Preceding Grace

As a United Methodist, John Wesley's understanding of Preceding or Prevenient Grace influences my theology and these posts. This is the grace of God that reaches out to us before we are aware of it.

Thursday, July 3, 2025

An American Denomination

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As we celebrate Independence Day in our country once more, it is interesting that the beginnings of our Methodist roots in America coincide ...
Sunday, April 20, 2025

Daily Devotion for Easter Sunday 2025

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Today's Reading: Job, Chapter Forty-two It is fitting to finish this study on Job on Easter as we see that resurrection comes in today...
Saturday, April 19, 2025

Daily Devotion for Lent 2025, Day 40

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Today's Reading: Job, Chapter Forty, verse fifteen through Chapter Forty-one This reading is a bit longer, but I thought the verses conc...
Friday, April 18, 2025

Daily Devotion for Lent 2025, Day 39

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Today's Reading: Job, Chapter Forty, verses one through fourteen As we see the humbling of Job, we may find that Job represents humankin...
Thursday, April 17, 2025

Daily Devotion for Lent 2025, Day 38

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Today's Reading: Job, Chapter, Thirty-nine God continues to extol the variety of the created order.  We are reminded in Psalm 24:1 that ...
Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Daily Devotion for Lent 2025, Day 37

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Today's reading: Job, Chapter Thirty-eight Well, God does finally show up again in Job - and for the first time in the prose section. Go...
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Daily Devotion for Lent 2025, Day 36

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Today's Reading: Job, Chapter Thirty-seven Elihu continues to "teach" Job about the nature of God.  We move into the natural w...
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I'm an ordained elder in The United Methodist Church serving as the Senior Minister at Boston Avenue United Methodist Church of the Northeast District within the Oklahoma Conference. Educationally, I received my Doctor of Ministry from the Saint Paul School of Theology at Oklahoma City University, my Master of Divinity from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University and my Bachelor's in Family Relations and Child Development from Oklahoma State University..
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