Learning God’s Ways
By Thomas Lambrecht - We human beings do not like to be told what to do. Our DNA was formed in disobedience and rebellion in the first garden, when Adam and Eve decided they knew better than God. We sometimes feel bound or restricted by the law. We tend to obey those...
Protocol on Track
As we begin a new year, I know many United Methodists are wondering, “Where do things stand regarding the protocol for separating the church? Is it still on track? Why haven’t we heard much about it lately?” The Protocol for Reconciliation and Grace through...
Archive: Who Do You Say That I Am?
Archive: Who Do You Say That I Am? By David R. Bauer Within the last several years there has been a heated discussion regarding the influence of feminist theology within the United Methodist Church. That was highlighted last year with the Women's Division's...
Archive: Confessing Christ in the Midst of Tyranny
Archive: Confessing Christ in the Midst of Tyranny In every age the church has had to resist accommodation to non-Christian policies and ideologies. The German church's confrontation with Democratic Socialism during World War II described in the article below,...
Archive: Trinitarian Language
Archive: Trinitarian Language By Geoffrey Wainwright In the matter of sexism, I have no wish to support the oppression of any group of Christians, or indeed any human being at all, by any other. But sympathy for some aspects of a cause, as with the position of women...
Archive: Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier
Archive: Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier by Alvin F Kimel Jr. To replace or alter the triune formula is to repudiate the creed, church, God of our baptism. We may examine two recent proposals. First, "Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier." This formula does not and cannot...
Archive: Patriarchy and Language
Archive: Patriarchy and Language by Roland M. Frye Feminist theology often defends the use of gender-inclusive language for the godhead by arguing that the vision of the biblical writers was bound by the patriarchal limits of their society and that they could not...
Archive: Why Masculine Terms?
Archive: Why Masculine Terms? by Elizabeth Achtemeier More pressing for the feminists is the question of why God reveals himself only in masculine terms. Elaine Pagels is quite correct when she states that "the absence of feminine symbolism of God marks Judaism,...
