Letting Go of Worry
By Rob Renfroe - We are living in a time of great turbulence and anxiety. The coronavirus pandemic has stirred panic. As Christians, part of our lifelong discipleship is seeking to allow faith to overcome our fears. “Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or...
General Conference 2020 Postponed
By Heather Hahn - With the coronavirus disrupting lives worldwide, General Conference organizers determined they have no choice but to postpone The United Methodist Church’s top legislative assembly. The Minneapolis Convention Center – scheduled to host the 2020...
Archive: Patchwork Central
Archive: Patchwork Central By Michael Sigler Patchwork Central is not a craft store or a coffee shop, as its name might suggest. It is a Christian community, located in an inner-city neighborhood of Evansville, Indiana, which has developed a "patchwork" of ministries...
Archive: Advocate for Evangelism
Archive: Advocate for Evangelism Former attorney Frank Warden now uses his persuasive powers to proclaim the Gospel by Ruth Snyder Frank Warden was a partner in the biggest law firm in Arkansas. But at age 35, after 13 years of practice, he turned in his resignation....
Archive: Who’s training our youth ministers?
Archive: Who's training our youth ministers? By Duffy Robbins Who's training our youth ministers in the United Methodist Church? Sad to say, the short answer is: almost nobody. Now, that might not send chills up your spine or get your adrenalin pumping—but then again,...
Archive: Sweet Songs of Salvation
Archive: Sweet Songs of Salvation By J. Ellsworth Kalas (1923-2015) May/June 1985 We Methodists make much of John Wesley’s dramatic religious experience one evening on Aldersgate Street, but he almost forget that his brother Charles Wesley had an equally...
Archive: Why I Believe In the Bodily Resurrection
Archive: Why I Believe In the Bodily Resurrection by J. Harold Greenlee Does it really matter whether Jesus rose from the dead? Let's ask a different question: Does it matter whether the American Revolution really happened? The United States has its independence from...
Archive: Should United Methodists Embrace Liberation Theology?
Archive: Should United Methodists Embrace Liberation Theology? By Riley B. Case Consider. This past fall ... The Roman Catholic Church's doctrinal standards commission issued a 36-page paper on liberation theology. It warned that theologians who accept Marxist...
