Estonian Churches Withdraw
Estonian Churches Withdraw -- By Heather Hahn (UM News) -- The 23 United Methodist churches in the Baltic nation of Estonia are leaving the denomination to form the independent Estonia Methodist Church. By a 97 percent majority vote on June 16, the Estonia District...
Centrist Misconceptions
Centrist Misconceptions -- By Thomas Lambrecht -- Over the last several weeks, this Perspective has been in dialogue with the weekly e-newsletter of Mainstream UMC, a caucus group representing United Methodist centrists. Mainstream’s articles have been illuminating...
What Is Truth?
By Thomas Lambrecht - "What is truth?" Pontius Pilate asked that compelling question during his interrogation of Jesus prior to condemning him to the cross (John 18:38). For Pilate, that question was a cry of despair -- he had given up on ever finding the answer. It...
Making Moral Choices
By Thomas Lambrecht - Over the last two weeks, we have looked at results from a recent survey conducted by the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University under the direction of Dr. George Barna. We saw that many Americans are confused about who God is...
Confusion About God
By Thomas Lambrecht - What is God like? That seems to be the most fundamental question any religion has to answer. Each religion has their own answer to that question, which in turn makes each religion distinctive. Christianity has a particular answer to that question...
The Good ol’ Boy and Divine Encouragement
He didn’t go to our church. The truth is, he probably wouldn’t have fit in very well. I went to “First Church” where most of the members were professionals – doctors, lawyers, bankers, successful business owners. And many in my hometown worked at the oil and gas...
The Stumble of Grace
By Carolyn Moore - Like so many people, I’ve given chunks of time every day for months to pray against the virus, and against racism, and against all the crazy things that have cropped up as our collective nerves have gotten frayed. One of the best things I discovered...
Happy Warrior
Dr. William J. Abraham is an irreplaceable Irish import to United Methodism. He is an ordained elder of the Rio Texas Conference and the Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies at Perkins School of Theology in Dallas. He is the author of numerous books such as...
