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A simple faith?

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 Recently I did a preaching series here was about how we as Methodists do our theology or to put it more simple language how we understand God. I talked about the Wesley Quadrilateral and how we draw on four things – Scripture, Reason, tradition, and experience to help us understand God, the world and our place in that world. Just what parts of the Quadrilateral we prioritize is up to us. As someone who is more evangelical in their theology, I tend to prioritize Scripture followed by our tradition and then reason and finally experience. Others may rearrange things to fit their understanding of God. This is really helpful for those Christians who really want to think about how their faith relates to the world. It means very little to those who are happy to keep their faith simple. And both sides of the fence of valid. Sometimes those who have decided that a simple faith is enough, are those who have the strongest faith. In fact, the times when I wanted to jac...