August 2025 – John Meunier
3 posts published by John Meunier during August 2025| John Meunier
One reason why the Methodist movement outlived the first generation of Methodists is because John Wesley was a practical theologian and a spiritual guide to the people called Methodist. In most of …| John Meunier
Some conversations recently have me reflecting on the Methodist use of Scripture. How do we read the Bible, and how do we use it? I can think of no better place to start than John Wesley’s pr…| John Meunier
Have you read recently Paul’s defense of his ministry in front of Agrippa and Festus? There is a lot that can be said about it, a lot more than I will say here, but reading chapter 26 of Acts…| John Meunier
This is a fundamental truth; none will come to Christ as Redeemer until he is throughly convinced he wants a Redeemer. No man will ever come to him as a Saviour, till he knows and feels himself a l…| John Meunier
A Matter of WordsIn my last post, I wrote about “Wesleyan evangelicals” in the United Methodist Church. Going forward, I am going to drop that term in favor of “Old School Methodi…| John Meunier
In recent years in the United Methodist Church, members of the clergy who place a high priority on social justice work have taken to quoting our second baptismal vow. I first became aware of the pr…| John Meunier
My last post looked at the first of four preaching points that were essential to the rise of Methodism as a distinct tradition within the wider church. In that post, I noted that John Wesley did no…| John Meunier
As the United Methodist Church moves forward from the shattering events of the last 5 years, the most pressing question before us has not changed. From the very early days of Methodism, we have had…| John Meunier
I’ve had a few people on other social media platforms and offline ask me why I am still a United Methodist. These questions arise, I believe, because I am clearly out-of-step with many in the…| John Meunier
Nothing brings home how different early Methodism was from contemporary United Methodism than reading John Wesley’s sermons. As we continue looking at “Salvation by Faith,” try to…| John Meunier
In 1745, John Wesley wrote a letter to a friend about the relationship between the Methodists and the clergy of the Church of England. In the letter, he began by describing the core doctrine of Met…| John Meunier
