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    What does Nazerenes beleive in?

    Hello, I am UMC, but grew up in the Church of the Nazarene. Doctrinally, Nazarenes are very much like UMC, i.e., Wesleyan Holiness. If I recall, when the Nazarene church broke from the Methodist it was in regards to what they perceived to be a lack of emphasis by the Methodists on...
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    The Methodist Sunday Service

    Oh, there is one kind of unique aspect to our church. It started out as an independent church, then decided to go UMC. However, to commemorate their cross-denominational heritage, they have small stained glass windows behind the pulpit, each with the symbol of one of the other respective...
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    I haven't been to church in 20+ years!

    BTW, if you're comfortable with sharing it, it would be interesting to hear your opinion after you've attended one or two services. -T
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    The Methodist Sunday Service

    Quick note -- item 3 should read "congregations" rather than "denominations".
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    The Methodist Sunday Service

    Hello Caroline, This is from my personal experience with the UMC, which is isolated to central Arkansas. 1. Services come in various flavors -- casual, modern, formal. Formal tends to vary depending on the church facilities. Locally, they refer to it as high church -- I'm not sure if that's...
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    I haven't been to church in 20+ years!

    Congratulations! This is a big step ... and this is a complex question in several ways. First, and unfortunately, just because there's a shingle on the side of the building that says XYZ United Methodist Church doesn't guarantee you it is a good church. So any time you are considering any...
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    Anglican vs. Methodist

    Just curious... I know John Wesley was Anglican and I think I noticed in another post a comment to the effect that he remained an Anglican all of his life. So what's the difference between the two? Have they diverged over time? -T
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    Question regarding E.M. Bounds

    My wife has found his writings somewhat hard to follow. I suspect the book you referenced might be better. E.M. Bounds is frequently referenced because of his writings on prayer. He's an interesting character. He was ordained a Methodist minister, served during the Civil War as a chaplain in...
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    Question regarding E.M. Bounds

    Hello, My wife was reading a book by E.M. Bounds called Guide to Spiritual Warfare. Toward the end of the book, in the chapter "Weapons That Work", in a subsection entitled "Satan's Army", and in the fourth paragraph, while describing Satan's army, he writes, "Against this invisible...
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    Some questions from a Catholic......

    While I love the Methodist church, RCC must have something going for it to produce people like John Paul II, Mother Teresa, G.K. Chesterton, Alvin Plantinga, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Peter Kreeft -- to name a few. Christ said that you can know a tree by its fruit. The fruit is pretty hard to deny...
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    Can One Be Somewhat Conservative On Certain Issues And

    I hope so. I'm conservative and have been a Methodist for over 20 years. I taught an adult Sunday School class for several years and a number of the participants were definitely in the Democratic camp. Didn't cause any problems.-- in fact, we had a great time. I am, however, what George Will...
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    Help?

    I think you have to get over the denominationalism stuff. The best way for me was to consider two things. First, other Christians who, by the way, happen to not be Wesleyan. For starters, G.K. Chesterton (Catholic), J.R.R. Tolkien (Catholic), C.S. Lewis (Anglican), Dietrich Bonhoeffer...
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    Famous Methodists

    Hello, I'm new here, but living in Arkansas (about to move to Florida), I can tell you that Hillary is a Methodist. I believe Bill is a Baptist, though I'm not sure what flavor -- seem to recall Southern. Also, having once been a Nazarene, I think James Dobson is Nazarene -- at least he was 20...