Jack Hayford: Pastor to Pastors
By Steve Beard Over the last 40 years, one of the most popular modern day hymns is “Majesty, Worship His Majesty” written by Jack Hayford. Congregations from all denominations around the globe have sung it with reverence and gusto. Included in The United Methodist...
All Things New
By Max S. Wilkins - “And now I have a word for you who brashly announce, ‘Today – at the latest, tomorrow – we’re off to such and such a city for the year. We’re going to start a business and make a lot of money.’ You don’t know the first thing about tomorrow. You’re...
Archive: The Touch of God
Archive: The Touch of God Hungering after the presence of God will bring the church back to Life. By Sandy S. Kirk "I felt like the dead sent to raise the dead," groaned John Wesley after fruitless attempts to convert the lost. Yet isn't this the cry of the United...
Archive: Interview with Thomas Oden
Archive: Interview with Thomas Oden What caused you to begin seriously re-thinking your theology? As a 40 year old scholar I was goaded, pestered and badgered into reading the ancient Christian writers by an incomparable, caring Jewish friend—Will Herberg. A central...
Archive: Back to the Future with Thomas C. Oden
Archive: Back to the Future with Thomas C. Oden This eminent UM theologian exchanged the faddish illusions of modernity for the richness and power of the ancient apostolic traditions. Thomas C. Oden teaches theology and ethics at the Theology School, Drew University....
Archive: The Benefits Of Waiting On God
Archive: The Benefits Of Waiting On God By Margaret Therkelsen Several benefits of waiting on God have already been mentioned throughout my last two articles. I would like to take this opportunity to point out several crucial aspects of the Holy Spirit's ministry...
Archive: Methodists Split In Bolivia
Archive: Methodists Split In Bolivia by Roy Howard Beck Editors' note: In October, Good News sent Roy Howard Beck to La Paz to observe and report on the turmoil in the Bolivian Methodist Church. Beck, an award-winning journalist, accepted the assignment after he and...
Archive: In Pursuit of Truth
Archive: In Pursuit of Truth By Richard John Neugaus Every four years the people called Methodist gather at General Conference to discern where God may be leading the movement launched by John and Charles Wesley in 1729. Retrospectives from the 1992 conference held in...
