TMS Global has a new CEO
TMS Global has a new CEO “Thirty years ago, I never would have guessed that God would use our team’s tiny church plant in Kazakhstan to raise up pastors and many believers who now live in 11 countries around the world,” tells Dr. James “Jim” Ramsay, TMS...
Is There Room for Traditionalists?
Is There Room for Traditionalists? By Thomas Lambrecht July/August 2024 The 2020/2024 General Conference has just concluded its ten-day run in Charlotte, North Carolina. A summary of some of the actions taken by the conference are available in last week’s Perspective,...
Faith in a Time of Transition
Faith in a Time of Transition By Thomas Lambrecht Advent is a season of preparing to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and preparing for his coming again. Advent reminds us that we are in the time “between the times.” We are in the time between Jesus’ first and...
Mary’s Devoted Heart
Mary's Devoted Heart By Dick McClain Growing up, I don’t recall having heard a sermon on Mary, the mother of Jesus. She did get dusted off every December for the Christmas pageant. But apart from her annual appearance reincarnated in the form of a budding young...
Marks of a Methodist 6: Perfection
Marks of a Methodist 6: Perfection By Thomas Lambrecht This edition of Perspective concludes our survey of the marks or characteristics of a Methodist, as put forward by Bishop Gerald Kennedy in his 1960 book of that name. We have seen that the marks of a Methodist...
Light That Candle! Advent as a Season of Resistance
Light That Candle! Advent as a Season of Resistance By Suzanne Nicholson (Firebrandmag.com) EXCERPT: Austere Advent decorations can provide a powerful witness, a deep testimony to suffering. But the basic purpose of Advent is to point us to Christ—both to remember his...
The Marks of a Methodist 5: Freedom
The Marks of a Methodist 5: Freedom By Thomas Lambrecht We have been examining the characteristics of Methodist Christianity in homage to John Wesley’s The Character of a Methodist, but based on the 1960 book by Bishop Gerald Kennedy, The Marks of a Methodist. We have...
Faithful from the Start
Faithful from the Start - By Jenifer Jones - It’s 84 degrees when church begins at 10:00 A.M. The high for Monterrey, Mexico is forecast at 102 today. Pastor Florencio Guzman puts on his suit jacket and steps behind the pulpit. The building has no air conditioning....
