As a retired United Methodist minister I am sorry that I did not take a deeper look into the Free Methodist Church. As I understand more about it today it appears to me that this would be the church that I would have loved to have been a part of to have been a minister in.
We like to say we have good bones. Having a hermeneutic that allows for interaction with both our community and the voice of the Holy Spirit gives us an important starting place to grow and experience the living God.
I teach a public speaking / worldview class at a Christian university. We use Hidden Worldviews as a text, written by Azusa folks and concludes with a chapter on the Wesleyan Quadrilateral. I used your video as a supplementary source. Thank you!
That's great! Sometimes we treat the Quad as an academic exercise, but it's really a way of saying, "You get to be part of your theological journey!" If there's anything else that would be helpful to you, let us know!
I'll help you out. I finished this video. And I'm like Arminian and believe people can fail salvation from this scripture I found Galatians 5:19-21 that when sinning that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians was Paul's teachings, proves it can fail eternal salvation. Grandpa believed he couldn't go to Hell, and Arminians believe he could. I'm against suicide. I was depressed also to suicidal. I almost did suicide as a 5-Point Calvinist. And these scriptures got me more hope. I became more Arminian now from these scriptures I posted on here. I believe people can fail salvation. Loving God is wanting to be useful for him much. What if a person could do that much of his time? And I enjoy working from this. People who enjoy working. When it's more likely to be boring to non-Christians. Mark 9:33-35 New American Standard Bible 1995 33 They came to Capernaum; and when He [a]was in the house, He began to question them, “What were you discussing on the way?” 34 But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest. 35 Sitting down, He called the twelve and *said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, [b]he shall be last of all and servant of all.” . This is for Christian world domination. Why to raise kids Christians. God Son Jesus said similarly to whoever is useful the most is the best merited of the apostles. Useful merit for eternal rewards and competition with other Christians. With God Son Lord Jesus Christ faith teaching, people will want to be useful for the kingdom of Heaven, which usefulness happens on Earth and if any other place. We need to help this world as much as we can! This text could motivate, supposed to be Christian people, to do all types of usefulness. Chores, volunteering, grade school, high school, college, and work. Good people, this world needs them.
Don't forget, it's a quadrilateral! In addition to scripture, tradition, and reason you must include experience. Faith (as opposed to intellectual assent) comes from experiencing the living God, which has the potential to create very real tension with what we hold to be authoritative. Each component of the quadrilateral is a balance against the human desire to put God or the work of the Church in a box.
