Water is Life
Photography by Mike DuBose, story by Kathy L. Gilbert - “Water is life,” the women sing. At 4:30 a.m., it is pitch black in the village of Mzira in Malawi – a nation wedged between Zambia, Mozambique, and Tanzania. In the early morning sky, the Southern Cross and the...
Don’t Take My Word for It: Read Wesley Yourself
Don't Take My Word for It: Read Wesley Yourself By Jason Vickers In his splendid introduction to St. Athanasius’ On the Incarnation, C. S. Lewis observed that people often think that older books or primary sources are more difficult to understand than secondary works...
Archive: The Heart of Evangelism
Archive: The Heart of Evangelism By Edward L. Tullis "I am bringing you good news of great joy for all people; to you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior" (Luke 2:10-11, NRSV). We hear much today of the need for "renewal" or "revitalization" of the church....
Archive: Inner City Dad
Archive: Inner City Dad Keith Johnson and His Vision for a Neighborhood By Rober Moeller It was a hot, sticky July night in the inner-city. The atmosphere was cordial, but guarded, among the racially-mixed audience that had gathered to hear a Christian musician....
Archive: Whither Sunday School?
Archive: Whither Sunday School? By Riley B. Case The United Methodist Publishing House recently released results of a study in an attempt to explain why UM Sunday school curriculum sales have decreased by 67 percent over a 30-year period. Sales have plummeted from 31...
Archive: Do We Still Need Missionaries?
Archive: Do We Still Need Missionaries? By Dick McClain As long as I can remember, I've been around missions and missionaries. I still recall when, as a seventh grader in Hong Kong, the need for world missions first hit home to me in a personal way. I was watching my...
Archive: Can We Be Good Without God?
Archive: Can We Be Good Without God? By Chuck Colson Last December, newspapers ran a striking photograph of a group of people held at bay by armed guards. They were not rioters or protesters; they were Christmas carolers. The town of Vienna, Virginia, had outlawed the...
Archive: Wesley on Baptism
Archive: Wesley on Baptism By E. Hebert Nygren The problem which confronts every United Methodist scholar is the fact that the teachings of John Wesley on any given subject often vary considerably, depending upon the time in his life. This is especially true in regard...
