Confusion About God
By Thomas Lambrecht - What is God like? That seems to be the most fundamental question any religion has to answer. Each religion has their own answer to that question, which in turn makes each religion distinctive. Christianity has a particular answer to that question...
The Good ol’ Boy and Divine Encouragement
He didn’t go to our church. The truth is, he probably wouldn’t have fit in very well. I went to “First Church” where most of the members were professionals – doctors, lawyers, bankers, successful business owners. And many in my hometown worked at the oil and gas...
Archive: Gaining Insight From the Blind
Archive: Gaining Insight From the Blind Bob Brunson holds a chain filled with hexagon nuts which he gives to friends as a reminder of how faith holds a Christian together under stress. by Boyce A. Bowdon Blindness doesn't keep Bob Brunson from helping his church bring...
Archive: God Made Them Male & Female
Archive: God Made Them Male & Female Scripture's Consistent Heterosexual Track By David A. Seamands For over nineteen hundred years the Church has refused to condone the practice of homosexuality and considered it incompatible with Christian teaching for two...
Archive: Taking the Task Force to Task
Archive: Taking the Task Force to Task By Thomas C. Oden Critiques the Homosexuality Study Every General Conference of the United Methodist Church since 1972 has been tested by advocates of the gradual legitimization of same-sex intercourse. During the period between...
Archive: Charismatics Focus on Worship
Archive: Charismatics Focus on Worship By Steve Beard There were no political pronouncements—no resolutions to bring before General Conference. And the seats in the front were the first to be filled. This was not your everyday, ordinary United Methodist meeting....
Archive: Mary
Archive: Mary A Model for Us All By Dick McClain Growing up, I don't recall having heard a sermon on Mary, the mother of Jesus. She did get dusted off every December for the Christmas pageant. But apart from her annual appearance reincarnated in the form of a budding...
Archive: Communion on the DMZ
Archive: Communion on the DMZ By Carroll Ferguson Hunt We trooped up the barren hill squinting against sun on snow, not yet feeling the cold. Our guides, U.S. Army chaplains, warned us against gestures or loud talk, anything that could be noticed, photographed, and...
