With Hearts for Mission
By Ruth Burgner - H.T. and Alice Maclin may be names familiar to you. In January 1984, H.T. became the founding president of The Mission Society for United Methodists (now TMS Global). Its launch was well known among evangelical United Methodists and was so momentous...
Yes, He is Amazing
By B.J. Funk - The Holy Spirit is so amazing! He is always fulfilling his main purpose of pointing to Jesus. As Oswald Chambers says, “The Holy Spirit is the One who makes real in you all that Jesus did for you.” I am rejuvenated as I dive into my many resources on...
Archive: Whose Ethics?
Archive: Whose Ethics? Our Society cannot agree on common values on which common ethical standards must be based. By Charles Colson Last summer everything seemed to fall to pieces on Capitol Hill. The speaker of the House of Representatives resigned in the face of 69...
Archive: Redeeming Our Witness
Archive: Redeeming Our Witness …We have not been faithful stewards of the legacy entrusted to us, and the United Methodist witness is at risk. By John Leith The following article is adapted from an address by Dr. John H. Leith given June 9, 1989, in Philadelphia,...
Jesus Hung Out With People Like Me
Jesus Hung Out With People Like Me By Tom Skinner May/June 1990 I was born and raised in Harlem in New York. Harlem is a two-and-a-half-square-mile area with a population of one million people. Five thousand people lived on my block. It was not uncommon for...
Tom Skinner and Inner City Tech
Tom Skinner and Inner City Tech May/June 1990 Good News God has raised up Tom Skinner (1942-1994), former gang leaders of the Harlem Lords, into a dramatic ministry that has reached into the poverty-stricken inner city. His learning center in Newark, New...
Archive: We Must Surrender Ourselves
Archive: We Must Surrender Ourselves By E. Stanley Jones May/June 1990 Good News Why is God so cruel? Why does he demand so much of us? In demanding self-surrender, is God being cruel or consistent? God obeys every law he demands of us. He especially obeys and...
Abortion: The UMC is ‘Falling Short’ (1990)
Abortion: The UMC is ‘Falling Short’ By Steve Beard March/April 1990 As thousands of marchers descended upon the Mall to protest the 17th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, pro-life clergy and laypeople met together for a worship service in the chapel of the UM Building...
