Depending on God When it Doesn’t Make Sense
By Elizabeth Glass Turner - Sanctification is fun when it’s under our control. Out of the corner of our eye, we have peripheral awareness of how close to being faith consumers we really are. We choose to go to a conference so we can grow spiritually. We choose to show...
Weapons of Our Spiritual Warfare
By Frank J. Beard - Our world is under attack by a ruthless enemy – one that does not come from God. It is the job of every Christian and every church to unify and wage spiritual warfare against this destructive evil until it is defeated. As I was praying the other...
Archive: Abortion in America
Archive: Abortion in America By James V. Heidinger II When abortion was legalized in 1973, many Americans—Christians included—were either neutral or in favor of the Supreme Court's decision. Now, some 15 million abortions later, many of those same people feel it is...
Archive: I Changed My Mind About Abortion
Archive: I Changed My Mind About Abortion By Beverly A. McMillan, M.D., Former Abortion Clinic Director Abortion - right or wrong? The question has been tossed around by everyone from the high-school debate team to the network news commentator. But for those millions...
Wesley’s take on Scripture
Wesley’s take on Scripture By Bishop Mack B. Stokes (1911-2011) November/December 1983 Good News For Methodism’s founder, the basis for Christian belief and practice was –first, last, and always – the Holy Bible. John Wesley was steeped in Scripture from childhood. He...
Archive: Those Wretched Genealogies!
How God used a motley crew to give us His Son Archive: Those Wretched Genealogies! by Joel B. Green "We'll never be able to buy a house, not with these interest rates!" "No one can get along with him. He's impossible." "Our church is past the point of no return; it...
Archive: The Bible…Good Book or God’s Book?
Archive: The Bible…Good Book or God’s Book? By John N. Oswalt, President of Asbury College, Wilmore, KY Contributing Editor, Good News The basic difference among United Methodists today is what we believe about Scripture. Is the Bible the inspired Word of God, unique...
Rebuilding the Tower of Babel
Rebuilding the Tower of Babel By Helmet Thielicke (1908-1986) July/August 1983 Originally the world "had one language" (Genesis 11:1). What bound people together was once stronger than what separated them. And this is what God intended the world to be when he created...
