A Wesleyan scholar calls United Methodists to use our heritage in order to gain some insight for uniting loving and legislating.
With General Conference only six weeks away, Dr. Steve Harper asks, “… how do we legislate a theology of love?”
Steve Harper taught spiritual formation and Wesley studies to Christian divinity students for more than thirty years at Asbury Theological Seminary. He continues, “No one I know denies that at the core, Wesleyan theology is a theology of love — offered by God to us through grace, for the purpose of salvation. No one I know denies that our theology of love is focused in the two great commandments (loving God and loving others) and that whatever life together as United Methodist Christians means, it means living in love. But what does that look like in terms of polity? Can there be a polity of love that institutionalizes our theology of love?”
A native of Texas, Steve Harper is now retired and living in Florida.
Last Updated on December 15, 2023