One Step Back
By Thomas Lambrecht - How do Christians deal with discouragement? Some parts of the United States, as well as some other countries around the world, have recently seen an uptick in the number of Covid-19 cases, with increased hospitalizations and deaths. The increases...
The Future of Pastoral Training
By Thomas Lambrecht - In a ground-breaking development, Baylor University in Waco, Texas, this week announced the formation of a Wesley House of Studies at its Baptist-oriented Truett Theological Seminary. Dr. William J. Abraham has been named the inaugural director...
Archive: Barbara Brokhoff and the life of an Evangelist
Archive: Barbara Brokhoff: UM Evangelist "The Gospel is larger than any one issue," says Barbara. "It's larger than race; it's larger than male-female." By Sara L. Anderson Good News, July/August 1986 A young visiting evangelist and the local pastor walked up and down...
Archive: A Call to A Spiritual and Holy Life
Archive: A Call to A Spiritual and Holy Life By Bishop Ole E. Borgen adapted by the Councel of Bishops of the United Methodist Church (abridged version) July/August 1986 The time in which we live appears more and more complex, constantly changing and utterly...
Archive: Evangelicals: A Return to their Liturgical Roots
Archive: Evangelicals: A Return to their Liturgical Roots EVANGELICALS ON THE CANTERBURY TRAIL (Why Evangelicals Are Attracted to the Liturgical Church) by Robert E. Webber (Jarrell/Word, $12.95) Do you recognize in our private worship the existence of a sense of...
Challenging a church out of focus
Challenging a church out of focus Bishop Richard Wilke September/October 1986 In his new best seller, And Are We Yet Alive?, Bishop Richard B. Wilke calls the UMC a “church out of focus.” Following are excerpts from the book featuring both his stinging analysis...
A Call to A Spiritual and Holy Life
A Call to A Spiritual and Holy Life By Bishop Ole E. Borgen (1925-2009) July August 1986 The time in which we live appears more and more complex, constantly changing and utterly confusing. There emerges as a consequence a deep longing for a basic,...
Archive: What Every Christian Should Know About Self-Esteem
Archive: What Every Christian Should Know About Self-Esteem by William P. Wilson, M.D. The woman kneeling in front of me nodded agreement as I prayed: "Lord, Mary feels so dirty and despoiled. Let her know that she has been cleansed. She has been washed in Your blood,...
