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Popular author F. Belton Joyner has revised his best-selling resource for introducing the United Methodist Church. In a humorous yet respectful style, Joyner takes the reader through illuminating questions and answers on United Methodist terms and beliefs on God, Jesus, the Bible, the church, salvation, and more. Examples of Joyner's questions include “Why did Jesus have to die?� “Who was John Wesley, and who were all those other figures?� “Is the Bible infallible?� “What is The Book of Discipline?� This revised edition includes new sections on United Methodism as a global church, United Methodist ministries beyond the congregation, and United Methodist theology in conversation with other Christian traditions. It has also been updated to reflect recent changes to The Book of Discipline and the orders of ministry. The book's question-and-answer format easily lends itself to use in Sunday school classes and also works for individual study. From new recruits to lifelong United Methodists, readers will gain a lively sense of what is special and important about their denominational home.

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a oeThere is a lot of grace in Jeanne Bishopa (TM)s elegant, elegiac book Change of Heart, but it is not a wimpy hearts-and-flowers kind of grace. Instead, it is a heartfelt, gut-wrenching kind of grace. Powerful grace. Transformative grace. This is an utterly surprising story of redemption. It is an unflinching look at the very real cost of blessinga truly blessinga someone else. Jeannea (TM)s story of restorative justice haunts me. The stunning letter she wrote to her sistera (TM)s murderer still lingers. And the story of the grace of the gift of two quarters is one I will retell and retell again. Change of heart is what happens when someone, in the depths of despair, cries, a ~This is too much for me. God, take it and redeem it, a (TM) and believes ... no matter the cost. Please read this book.a a Robert Darden, associate Professor of Journalism PR & New Media at Baylor University and author of Nothing but Love in God's Water. a oeA person is more than the worst thing he or she has ever done. God loves all human beings and endows them with dignity and worth. Juvenile life without parole sentences tell people who committed their crimes as juveniles that they are human garbage, to be thrown away into the maw of prison until the day they die. The criminal justice system in the United States, which deems some people unworthy of redemptiona even children who commit serious crimesa urgently needs to hear voices that speak for mercy and restoration. Jeanne Bishopa (TM)s is such a voice.a a Sr. Helen Prejean, activist and author of Dead Man Walking a oeChange of Heart is a powerful story of faith, forgiveness, and reconciliation. This is a painfully honest account of a remarkable and courageous journey from the tragedy and pain of the murder of family members to a place of freedom and grace.a a Maurice Possley, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author This book is an extraordinary witness for survivors of crime and all of us who seek a more compassionate, thoughtful and responsible way to manage the tragic ways we hurt each other. Courageous and honest, Ms. Bishopa (TM)s compelling story is a gift for anyone seeking a way to think about punishment and reconciliation in a society where families are too often burdened by violence and the avenging politics of fear and anger. --Bryan Stevenson, Founder and Director of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of Just Mercy Change of Heart is a tragic story of senseless violence, horrific loss, and, in the end, forgiveness that is astonishing. I kept asking myself a 'As a Christian, could I be as strong and merciful as Jeanne Bishop? ' I have my doubts. a John Grisham, bestselling author

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F. Belton Joyner Jr. is a retired United Methodist pastor who teaches courses in Methodist history and Wesleyan Theology at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. He sits on the Judicial Council, the United Methodist Church's ""Supreme Court,"" which interprets church law and determines constitutionality of proceedings at all levels of church life. In addition to writing United Methodist Questions, United Methodist Answers, Joyner is the author of Being United Methodist in the Bible Belt, also available from Westminster John Knox Press.

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