Korean Pastors Penalized in California
By Thomas Lambrecht - Over the last two weeks, Good News has shared information about pastors of large churches in North Georgia and New Jersey where centrist-progressive bishops removed the appointments of their senior pastors without the consultation required by...
UMNS: WCA plans new denomination
By Sam Hodges -- The Wesleyan Covenant Association met in person and online April 30-May 1, continuing to plan for a new, traditionalist Methodist denomination and passing a resolution criticizing three United Methodist bishops for recent appointment-making decisions....
Examining your glasses
Archive: Examining Our Glasses By Frank Decker We were nearing the conclusion of a training session in which I was teaching about the Kingdom of God when the hand of a South American pastor shot up. “So, does someone have to be a Protestant to be saved?” he asked. His...
The punk rock Orthodox priest
Archive: The Punk Rock Orthodox Priest By Steve Beard The symbolism was profoundly countercultural. When Sergei Rybko lumbered onto the stage in between rock bands at a dingy nightclub in Moscow, his appearance was sure to provoke a whiplashed double-take. Draped in a...
Letters to the editor
Archive: Letters to the editor Oddly uncharacteristic I was recently in a Sunday school class (not Methodist) where the notion of predestination was presented as absolute biblical fact. As someone who is passionate about overseas missions, I obviously don’t cotton too...
Book Review of Wesley: A Guide for the Perplexed
Archive: Perplexed by Wesley By Andrew D. Kinsey “What makes John Wesley so perplexing?” That opening question sets the stage for Jason Vickers’ stimulating new book, Wesley: A Guide for the Perplexed (Continuum). Associate Professor of Theology and Wesley Studies at...
Dancing in the furnace
Archive: Dancing in the Furnace By B.J. Funk When my children were younger, I received a few of those “Everything is perfect in our world” Christmas letters from well-meaning friends. I was happy for them. It’s just that their good news made me even more conscious...
Rediscovering your Bible
Archive: Rediscovering Your Bible By Steve Harper It happens to all of us sooner or later. Our enthusiasm for Scripture declines. We begin approaching our time of Bible reading more as a duty than a delight. We come to a familiar passage and feel like skipping over it...
