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Yes, I know the “c” in the title is not capitalized. I’m using the lowercase letter, because I’ve been thinking about John Wesley’s sermon on catholic spirit in light of the “Big Tent Christianity” event.

The Bible functions as key resource for helping me understand something about God and about life in general. But the errors I have discovered in the Bible prompt me to take care in how I think and talk about Scripture.

I’ve been thinking about the influence John Wesley’s theology has on my life. Here is my list of books that have been most influential in shaping my understanding of Wesleyan theology.

My recent book, The Nature of Love, concludes with comments about what theologians call “eschatology.” The eschatology I offer coheres with my Essential Kenosis theology, which I propose in the book’s last chapter.

Mission is risky business. It means taking chances and being susceptible to failure. But God seems the biggest risk-taker of all!

Michael Lodahl’s new book, Claiming Abraham: Reading the Bible and the Qur’an Side by Side, is simply an exciting read! His theological interpretation of these sacred texts should help Christians and Muslims identify their theological similarities and differences.

I’ve often thought it would be fun to write a scholarly essay on love using song lyrics.  Music plays such an important part of our lives, and I confess that music has profoundly shaped the way I see the world.

In the last five months, I’ve done more hiking than I have in the last 15 years. I find trekking the wilderness inspiring.

Open theology offers an impressive theological framework. But Open theology has a problem with the problem of evil.

Many of us recognize the need for transformation in our own lives and in the church. We need wise principles to help us respond well to God’s guidance into this transformation.