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The intent of this article is to develop a model of educating towards spiritual maturation. The article begins by establishing goals and objectives for educating towards spiritual maturation. These...

Several times in my career as a professor of Old Testament, I have taught a course on the theology of Lewis’s fiction, and once, a course on the theology of Tolkien’s fiction. In this essay, I will...

Welcome to the 22nd edition of Didache: Faithful Teaching. This special edition marks the beginning of a new journey toward our Global Theology Conference, “In the Power of the Spirit” (Luke 4:14), to...

Recent publications in pneumatology raise several issues often neglected in the past but now slowly making their way into Biblical scholarship. Previous writings focused upon the interpretation of the...

However, when discussing the term “power of the Spirit” within Pentecostalisms, there are very diverse perspectives that have outlined and shaped the current practices of Christian churches in South...

"What does it mean to be a Holy People who are empowered by the Holy Spirit? The seemingly contradictory title of this paper gives clues to my answer. Stated plainly, I will argue that a Holy People...

I would like to put forward four plausible axiomatic statements that seek to repair and reset a new “plausibility structure” to help make meaning and maintain focus on purpose and mission. These...

I would like to briefly articulate, in broad strokes, the view of a new creation eschatology and conclude with why it fits well within a Wesleyan theological perspective. In articulating the new...

To speak of the hope of a new creation is to be willing to break paradigms, to move to the future while moving back to the beginning-genesis without pretending to go back to fundamentalisms. To speak...

This edition includes an interesting array of essays, research articles and student submissions. The first half of this edition addresses a key theme that has shaped a number of recent conflicts...

The challenge of speaking the truth in love has been with humankind since the beginning. The earliest accounts of human interaction attest to the possibilities of interaction and communication going...

To participate in the ongoing history of how we communicate, perhaps we can look at this harshness and dishonesty as the grains of sand in our shells. We can respond by evolving the way the newspapers...

Why does conflict appear to be such a prevalent part of communication in our world today? Can we communicate without conflict? Why do many of us find it difficult to communicate about issues on which...

Why don’t we talk more about controversial issues in the church? Why are we quieter than talk radio hosts and news entertainment folk? They tell us who did it, why, and what they meant by it. The...

Christians know that marriage is not an accident of history. Marriage is a gift from God and a key building block of human civilization. God instituted marriage as a concrete expression of his...

John Wesley’s “Directions for Renewing Our Covenant with God”, first published in 1780, contains his instructions for a Covenant Service adapted from the writings of Puritan Richard Alleine and...

What does it mean to be holy? It is hard to digest the weight of glory that such a call represents. If we try to abide in our strength, we surely will not meet the demands of holiness. That being said...

If this solution of unity in love is known, and the Holy Spirit is able to empower us to live in such love, why is there still division and unloving behavior in the church? The short response is “sin...

A response paper for the Global Theology Conference to be held in Pilar, Argentina, in April 2024.

How does the Holy Spirit act creatively in the church? It would be a fair question from a document that outlines a practical perspective of awareness of the Spirit's presence in a believer. For this...

This response paper reflects primarily on issues elicited by Khobnya’s paper, namely, “What is this togetherness?” “How does the Spirit create togetherness?” and “What (or who) is the extent of...

Global Theology II Conference Edition. (January 2007) This is a special edition of conference papers developed in advance of the Global Theology Conference for the Church of the Nazarene held 31 March...

At the very beginning of discussions centred on the ideas of ‘One Lord, One faith, One Baptism: Unity and Diversity in our Wesleyan Theological Tradition’ it seems appropriate to grapple with the...

God is a missionary God2 who is unchangeably faithful in ‘sending’ God’s love. The mission of God unveils the character of God. God’s character is God’s mission and vice versa because God is love...