The Good ol’ Boy and Divine Encouragement
He didn’t go to our church. The truth is, he probably wouldn’t have fit in very well. I went to “First Church” where most of the members were professionals – doctors, lawyers, bankers, successful business owners. And many in my hometown worked at the oil and gas...
The Stumble of Grace
By Carolyn Moore - Like so many people, I’ve given chunks of time every day for months to pray against the virus, and against racism, and against all the crazy things that have cropped up as our collective nerves have gotten frayed. One of the best things I discovered...
Archive: Spurgeon Dunnam, 1943-91
Archive: Spurgeon Dunnam, 1943-91 The Rev. Spurgeon M. Dunnam III, editor and chief executive of the United Methodist Reporter, died November 25 from complications following surgery to remove blood clots from his lungs. He was 48. Mr. Dunnam had led the Dallas-based...
Archive: In Celebration of Faith & Freedom With the IRD
Archive: In Celebration of Faith & Freedom With the IRD By George Weigel In 1977, David and Linda Jessup joined the Marvin Memorial United Methodist Church in Silver Spring, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. As things turned out, that simple act of Christian...
Archive: One Holy Passion
Archive: One Holy Passion Restoring the Church's Business of Soul Winning by Sandy S. Kirk "Remember," said John Wesley to his young preachers, "above all else, you are to be about the business of winning souls." But what has happened to this vital business of the...
Archive: Gaining Insight From the Blind
Archive: Gaining Insight From the Blind Bob Brunson holds a chain filled with hexagon nuts which he gives to friends as a reminder of how faith holds a Christian together under stress. by Boyce A. Bowdon Blindness doesn't keep Bob Brunson from helping his church bring...
Archive: God Made Them Male & Female
Archive: God Made Them Male & Female Scripture's Consistent Heterosexual Track By David A. Seamands For over nineteen hundred years the Church has refused to condone the practice of homosexuality and considered it incompatible with Christian teaching for two...
Archive: Taking the Task Force to Task
Archive: Taking the Task Force to Task By Thomas C. Oden Critiques the Homosexuality Study Every General Conference of the United Methodist Church since 1972 has been tested by advocates of the gradual legitimization of same-sex intercourse. During the period between...
