From my days at Princeton Theological Seminary, I believed in the authority of the early Church to speak definitively on the content of the Christian faith. I had no doubt that the Councils of Nicaea and Chalcedon spoke with the authority of the Holy Spirit. What I had not thought about much was what happened to that authority in the centuries since.
Fr. Carl Beekman shares his story of growing up in southern Indiana in a home with two brothers and three sisters and great, hard-working, charitable Methodist parents. It was a
Marcus welcomes former United Methodist pastor Mike Allen to Deep in Scripture to discuss biblical typology regarding the Lamb, the Eucharist, and the Blood and water that flowed from the side of Jesus.
Marcus and Dr. Wiker answer open-line questions from the audience. Dr. Wiker grew up in a United Methodist home but there was no dramatic encounter with Christ until he went
In this special episode of the Journey Home, Marcus discusses the impact of the journey of Protestant ministers to the Catholic Church on their wives. The guests this evening are
Dr. Wiker grew up in a United Methodist home but there was no dramatic encounter with Christ until he went to college. Through his discovery of the great books, his
Sister Constance grew up in Iowa in the Methodist church. She had a very strong religious education. As a young teen she was bored and stopped attending church. When she
Robin was raised in a family where her mother was a Christian Scientist and her father an indifferent Methodist. By the age of 14, both of her parents had died.
Marcus, Larry & Joetta answer open-line questions from the Journey Home audience. Larry and Joetta were active in ministry in the United Methodist church for many years. Larry met a
Gordon grew up in a Christian home, raised and nurtured in the Methodist church. He drifted away in college and the army. He was drawn back to God through his
Kristen came from a family of faithful Methodist Christians. In college, she drifted away from the faith but was active in social justice work. A friend’s suicide attempt began her
Mark recounts his journey from a “southwest St. Louis theist” to his conversion to Christ and attending a Baptist and later a Methodist church. He reading of C. S. Lewis,