Joy in the Jungle
By Joy Smith Griffin - “Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’“ John 7:38, NLT “This river is our life.” Unspoken, yet undeniably implied, these words played out before me as I...
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
By Thomas Lambrecht- Our church and our culture are divided. Same-sex marriage, gender identity, pornography, abortion, cohabitation, divorce. These and other “culture war” issues pose a challenge to Christians about how to understand and articulate biblical Christian...
Archive: Church must change world through witness, bishop says
Archive: Church must change world through witness, bishop says UM News Sept. 28, 2005 By Tom Slack CINCINNATI (UMNS) - To have an impact on the world, the church of the future must have a confident witness, and its people must be “atonement bearers,” according to...
Archive: Alpha sweeping the globe
Archive: Alpha sweeping the globe July/August 2002 Good News More than 3.8 million people thought to have completed the Alpha course around the world in the last six years, according to a report released by a London-based British research organization, Christian...
Archive: The Way of Faith for Alice Cooper
Archive: The Way of Faith for Alice Cooper May/June2002 It was recently announced that the biggest hit in the 24-year history of MTV is a program called “The Osbournes.” The half-hour show – complete with constant bleeping from excessive foul language – is a curiously...
Archive: Why does God allow suffering
Archive: Why does God allow suffering By Nicky Gumbel November/December 2001 Good News Glenn Chambers, a young New Yorker, had a lifelong dream to work for God in Ecuador. At the airport on the day of departure, he wanted to send a note to his mother, but he didn’t...
Archive: Throwing a Lifeline to Church Dropouts
Archive: Throwing a Lifeline to Church Dropouts By Richard Ostling July/August 2001 Good News During a lifetime cut off from organized religion, Aubrey “Mac” McCray had gone through three failed marriages and three desperate tries with Alcoholics Anonymous before he...
Archive: Evangelism for a New Era
Archive: Evangelism for a New Era By Nicky Gumbel March/April 2001 Good News I have never been a natural evangelist. I have never found it easy to talk to my friends about Jesus Christ. Some people are completely natural evangelists; they find it the easiest thing in...
