Don’t Take My Word for It: Read Wesley Yourself
Don't Take My Word for It: Read Wesley Yourself By Jason Vickers In his splendid introduction to St. Athanasius’ On the Incarnation, C. S. Lewis observed that people often think that older books or primary sources are more difficult to understand than secondary works...
Glide Leaves Methodism
By Thomas Lambrecht - Resolution is finally in sight after two contentious years of strife between Bishop Minerva Carcaño of the California-Nevada Annual Conference (CNAC) and the leadership of Glide Memorial United Methodist Church in San Francisco, a progressive...
Archive: Unravelling Modern Theology
Archive: Unravelling Modern Theology By Dwight Sullivan Recently I attended a lecture that was both striking and disturbing. The speaker was Dr. Eta Linnemann, an eminent New Testament scholar who studied under the famous Rudolf Bultmann, a giant of the "Historical...
Archive: Good News Convo Hears From UM Evangelism Professors
Archive: Good News Convo Hears From UM Evangelism Professors by Jean Caffey Lyles An increasing number of evangelism professors at UM seminaries is evidence that the work of concerned evangelicals is bearing fruit in the denomination. That point was made during the...
Archive: Contempt of Court
Archive: Contempt of Court The Supreme Court’s Lawless Law Invites Lawlessness By Richard John Neuhaus The following is excerpted from an address delivered in late June to the National Right to Life convention in Milwaukee. I want to spend some time revisiting the...
Archive: The Heart of Evangelism
Archive: The Heart of Evangelism By Edward L. Tullis "I am bringing you good news of great joy for all people; to you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior" (Luke 2:10-11, NRSV). We hear much today of the need for "renewal" or "revitalization" of the church....
Archive: Inner City Dad
Archive: Inner City Dad Keith Johnson and His Vision for a Neighborhood By Rober Moeller It was a hot, sticky July night in the inner-city. The atmosphere was cordial, but guarded, among the racially-mixed audience that had gathered to hear a Christian musician....
Archive: Whither Sunday School?
Archive: Whither Sunday School? By Riley B. Case The United Methodist Publishing House recently released results of a study in an attempt to explain why UM Sunday school curriculum sales have decreased by 67 percent over a 30-year period. Sales have plummeted from 31...
