I've been studying Methodism a little bit lately, and there was something that really appealed to me there, something called the Wesleyan Quadrilateral.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesleyan_Quadrilateral
The TLDR is that Methodists approach spiritual questions by looking at:
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Scripture
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Sacred Tradition IE church history
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Personal Experiences
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Reason
Scripture has greater weight than the other three to Methodists, but they see value in examining all four of these principles.
This makes sense to me, and I think this is a healthier way of approaching spiritual questions than what is often practiced in the church by some.
I know many Latter-Day Saints who cling to their personal experiences, their burning bosom moment where they felt the Spirit testify of truth, and completely neglect the other three aspects mentioned above when they think about why they believe what they believe.
I think that sets us up for failure. Those experiences absolutely are important, but we need to consider the context of church history, the scriptures themselves, and reason as we try to make sense of our faith. And I feel like too many of us when difficult questions arise, we just stick our head in the sand, say "that isn't faith promoting" and focus entirely on what we have felt from the Spirit instead of trying to answer the question.
Truth is truth, and if your faith conflicts with your reason/philosophy then you either don't understand the gospel correctly or your philosophy needs to be re-examined. The world should make more sense to you because of your faith, not less. Reason isn't the most important part of answering spiritual questions but it should be part of our approach.
For me, taking this quadrilateral approach strengthens my testimony of the restoration and makes my faith more spiritually satisfying to me.
What do you think?
It seems like some of the folks over there think that strict literalism was the only method of scriptural interpretation until the gays started ruining things in the 70s
Majority of us here are reformed or at least Calvinistic. It’ll be natural for us to read and/or listen to a lot of Calvinist theologians/preachers/authors. However, I can name some Arminian authors from whom I profited from. I’m curious if you guys have that too.
I’ll start. Maybe this is too mainstream but C.S. Lewis all the way. He is not even evangelical but some of his thoughts are so compelling that maybe apart from the Bible, he’s the most influential for me. (On a second thought, I dunno if they are in the same level as John Piper for me, though John Piper heavily quotes him anyway.)
Do your worst!
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
They’re on standbi
Buenosdillas
Pilot on me!!
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
You take away their little brooms
This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
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It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
There hasn't been a single post this year!
(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)
Nothing, it just waved
Bob
So that I could frequently say, "I am going to walk 5 miles now."
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Me grabbing a soda from my (what I thought was) half full 12pk...
Notices there's only 2;
Me: "Awe man... This is a damn bird box!" Her: "What the hell does that mean?!" Me: (Pulls both cans out & shows them to her) "It's only got Toucans."
I'm not ashamed to admit the look on her face was glorious.
I was just sitting there doing nothing.
“BOOM”?!
