About the “In all Things Charity” Series
JOHN WESLEY IS often credited with the saying, “In essentials unity. In nonessentials
liberty. In all things charity.”
As the world becomes more religiously pluralistic and societies and cultures
grow more contentious and divided it will behoove the church to gain clarity in
its discernment of the distinction between essentials and non-essentials. We must
not shrink back from boldly articulating the core truths of the Christian faith. At
the same time, we must grow in the quality of our character as our very
conversations witness to the gospel in the presence of a watching world. Said
simply, our relationships within the church are the barometer of our witness to
the world.

Jesus minced no words when he told his disciples that the authenticity of
their association with him would be known only by the quality of their love for
one another. Later in prayer he would connect the loving unity of the church to
the believability of the gospel. See John 17.
The Apostle Paul, in the celebrated thirteenth chapter of his first letter to the
Corinthian Church, in essence tells us the absence of charity, or love, signals
failure.
As a publisher, Seedbed does not want to steer clear of the difficult subjects
of our time. Nor do we want to agitate the church with unnecessary controversy.
For this reason, Seedbed created the, “In All Things Charity” series. The series
will contain books across a range of challenging issues. For the series we are
selecting authors whom we believe embody the variety of character which
enables them to demonstrate confidence in their point of view with truthful love
in their approach.