Alex Clary

I'm not disparaging Baptists... they're brothers and sisters in Christ who do a lot for the Kingdom. (Boy do they know how to evangelize!) But we don't need Methodist churches to replicate Baptist churches exactly. There should be some obvious differences, IMO.

@ShaneRaynor I yearn for a Methodist equivalent of @RealMattFradd Pints with Aquinas- long-form, deeply academic dialogue that boldly promotes Wesleyan ideals. Most online Methodist content is the equivalent of a fellowship conversation with light theology sprinkled in or a comedy routine

You have to be bold and know what you believe to gain much traction online. Many Methodists, frankly, have been taught a milquetoast, halfhearted version of the faith.

@Bombasotta It’s a trend here in Texas GMC churches too. Seems like those versions of baptisms are the ones that get the social media posts too- almost zero infant baptisms or sprinkle baptisms posted. Sadly, the “Baptist-lite” movement within some conservative Methodist bodies continues

Whats with the churches bringing out big galvanized tubs for baptisms?

The trend in some Methodist churches has been to move away from Methodism’s Anglican roots and shed most of the liturgical elements. That’s not really new… we’ve always had churches on both ends of the continuum. But I believe it’s good to lean into both the liturgical & evangelical parts of our tradition.

Oxford professor John Lennox on testing the reality of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ: "Now, my final point is this. I'm a scientist of sorts, and people say to me, 'Come on. You can't believe this stuff.' Because in science and practical science you do experiments. You test your hypothesis. Christianity is not testable. Isn't it? Isn't it? You see, the difference between the two last things I read were the difference between seeing something, those grave cloths, and working out an intellectual conclusion that something utterly remarkable has happened. That's not quite the same thing as meeting the risen Jesus. And you see, ladies and gentlemen, if it is true that Jesus rose from the dead, then He's still alive, and it's possible to meet Him. Now, you can do an experiment, and it's this—this Jesus who claims to be risen tells us that if we're prepared to trust Him, repent of the mess we've made of our own lives, and the lives of other people, and we're prepared to receive Him as Lord and Controller of life as the risen Son of God, then He will give us forgiveness. Does the word forgiveness mean anything to you? He'll give us new life and a new power... Now, ladies and gentlemen, this is the test...When you see people with narcotic or alcohol dependence, and they've no food to put on the table in front of their children, and you meet them then a year later, and something has happened. You say, 'What's happened to you?' and they say something like, 'Well, I met Jesus,' or 'I became a Christian,' or they'll put it different ways. When you see that again and again, you add two and two to get four. I wouldn't sit here for a nanosecond if I didn't believe that not only is the resurrection of Jesus intellectually credible, but I believe it's existentially credible because the center part of my life and that of my wife and family is to walk with Him from day to day. Now, that may sound absolute jargon and mumbo-jumbo to you, but we're living in a universe where we discover that we are persons, and every analogy we know tells us that our origin cannot be sub-personal. It's supra-personal. And if we enjoy human friendship, what a magnificent thing it is if God makes a way where we can through faith in Christ become His sons and daughters and enjoy the biggest friendship and the most exciting friendship in the universe, and that is friendship with the risen Christ."

Would highly recommend you watch David Foster Wallace talking about boredom, and why some people now find it so hard to read. Sorely wish he were around today to hear his views on TikTok and the like.

Baseball is such a whimsical sport

The constant pumping of music into every public space, every idle second of sport, every supermarket and café, speaks to an underlying sickness, a kind of cultural mental illness. As a society we are allergic to silence, terrified of spending even one second with our own thoughts

“It’s amazing to me that people are hungry for the hard-copy hymnal again. This isn’t a tradition that’s passing away,” said Julie Tennent, managing editor of “Our Great Redeemer’s Praise.” christianitytoday.com/2026/03/from-o…

This is sad. I know as a politician these companies are going to spend a billion dollars against me for saying it but 🤷🏽‍♀️ Pervasive gambling is not good for society. It turns life into a casino, traps people in addiction & debt, surges domestic violence, and fosters manipulation.

@Methodist_Prime I hope you’re just stating this because you thought of it, not because anyone actually has argued this. He literally states he believes in total depravity and the entire concept of prevenient grace is rooted in the fact that we cannot save ourselves lol

If you think Wesley was a “Pelagian,” you’re likely unfamiliar with the actual theology of Augustine, Pelagius, Reformed theology, or Wesley himself.

If your view of baptism doesn’t account for these verses, it’s time to change your doctrine: Mark 16:16 — He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. Acts 22:16 — And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord. Titus 3:5 — not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 1 Peter 3:21 — There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

On March 3rd, we celebrated the feast of John and Charles Wesley, two Anglican priests credited as the founders of Methodism, but whose lifelong loyalties lay with the Church of England, from which they never formally left. The Anglican Church in North America recognizes them as “Reformers of the Church.” anglicancompass.com/john-and-charl…

The Charlotte Hornets have won 5 straight games — CHO is 15–3 over the last 18 games. 🔥🔥🔥

The Dramatic Turnaround of the Charlotte Hornets

@IVMiles We discussed this in seminary- if you look at the generation pushing this, it wasn’t prudes trying to ruin fun. Alcohol was destroying families, promoting abuse, and causing men to lose everything. But two generations removed from the original horrors, you get teetotalers.

After spending a lot of time w southern frontier sources ca 1800, we need to stop labeling Temperance advocates as puritanical killjoys. The level of functional alcoholism in the 1800 Carolinas was a legit social crisis.

Helping the U.S. men to Olympic hockey gold were Christ-followers Jaccob Slavin & Tage Thompson 👏 "If He’s not Lord of everything, He’s not Lord at all." — Slavin "God’s in control and He has a plan for you and His plan is far better." — Thompson vist.ly/4smeq

I don’t care if Alysa Liu is woke. I don’t care if the Tkachuk brothers are MAGA. It’s the Olympics. Celebrating incredible American athletes is a joy and a privilege. If you can’t find a way to do that as an American, it’s your loss.

Yeah, in 1776 the British had the most powerful army in the world. Anyways Play free bird.