A few hard questions
By Rob Renfroe I don’t understand those in The United Methodist Church who call themselves “centrists.” I have listened carefully to their claims, but the more I listen, the more questions I have. First question: Do centrists actually believe that truth is...
The Heavens Declare
By David Wilkinson The first images from the James Webb Telescope were astonishing. A patch of the universe showing objects from which the light started its journey over 13 billion years ago and the distorted shapes of galaxies whose light had been magnified by the...
Stonewalling in the West
Before publishing the following commentary regarding complaints filed against Bishop Karen Olevito, Good News reached out to Bishop Grant Hagiya, president of the Western Jurisdiction's College of Bishops. We asked him if "there [was] any information regarding this...
Wesley and Schism
By Walter Fenton- Dr. Scott Kisker's recent essay on John Wesley, Methodism, and schism begins as so many often do. He quotes from Wesley's famous sermon On Schism: "It is evil itself." But just when we think Kisker is setting us up for another lecture on schism's...
Confronting racism and violence
“To our shame, overt racism is becoming more acceptable in American culture today,” writes Bishop Scott Jones, the United Methodist episcopal leader of the Texas Annual Conference, in his recent pastoral letter. “It is a deep affront to the Greatest Generation that...
Orthodoxy and Ethics
By Walter Fenton- James K. A. Smith, professor of philosophy at Calvin College, has recently sparked a healthy conversation about how the word "orthodox" (literally, "right belief") is used these days, particularly when it is interjected into the volatile conversation...
John Wesley’s Letter to a Roman Catholic
DUBLIN July 18, 1749. 1. You have heard ten thousand stories of us who are commonly called Protestants, of which, if you believe only one in a thousand, you must think very hardly of us. But this is quite contrary to our Lords rule, “Judge not, that ye be not...
John Wesley, Open Hearts, and Roman Catholicism
Editor’s note: Since we mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation sparked by Martin Luther and his 95 Theses, we would like to take this opportunity to post this sermon from Roman Catholic Cardinal Walter Kasper marking the 300th anniversary of John Wesley’s...
