The Issues that Divide Us
By C. Chappell Temple - After more than forty years of discussion and debate, it’s clear that United Methodists are more divided than ever over how the church should respond to questions relating to homosexuality and same-sex marriage. Far too often, however, the...
Sour Milk and the Law
By David Kalas - My wife, Karen, grew up in a family full of milk drinkers. Everyone’s glass of milk was filled and refilled each dinner hour. As a result, milk never had a chance to go bad in her house. In my house, on the other hand, we were not such big milk...
Archive: A Methodist Perspective on Berlin
Archive: A Methodist Perspective on Berlin March 1867 By Michael W. Walker, Associate Minister, Cosa Linda Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas Over 1200 delegates and observers gathered in Berlin from 100 countries around the world to attend the World Congress on...
Archive: Listen to the Wesleys
Archive: Listen to the Wesleys March 1967 By Charles W. Keyson, Editor There is something forever "relevant" about the thinking of great Christians. They articulate the truth of the Gospel, so they deal with matters that really matter to people in every age. One of...
Archive: A Methodist Prayer Crusade
Archive: A Methodist Prayer Crusade March 1967 By James P. Rush, Pastor, Wesley Methodist Church, Woodland Hills, California The increasingly vocal "new theology of man come of age," as I understand it, states that my selfhood, and my situation in the world in the...
Archive: Let Us Pray Without Ceasing
Archive: Let Us Pray Without Ceasing March 1967 By Homer M. Martin, Jr., Pastor, Trinity Methodist Church, Muskogee, Oklahoma The capacity to pray is one of God's outstanding gifts to mankind. This relationship be tween Creator and created will manifest itself in a...
Archive: Scriptural Holiness: Our Forgotten Doctrine
Archive: Scriptural Holiness: Our Forgotten Doctrine March 1967 By James D. McCallie, Associate Pastor, First Methodist Church, Vincennes, Indiana An highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but...
Archive: What is the Church?
Archive: What is the Church? March 1967 Today there is much confusion about the doctrine of the Church. We hear many ideas that have no basis in the Word of God, which stands as the ultimate measure of Christian truth. Here are four definitions to stimulate and...
