On Contemporary Wesleyan Essentials
On Contemporary Wesleyan Essentials - By David F, Watson - “In essentials unity; in non-essentials liberty; in all things charity.” Christians have recited this maxim at least since the seventeenth century. There is real wisdom here. It does, however, compel us to...
Following the Lead of the Healer
Following the Lead of the Healer - By Stephen Seamands - Healing played an essential part in Jesus’s three-year earthly ministry. In fact, along with teaching and preaching, it was one of his three major activities. The Gospel of Matthew sums up Jesus’s ministry in...
Methodist Evangelist Eddie Fox dies at 83
Over the years, those of us at Good News grew to consider Eddie Fox a great friend and brother in Christ. He was the most recognizable Methodist personality around the globe for many decades. Fox was passionate about his love for Jesus Christ and had a rocksteady...
The Gift That Kept on Giving
By Boyce A. Bowdon - It was Wednesday, May 27, 1981. The session of the Oklahoma Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church was underway at Boston Avenue Church in Tulsa. Next on the agenda was a presentation of the largest gift for missions the Oklahoma...
Revisiting The Character of a Methodist
By David F. Watson - In his influential tract “The Character of a Methodist,” John Wesley describes the kind of person he hopes God will produce through the Methodist movement. True Christianity, according to Wesley, consists not simply in belief or good works, ...
Train Up a Child
By Shannon Vowell - Jesus is crazy about kids. He talks the talk: “See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven” (Matthew 18:10). “Whoever welcomes one of these little...
Time For Your Church to Leave the Denomination?
By Thomas Lambrecht - This is a time fraught with anxiety and frustration for many United Methodists. Some progressives are exasperated that they are unable to fully affirm LGBTQ ordination, same-sex marriage, and various gender identities. Some traditionalists are...
Mt. Bethel UM Church and North Georgia Conference Remain at an Impasse
Statement from Mt. Bethel UM Church, Marietta, Georgia: The Mt. Bethel members authorized by the church’s Administrative Council to mediate, along with legal counsel, met [August 28, 2021] in good faith with legal representatives of the North Georgia Annual Conference...
