Remembering Bishop John Yambasu
Along with the rest of the United Methodist family around the globe, we join in mourning the death of Bishop John K. Yambasu, the Resident Bishop of the Sierra Leone Area, who died in a car accident over the weekend outside Freetown in Sierra Leone. According to...
Marriage: A School for Discipleship
By Tom Lambrecht - The cover story of the current issue of Christianity Today is entitled, "Can the Church Save Marriage?" I heartily recommend that and other articles in this month's issue that talk about the challenges to marriage in our contemporary global culture....
Archive: What Dorothy Sayers might say to the United Methodist Church
Archive: What Dorothy Sayers might say to the United Methodist Church By Ruth Zimmer Ask Dorothy Sayers a question, and you might not like her answer. She was not given to supplying comfortable or expected answers. A scientist found this out when he asked Dorothy...
Archive: Miracle on Bailey Ave.
Archive: Miracle on Bailey Ave. By David Hampton When all other churches were moving away from the increasingly impoverished downtown Jackson, Mississippi area, Wells UMC stayed. Now a miracle is happening among the drugs, gangs, and poverty. Ask the Rev. Keith Tonkel...
Archive: The Infant Baptism Controversy Part II
Archive: The Infant Baptism Controversy Part II By Ben Husted In the July/August issue Dr. Ben Husted examined infant baptism from a historical perspective in order to answer some of today's controversial questions: Is infant baptism biblical? Is rebaptism wrong? Is...
Archive: Don Wildmon
Archive: Don Wildmon The Methodist The Networks Love To Hate by James S. Robb The United Methodist ministry is not exactly overloaded with famous people. Switch on your local Christian radio station and wait for a syndicated program to air featuring a UM minister—but...
Archive: What C.S. Lewis might say to the United Methodist Church
Archive: What C.S. Lewis might say to the United Methodist Church By Lyle Dorsett C. S. Lewis would have applauded the UMC's emphasis on being Christian in a more inclusive and less sectarian way than many of the reformed and creedal denominations. The Methodist...
Archive: God Lets me in on the Fun
Archive: God Lets me in on the Fun By Sara L. Anderson Bob Tuttle cannot be appropriately wrapped up in a box and labeled. Every time you think you have him tagged, he'll do something that surprises you. The label seminary professor doesn't seem to match the vision of...
