About this episode

The episode explores John Wesley's challenge to religious and social norms in the context of Methodist history and its implications for following Christ.

Mark 2:13-17 As we begin a new series exploring significant moments in Methodist history, we’ll look at how founder John Wesley challenged religious and social norms in pursuit of the Gospel. United Methodists are proud of our Wesleyan heritage, but some of us still wrestle with an important question: did Wesley’s witness truly resemble the way of Jesus? What does it mean to faithfully follow in Christ’s steps — and if we find the answer, will it change anything about the way we live?

People in this episode

Guest: Kristin Wells

Topics covered

• Methodist history
• John Wesley
• Gospel
• faithful following
• religious norms
• social norms

Keywords

• Methodist
• Wesleyan heritage
• Gospel
• religious norms
• social norms
• faith
• Christ

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Mark 2:13-17

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