The Birthdate of Methodism?
By Frank H. Billman - What date would you choose for the birthdate of Methodism? The General Conference of the Methodist Church of England met in 1837 and a committee of preachers and laymen was assembled to put together a celebration of the Centennial, the first...
The Cross
By Steve Beard - I was in elementary school when I first grasped that the death of Jesus was a big deal. On Good Friday, my mom and dad signed me out of class in time for the noon church service. It was somber and stiff and formal – but I was out of school for the...
Archive: Is Jesus the Only Way?
Archive: Is Jesus the Only Way? Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” – John 14:6 by Ralph Martin Originally published in New Covenant, P.O. Box 8617, Ann Arbor, MI 48107 Reprinted with permission. One...
Archive: How God Found Me in a Methodist* Church
Archive: How God Found Me in a Methodist* Church A personal testimony by Marion S. Byers, Lexington, Kentucky In the fall of my seventeenth year I really didn't think I was looking for God. And I knew the Methodist Church I sat in every Sunday morning was not the...
Archive: What is “This Gospel”?
Archive: What is “This Gospel”? By James V. Heidinger II, Chairman Good News Board of Directors Good News has always been interested in theology. The movement began over 14 years ago out of a concern for theological issues. My initial interest in Good News came as I...
Archive: Conference Celebrates Holy Spirit
Archive: Conference Celebrates Holy Spirit By Diane Knippers, Associate Editor UM charismatics gathered for a second national conference on the Holy Spirit last August 7-10 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Sponsored by the UM Renewal Services Fellowship (UMRSF), the...
Archive: Winning Out Over Worry
Archive: Winning Out Over Worry Some helpful thoughts on a universal human problem by Philip E. Worth, Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Collingswood, New Jersey On the editorial page of the New York Times an article appeared that is typical of the anxiety that...
Archive: C. S. Lewis: Exmas in Niatirb
Archive: C. S. Lewis: Exmas in Niatirb (a lost chapter from Herodotus) A satire from his book "God in the Dock". Published by Wm. B. Eerdmans. Used by permission. And beyond this there lies in the ocean, turned towards the west and north, the island of Niatirb...
