Implications of Postponing General Conference
By Thomas Lambrecht - By now, I am sure you are aware that General Conference has been postponed until sometime in 2021. A date and place for the rescheduled conference has not been announced and may not be for a few weeks. Beyond question, this was the right...
The Impact of Social Distancing
By Tom Lambrecht - We have a new phrase in our vocabulary: "social distancing." In this time of the novel coronavirus, keeping a distance from other people can help stop the spread of the disease. It is ironic to me that this virus has caused an extreme form of what...
Archive: Touching a Tender Nerve
Archive: Touching a Tender Nerve by Charles W. Keysor, Editor, Good News Magazine In the Sept/Oct 1980 issue (p. 26-39), we reported on the effort of Mr. David Jessup, a UM layman, to question grants of money made by our denomination to various political groups. Some...
Archive: Some Helps to Meditation
Archive: Some Helps to Meditation by J. W Mahood Reprinted from his book "The Lost Art of Meditation" ©Fleming H. Revell, 1911. Used by permission. The art of meditation must be learned. There is no possibility of stumbling upon it by chance. There is no royal course...
Archive: Preach Yourself a Sermon
Archive: Preach Yourself a Sermon Taken from Talking About Prayer by Richard Bewes@1979 and used by permission of lnterVarsity Press. Ever tried preparing a sermon? Perhaps not. But have you ever tried preparing a sermon for your own consumption? This is roughly what...
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...
