Finding God in a Crisis
By Thomas Lambrecht - Winston Churchill is alleged to have remarked, "never waste a crisis." It has long been said that the Chinese characters for the word "crisis" signify both danger and opportunity. If we focus too much on the danger, we can miss the opportunity...
Lord give us eyes to see
"What a season we have been through and what a week we are in," wrote Bishop Gregory V. Palmer of the West Ohio Annual Conference. "The angst and pain are palpable. I need you to know I share that pain and I see me in some way shape or form every time I see video...
Archive: Why I Must Evangelize
Archive: Why I Must Evangelize by Bishop Woodie White It is sad that the issue of evangelism has become a point of contention in the Church. So often the topic has served more to divide than unite us. We have made it more complicated than it ought to be. Perhaps part...
Archive: How To Lead Someone To Christ
Archive: How To Lead Someone To Christ Timeless insights from the best-known Methodist of this century By E. Stanley Jones How do we help others find conversion? For the end of evangelism is to produce an evangelist. You haven't really got a person "in" until you get...
Archive: Charles W. Keysor: A Giant in My Eyes
Archive: Charles W. Keysor: A Giant in My Eyes By James V. Heidinger II The Methodist Church was not without an evangelical constituency in the mid-sixties. But that constituency was scattered, struggling, and intimidated by a church whose leadership was solidly...
Archive: Stalking the New Mister Wesley
Archive: Stalking the New Mister Wesley THE WESLEY WORKS PROJECT edited by Frank Baker (Abingdon Press) The Church today is only beginning to discover the amazing legacy that John Wesley left to Christianity. Simultaneous with this rediscovery, scholars of the past...
Archive: A Church on the Move
Archive: A Church on the Move Orthodox faith and some slightly unorthodox methods spell growth at Aldersgate UMC by Eddie Robb Aldersgate United Methodist Church began with eight members meeting for worship in the pastor's home and using cereal bowls for offering...
Archive: ‘Seven Churches of Methodism’ Attacked, Defended
Archive: 'Seven Churches of Methodism' Attacked, Defended By James S. Robb "We contend that the United Methodist Church is not one church, but seven." With that bold assertion, two professors from Duke Divinity School put forward a new theory on regional tension in...
