Asbury Herald
Excerpt: "Asbury Seminary now has a heritage of nearly 85 years. Yet in the truest sense, our heritage is much longer and deeper. Asbury has roots in the holiness revivals of the nineteenth century, but we go still farther back. Our theology of holiness has ancient Eastern Orthodox roots. But there was a still earlier time in our story. When after his baptism our Lord went into the wilderness to fast and pray, we were there. And when the writer of the book of Leviticus insisted that we must be holy because God is holy, we were there. Indeed, when Enoch walked with God until he enjoyed a most remarkable exit, we were there. That is, the heritage of Asbury Theological Seminary goes back, back, back a very long way." (From page 3)
Excerpt: “. . . Our culture has become far more complicated. . . How do you carry the gospel “throughout the world” when the world is as vast, complex and self-contradictory as ours? And then there’s John 3:16. It tells us not only that God loves the world, but it also spells out more specifically and more inclusively God’s definition for the world: the word is whosoever. Here is a democracy of love beyond our comprehension. Some of us can love many people, and a few of us can love most people, but only God (or those wonderfully transformed by God) can love whosoever.” (From page 9)
Excerpt: "But scriptural holiness isn’t manageable. Scriptural holiness, like Aslan, the Christ symbol in The Chronicles of Narnia, cannot be domesticated. We don't control scriptural holiness; it controls us. Just after we’ve testified to some new spiritual victory, we discover a whole new territory that is waiting to be taken for Christ." (from page 4)
Excerpt: Evangelism in its greatest simplicity is God’s powerful, saving activity at work through us for others as we share the good news of Jesus Christ. As Wesleyans, we believe the biblical account of salvation ultimately describes the restoration of a divine relationship in which “everything has become new” (2 Cor. 5:17, NRSV), allowing each person to “have the mind of Christ” (1 Cor. 2:16) and be transformed into his likeness “from one degree of glory to another” (2 Cor. 3:18).
Excerpt: “What does it mean to be “Spirit-filled?” Addressing the role of the Spirit in the Church is an enormous task. But for the sake of pedagogy, I think that we can safely break this vast, and vastly important topic down into two general categories: (1) the dwelling of the Spirit among and in His people for the purpose of transforming them and (2) the Spirit's empowering of His people for service.”
Excerpt: "...People all around us are yearning for this depth and breadth of full salvation, and when they hear the uniqueness of the Wesleyan message, they wonder how they could have been a Christian this long without anyone speaking to them about holiness of heart and life. Do you expect to be made perfect in this life? Have you entered into the experience of sanctification?"
Excerpt: “With this edition of The Asbury Herald, we want to invite you to experience Asbury Theological Seminary in a new way as we debut a new format. Why are we doing this? We desire to offer you the opportunity to grow in life, love, faith and character through Asbury Seminary, whether you are a student, alumnus, staff or friend. And as we focus in this issue on being “well-trained,” we begin the first of a series of issues that will explore the various aspects of our educational mission statement. Our hope is that this issue— and new format—will not only bring us closer as a community, but deepen your own spiritual walk and challenge you wherever and whenever you serve.”
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