The Church Of 1955 (CO55)

Doesn't ANYBODY in the church know it's the 21st Century?

The acclaim for the new Wesley Study Bible is impressive. Having just read the list of contributors, I must admit that I don't know most of them, but the names I recognize I respect. And although reviews of this Bible are mixed, I suspect that this Bible would have made leading Bible studies 20 or 30 years ago more productive in advancing the Wesleyan message. Remember those Bible studies? There would always be one spiritual giant who would not only know his or her Bible, but would quote authoritatively from the study notes written by Mr. Scofield or Mr. Ryrie. Which would be fine if we were all 5-Point Calvinistic Dispensationalists, but we weren't. Some of us were just reading and studying the Bible. We didn't start with Calvin's presuppositions, so we didn't see the absolute predestination. We didn't start with Mr. Darby's presuppositions, so we don't have this dogmatic need to try to explain why God has done certain things at certain times, and why we can expect Him to do things (or refrain from doing things) in the future.