Wesleyan Accent is excited to welcome Ellsworth Kalas who will be contributing regular reflections on Wesleyan hymns. His first highlights Charles Wesley’s wonderful Advent hymn, “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus.”
Category: Accents of the Academy
Andrew C. Thompson ~ John Wesley: Theological Mentor
How should we “read” John Wesley? And why is he important for people today? These are important questions for Methodists, most of whom consider…
Kevin Watson ~ Christianity with a Wesleyan Accent: Wesleyan Doctrine
Though Wesleyans are most committed to offering Christ, not to being distinct from other Christian traditions, there are differences in Christian traditions because various…
Matt Sigler ~ Fragmented by Age: Liturgy & Families
Several weeks ago, as I was running errands, I heard my two-year old son exclaim from the backseat of our car, “Oh my God!”…
Jack Jackson ~ Evangelism: ESJ’s Roundtable Conversations
Evangelism is a natural and necessary element of multifaith conversations from Wesleyan perspectives. True conversation by Wesleyans means true announcement of the good news…
Andrew C. Thompson ~ Salvation: The Church’s First Mission
H. Richard Niebuhr summed up the mainline Protestant view on the coming kingdom of God with the statement: “A God without wrath brought men…
Kimberly Reisman ~ Aha Moments and the Kingdom of God
I’m excited about what’s unfolding at A Wesleyan Accent. We’ve got a group of younger voices in the Methodist/Wesleyan world who have a great…
Kevin Watson ~ Christianity with a Wesleyan Accent
I love accents! I could listen to someone from Boston say “Harvard” all day. I could hear someone from England say “Cheers” and never…