Firebrand Podcast

How do the laws of the Old Testament apply to Christians today? In this episode Scott takes us on a ten-minute tour of the Wesleyan understanding of the relationship between law and grace. 

In this episode the PT crew takes a critical look at a New York Times article by philosopher Peter Atterton called "A God Problem."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/opinion/-philosophy-god-omniscience.html

In this installment of PT shorts, David discusses John Wesley's cautions about money and instructions on its proper use, especially in his eighth discourse on the Sermon on the Mount. 

Early Methodist worship was soaked in Scripture, in keeping with the Wesleys' intention. In this episode, David talks briefly about early Methodist practices of reading Scripture and the goal of facilitating personal and social holiness. 

Christ is risen! The gang's all here to talk about Christ's ultimate triumph over sin and death and what the resurrection means for the Christian life. 

In this episode, we talk about the theological significance of Good Friday and get into some incredibly clear an not-at-all-confusing conversation about atonement. 

John Wesley believed that the gifts of the Spirit described in 1 Corinthians 12 and Romans 12 were available to believers of all ages. Occasionally he preached or wrote on this topic. Nevertheless, he held, the gifts became far less common after the third century. Find out why in this episode. 

John Wesley was deeply opposed to slavery, as his "Thoughts Upon Slavery" makes abundantly clear. Nevertheless, he doesn't always deal directly with passages of Scripture that were often used in support of slavery. He most likely read these passages in light of the "general tenor" of Scripture, which allowed him to express staunch opposition to slavery while maintaining a commitment to the full inspiration of the Bible. 

We recorded our first podcast in front of a live audience at the 2019 Spirit and Truth Conference at Stillwater UMC in Dayton, Ohio. At this event, we talked about the future of the global Methodist movement, and how we got where we are today in The United Methodist Church.