims-to summarize the New Testament teaching about the gifts of the Spirit, and to help you discover your gifts. Chapter One clears away misunderstandings. Chapter Two identifies the spiritual gifts, and Chapter Three defines them. Chapter Four deals with questions Christians ask about spiritual gifts. Chapter Five gives biblical guidelines for using them. Finally, the last chapter offers a practical way to discover your spiritual gifts and includes an inventory to assist the reader to find out which gifts they have.

The New Testament Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Kinghorn, Kenneth Cain

This book is a guide foryouth regarding spiritual gifts. An important part of the complete life Jesus promised believers includes finding and using one's spiritual gifts. It's essential for youth to stand on solid ground and choose wisely as they prepare for life. Becoming grounded in Jesus Christ and knowing how he has gifted you will help you get ready for your march toward marriage, mission, and purpose. An inventory of one hundred questions will help you to identify your gifts and feel more comfortable and confident about what God has in store for you..

My Spiritual Gifts

Teen & Young Adult

Authentic Spirituality is an invitation to discover the rich textures and contours of the catholic Christian tradition. The introduction explores basic definitions and directions essential for a proper beginning. Chapter 1 focuses on the key issue of openness, God to us humans and Christians to the whole of their spiritual heritage. Chapters 2 - 7 examine the dimensions of the present ministry of God's Spirit and the rich resources of Christian faith and tradition that illumine each of these dimensions. Chapter 8 suggests helpful paths for personally maturing spiritually in light of all these Spirit ministries and heritage resources.

Authentic Spirituality

Callen, Barry L.

This is a two-volume textbook in clinical theology. It serves as a course in clinical pastoral training and care which makes full use of the resources and techniques of psychology. This work integrates the theological, psychiatric, and psychoanalytical disciplines with remarkable success and clarity. It offers full analyses of mental and spiritual conditions and they are illustrated with case-histories. It serves as the foundation for training seminars in pastoral counseling offered in diocesan centers in Great Britain. Thomas Oden refers to this textbook as a "brilliant work" and considers Lake to have been one of the foremost pastoral counseling theologians in the twentieth century. This work can revolutionize the pastoral counseling ministry of pastors and is also an exceptional resource for preparation of sermons with its wealth of information and insights.

Clinical Theology, a Theological And Psychiatric Basis to Clinical Pastoral Care (Volume 1)

Lake, Frank

Clinical Theology, a Theological And Psychiatric Basis to Clinical Pastoral Care (Volume 2)

We often think of John Wesley as a church reformer, the founder of a denomination, a social activist, a folk theologian, and a voluminous author, but he was preeminently an itinerant preacher who traveled throughout the British Isles doing the work of an evangelist. Although a High Churchman with a great respect for the liturgy of the Church of England, everywhere he preached he called his hearers to experience justifying and sanctifying grace. Wesleyan intended this soteriological theme to characterize the preaching of all his Methodist preachers. This book shows us that evangelism was the center of Wesley's ministry and early Methodism. The breadth of this book is remarkable and is lucidly written. For those who have read widely in Wesley Studies they will find interesting details here that have often been overlooked. For example, this book provides us with the fascinating story of why and how Wesley was led to organize Methodism into societies and class meetings. The formative influence of his father and mother were not insignificant in this regard, just as the Pietists played a significant role. This works shows us that Wesley was a man very much engaged in conversation with his peers and that his opinions as well as his theology were formed out a web of deep intrigue involving numerous religious and political figures. Although he was an evangelist who considered the whole world his parish and who believed that God had raised up the Methodists to proclaim scriptural holiness across the land, Wesley took ideas seriously and insisted on a right understanding of the gospel as well as a right relationship with Jesus Christ. The last chapter in this book particularly offers a corrective understanding of the relationship between life and doctrine, showing that Wesley's evangelism effectively used Christian apologetics. For those who are newcomers to Wesley Studies, this work is reader-friendly and provides a delightful narrative of the main events in Wesley's life and ministry with the theme of evangelism as the integrating theme

John Wesley the Evangelist

Hong, John Sungschul

Biographies & Memoirs

This book provides the most complete and comprehensive history of the Evangelical Congregational Church ever published and is the superb work of a corps of historians and church leaders who know, understand, and love the Evangelical Congregational heritage. They are aware of the importance of the church's history to inform, inspire, nurture, and equip it to fulfill God's calling in this generation and those that follow. Effectively employing primary and secondary sources, the authors begin their narration by describing the Wesleyan roots of the Evangelical Congregational Church and its predecessor denominations - the Evangelical Association and the United Evangelical Church. Each of the chapters that follow discusses how the church organized for evangelism, worship, education, missions (home and overseas), itinerant ministry, benevolent work, and much more. While appropriate attention is paid to the denomination's gifted leadership in its bishops and denominational executives, the central and essential roles of pastors and laypeople are emphasized.This volume offers the Evangelical Congregational Church a magnificent view of its history at a critical time in its life when its evangelistic and servant ministry is as much needed as ever. Others who share the Wesleyan tradition and who are interested in the ministry of the Christian church will also gratefully find this an illuminating and fascinating story.

Evangelical from the Beginning

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The Wesleyan Quadrilateral: Scripture, Tradition, Reason, & Experience as a Model of Evangelical Theology

Theology As History and Hermeneutics: A Post-Critical Conversation with Contemporary Theology

The New Testament Gifts of the Holy Spirit

My Spiritual Gifts

Authentic Spirituality

Clinical Theology, a Theological And Psychiatric Basis to Clinical Pastoral Care (Volume 1)

Clinical Theology, a Theological And Psychiatric Basis to Clinical Pastoral Care (Volume 2)

John Wesley the Evangelist

Evangelical from the Beginning

Evangelical from the Beginning