Revisiting The Character of a Methodist
By David F. Watson - In his influential tract “The Character of a Methodist,” John Wesley describes the kind of person he hopes God will produce through the Methodist movement. True Christianity, according to Wesley, consists not simply in belief or good works, ...
Train Up a Child
By Shannon Vowell - Jesus is crazy about kids. He talks the talk: “See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven” (Matthew 18:10). “Whoever welcomes one of these little...
The life and faith of Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson himself would say, “I had a lot of faith in God….There’s nothing like faith in God to help a fellow who gets booted around once in a while.” The influence of his mother, Mallie, and his pastor, Karl Downs, would forever affect the way Jackie Robinson lived his life, how he saw other people, and how he coped with discrimination. He had been taught that he was a child of God, and no one and no challenge, however brutal and dehumanizing, could take that away from him.
UM Lobby Chief Celebrates Role in Obamacare Passage
https://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1813
Thriving Christianity
https://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1819
Church membership tops 12 million
http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5259669&ct=9135453&tr=y&auid=7825552
Forecast for South Sudan: Hope
http://bloombytes.blogspot.com/2011/02/forecast-for-south-sudan-hope.html?tr=y&auid=7825563
UM Stance on War a “Hodgepodge of Disciplines”
http://www.theird.org/page.aspx?pid=1814
