Words to Celebrate Christmas
By Tom Lambrecht - One of the popular activities during the Christmas season is to sing Christmas carols. As a musician myself, I find that music moves me in a deeper way than many other forms of expression. When it comes to Christmas carols, however, sometimes the...
Waiting for the Church’s Future
By Tom Lambrecht - It is fitting that we take the month before Christmas (the church season of Advent) as a time of waiting. Historically, the church calendar teaches us to eagerly await the celebration of Christmas and all the joys and excitement we experience during...
Archive: The Ministerial Faith Crisis Seen by a Local Pastor
Archive: The Ministerial Faith Crisis Seen by a Local Pastor By Howard E. Chattin, Pastor, United Methodist Church, Southport, Indiana Once a dog food company held a sales meeting. The president was pacing the floor. "We came out with this new dog food and everybody...
Archive: The Faith Crisis in a Seminary
Archive: The Faith Crisis in a Seminary By Dale A. Sanders, Pastor, United Methodist Churches of Bartley and Indianola, Nebraska Ever since high school, I knew I was called to the Methodist ministry. At a young age I was in love with Our Lord, His Church—and I was...
Archive: Faith Crisis in the Methodist Ministry
Archive: Faith Crisis in the Methodist Ministry By Charles W. Keysor, Editor Crisis is all about us, it seems. Church leaders wax eloquent about an assortment of woes: *Shortage of ministers. *Dwindling professions of faith. *Sagging church school attendance....
Archive: Stand Tall!
Archive: Stand Tall! "The world pays no attention to the Church.'' Today we hear this criticism like a litany of despair. And we panic. For to be ignored is to fail, humanely speaking. And failure is disgrace in America's success- slanted culture. "The world pays no...
Archive: The Evangelism of Jesus
Archive: The Evangelism of Jesus By Robert E. Coleman Professor of Evangelism, Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky Reprinted from "The Master Plan of Evangelism" Fleming H. Revell Co. © 1963, 1964 by Robert E. Coleman It all started by Jesus calling a few...
ARCHIVE: Renewal Through Recovey
Archive: Renewal Through Recovery By Carl E. Glasow, Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Cleveland, Tennessee A Local Pastor Looks at The Church Renewal is one of the current emphases in the Christian Church. Decreasing Sunday school and worship attendance, the...
