Christians and the News Media (part 1)
Christians and the News Media (part 1) - By Thomas Lambrecht I was trained in seminary under the slogan that we need to “preach with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other.” In other words, it is important to relate biblical faith to the everyday lives...
Colonialism in glass houses
By Rob Renfroe Covid vaccination for United Methodists in the United States is an issue of choice – not of convenience. Inoculation availability in the U.S. is widespread and accessible. This is not the case for all United Methodists in other countries. While it can...
My Response to “A Matter of Interpretation”
By Adam Hamilton I want to thank Rob Renfroe and Tom Lambrecht for the gracious critique they offered to the op-ed piece I wrote for the Washington Post. It is a model for how we as United Methodists might discuss issues over which the church is divided. I see them as...
A Matter of Interpretation: Engaging Adam Hamilton
By Rob Renfroe and Thomas Lambrecht In his recent Washington Post column, the Rev. Adam Hamilton stated that Bible verses that prohibit same-sex intimacy “capture the cultural understandings and practices of sexuality in biblical times, but do not reflect God’s will...
Homosexuality, Slavery, and the Bible
By Adam Hamilton Homosexuality is one of the most divisive issues within churches and across our country today. The issue has become, for some, a litmus test on fidelity to God and the scriptures. The divide is not just between the progressives and conservatives. It...
Archive: Evangelism with the Never-Churched
Archive: Evangelism with the Never-Churched By Jack Jackson - Last Christmas season, my family walked through the downtown community where we live. In one of the store windows we passed were a small set of woodcarvings that included a baby, two adults right next to...
Vision for United Methodist renewal and reform
THE HISTORY OF GOOD NEWS By James V. Heidinger II (2013) The first issue of Good News magazine was published in 1967. Charles W. Keysor, a Methodist pastor in Elgin, Illinois, published the first issue of the digest-size magazine for Methodist evangelicals out of the...
The Legacy of Theological Liberalism
By James V. Heidinger II Recently a pastor wrote in a conference paper a defense of United Methodism’s being a “liberal” denomination. He insisted the “L-word” was not bad. For support he cited Webster’s Dictionary which defined liberal as “generous, openhanded,...
