Experience vs. Scripture
By Thomas Lambrecht -- Many who affirm the practice of homosexuality in contrast to the teachings of Scripture base their affirmation on human experience. As they would describe it, they see God at work in the transformation of a human life, and it causes them to...
Getting the UM Church Unstuck
By Thomas Lambrecht -- The dust is clearing after an eventful month in The United Methodist Church. General Conference is postponed in-person to August 2022. A special virtual General Conference was scheduled for May 8, 2021, and then cancelled. The new Global...
A closer look at Three Simple Rules
Archive: A closer look at Three Simple Rules By Les Longden General Conference 2008 launched a major push from the Council of Bishops and the program boards of the United Methodist Church to transform our denomination by teaching and practicing the “Wesleyan view of...
Priming the pump for a miracle
Archive: Priming the pump for a miracle By B.J. Funk If the smell of gastric juices and dead fish didn’t get to Jonah, the seaweed would. Inside the dark belly of this fish, with saltwater swirling over his nose as he gasped for air, Jonah realized he was not in the...
United Methodism’s discerning vote
Archive: United Methodism’s Discerning Vote By Rob Renfroe The United Methodist News Service has published an article declaring that the 23 proposed amendments regarding the Worldwide Nature of the Church and the proposed Amendment 1 regarding membership eligibility...
The imploding Episcopalians
The Imploding Episcopalians By Riley B. Case Did we miss something or did the Episcopal General Convention, meeting in mid-July, just thumb its nose at the rest of the Christian world? The week started off with Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori...
The church will live for another day
Archive: The Church Will Live for Another Day By Riley B. Case One of the best friends of evangelical United Methodists is The Book of Discipline. It serves as the church’s law book, but it is much more. It also serves as the constitution not only for the denomination...
The Wright stuff
Archive: The Wright stuff By Steve Beard "In the slow-moving train crash of international Anglicanism, a decision taken in California has finally brought a large coach off the rails altogether,” observed distinguished biblical scholar and Anglican Bishop N.T. Wright...
