Rethinking Church in Zimbabwe
By Pricilla Muzerengwa - Traditionally, United Methodists parade through the streets carrying palms on Palm Sunday. Communities would also typically see Christians marching in the early morning on Easter Sunday singing praises of victory. That’s all changed due to the...
Saved to the Uttermost
By Maxie Dunnam - To be a Christian is to change. It is to become new. It is not simply a matter of choosing a new lifestyle, although that will change. It has to do with being a new person. A new person does not emerge fully formed. Conversion – passing from death to...
Archive: The Price of Spiritual Power
What can the early church teach us about the conditions for power in the church of today? Archive: The Price of Spiritual Power by Michael Green, Rector, St. Aldate's Anglican Church, Oxford, England Reprinted with permission from the June 1981 issue of Pastoral...
Archive: On Things Left Behind
Archive: On Things Left Behind By James V Heidinger II, Editor, Good News Though we speak much of pluralism these days, at the same time I am hearing increasingly of theological liberals who cannot discuss theological issues with evangelicals for very long without...
Archive: Whatever Happened to HELL?
Archive: Whatever Happened to HELL? by G. Roger Schoenhals adapted from an article ©1977 Light and Life Press I remember hearing a sermon on hell. I was a child, and it so frightened me I wanted to be a Christian just to escape going to that awful place. That was 30...
Archive: “Go…” The Great Commission
Archive: “Go…” The Great Commission by Charles R. Britt, Assistant Professor of Family & Child Development Auburn University Pastor, Waverly United Methodist Church, Auburn, Alabama What is the New Testament mandate for missions? Ask any mission-minded,...
Archive: Charles Keysor Leaves UM Church
Archive: Charles Keysor Leaves UM Church By James V. Heidinger II, Editor, Good News Magazine Dr. Charles W. Keysor, founding editor of Good News magazine, transferred his ordination June 1 to the Evangelical Covenant Church of America. Dr. Keysor was formerly an...
Archive: Bishop Wheatley Stirs Contention
Archive: Bishop Wheatley Stirs Contention by James Robb A Western Jurisdiction investigative committee meeting in Los Angeles May 20-21 cleared Bishop Melvin Wheatley on charges that he had spread false doctrine. But the committee's action only added fuel to the...
