Studio, I dunno who wrote this lovely, fitting tribute to John Wesley, I'm sure that they had the best of intentions. The deal with Methodists, for "personal salvation" is just like the deal with Baptists, Episcopalians, Catholics, (with a little variation) and every other Christian. Accept Christ as your Saviour, the Holy Trinity, "The Father, The Son, The Holy Ghost".
No hard rules here, no murdering in the name of Jesus, no pop quizes, it's real easy. Christianity is truly a loving giving religion. It just ain't that hard. As far as PlainOl' getting it right.....Once again Studio, you are showing your, "Cluelessness"...... On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 5:16 AM, studio <[email protected]> wrote: > On May 19, 6:06 pm, Keith In Köln <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I was growing up, as a First Christian, (a slightly modernized > version > > of Baptists, but not much) and during the summer, when we had the Church > > Basketball games, and the proverbial, "Sunday Dinner On The Grounds"; > the > > Methodists always had the crispier fried chicken..... > > Travis preferred crispy fried road kill with bacon. > > Travis scribbled: > I resigned from the Methodist Church when I was 23 y/o. > > lol...and I'm sure they've regretted it ever since. > > But maybe he's a member of Methodist-lite? > > But seriously, I'm sure the head of the Methodist Church could be > proud of Travis' writings...if he knew of them. > --- > > Methodism insists that personal salvation always implies Christian > mission and service to the world. Scriptural holiness entails more > than personal piety; love of God is always linked with love of > neighbors and a passion for justice and renewal in the life of the > world. > Methodism has distinguished itself as a religious movement strongly > tied to social issues. > As father of the movement, John Wesley injected much of his own social > philosophy into the movement as a whole. > Wesley’s personal social philosophy was characterized by “an > instructive reluctance to criticize existing institutions [which] was > overborne by indignation at certain abuses which cried out for > rectification.” > The Methodist Church’s responses to injustices in society are > embodiments of the Wesleyan traditions of mercy and justice. > --- > > Yeah, that our Travis to a tee...not! > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
