Lord, Save Us
By David Watson - Here is a simple truth about the human condition: we cannot save ourselves. This assertion flies in the faith of so much Western individualism. We think of ourselves as agents who shape the world around us. We prize self-determination and...
Psalms: Open and Unafraid
By W. David O. Taylor In February 1995, I confessed my sins publicly in front of five hundred fellow students at the University of Texas in Austin. This took place at a concert of prayer sponsored by a parachurch campus ministry. Standing on the auditorium stage of a...
Archive: Rediscovering Passionate Preaching
Archive: Rediscovering Passionate Preaching By John R. Brokhoff (1913-2003) Good News, July/August 1987 As a director of evangelism wrote recently in a church periodical, “mainline churches are dying.” One denomination is losing members at the rate of 1,000 per week....
Archive: Train your Brain
Archive: Train your Brain by Shirley Pope Waite I'm too old to memorize!" the middle-aged woman declared. She was attending a retreat where Florence Turnidge talked about the importance of storing God's Word in the mind. "Oh, no. you're not!" Florence replied,...
Archive: Who’s Ready to be Reached?
Archive: Who’s Ready to be Reached? Evangelism Expert George Hunter describes 13 kinds of people ripe for the Gospel Christians must be liberated from entrenched myths that have long frustrated the effectiveness of evangelism. One myth is that one takes a "magic"...
Archive: How To Survive the Human Race
Archive: How To Survive the Human Race By Marilyn Anderes Someone once said, "You can do anything if you have patience. You can (even) carry water in a sieve—if you wait until it freezes."[1] What are your responses to crabby sales clerks, whining children or rude...
Archive: Give Us Leaders, Not Managers!
Archive: Give Us Leaders, Not Managers! The UM Tribe needs a few more chiefs, says this Duke University duo by Robert Wilson and William Willimon The persons in key positions in the United Methodist Church today are primarily managers and not leaders. Leaders are...
Archive: UM Structure Squelches Black Church Growth
Archive: UM Structure Squelches Black Church Growth By Joseph L. Harris If trends continue we can expect black Methodism to become an invisible force in United Methodism in the near future. Before the "Letters to the Editor" column fills up with reactions to the...
