Cotton Candy Christianity
By B.J. Funk - Have you ever been to the Church of Cotton Candy Christianity? Hopefully, there’s not one in your town, though they sometime show up in the best of neighborhoods. Cotton Candy Christianity is a belief that holds no substance and a whole lot of sugary...
Of What Spirit are We?
By Thomas Lambrecht - “When the days drew near for [Jesus] to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of him. On their way, they entered a village of the Samaritans to make ready for him; but they did not receive him, because his...
Archive: Under One Roof
Archive: Under One Roof How Charismatics and Traditionalists Can Live in the Same Church By Joe Harris One of the ongoing struggles in the UM Church is between those who have experienced the "gifts of the Spirit" often identified as the "charismatic" experience and...
Archive: How to Reach Secular People
Archive: How to Reach Secular People By George A. Hunter George Hunter's new book, How To Reach Secular People (Abingdon), already into its third printing, is a milestone in the history of books about Christian evangelism. Hunter, the dean at Asbury Seminary's E....
Archive: How to Wait on God
Archive: How to Wait on God By Margaret Therkelsen I can remember as a high school student often talking with my father, a UM minister, about wanting to know how to grow in grace. I knew that I had my part and God had his, and that the basic ingredients of prayer,...
Archive: UM Charismatics Flourish
Archive: UM Charismatics Flourish With spirited music, enthusiastic singing and uplifted hands, more than 1,700 charismatic United Methodists gathered in Oklahoma City for the Aldersgate '92 conference on the Holy Spirit. The mid-August meeting is sponsored by the...
Archive: The Cry of China
Archive: The Cry of China Carroll F. Hunt investigates the House Church movement in China The taxi driver found the place without difficulty; having Cantonese-speaking people along took care of that. We clambered out of the car and stared about us at the ordinary...
Archive: Ruby’s Listening Post
Archive: Ruby’s Listening Post By Boyce A. Bowdon What you can learn from a woman who listens to God Ruby Galloway Farish stepped to the podium at the 1992 General Conference of the United Methodist Church and glanced at the audience assembled there in the auditorium...
