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WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE AS A METHODIST

I titled my last article WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE, noting the fact that there is a new denomination in the Christian faith world: THE GLOBAL METHODIST CHURCH. I know this raises questions, “Isn't this going against the stream?”   In a study published in 2022, Pew...

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WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

What a time to be alive! I don’t know many people…in fact, I don’t know anybody that is making that observation with the emotion I make it. And with all sorts of reasons, including personal timing.  What a time to be alive.   Our two national political parties...

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A PIONEER AND JUICE

O.J. Simpson, the Juice, died on April 10, at age 76. One news columnist opened his story with these words, “It marked the end of a long and turbulent life marked by poverty. survival, riches, violence, and stardom.”The centerpiece of the television reporting was a...

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KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES

The article had a bold-face title: Methodists Keep Up With the Times. My friend had saved it from The Wall Street Journal (May 10) because he knew I would be interested.   Just reading the title, had I not known what the article was about, I would have pronounced...

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Hurry Slowly

Years ago I came across a phrase that grabbed my attention. It was a season of my life when I was paying close attention to my own “spiritual state,” and as a result, seeking to develop particular spiritual disciplines. The phrase, a long obedience in the same...

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Victory Over Death

There is no if about death. The question is more accurately put, “When a person dies, shall he or she live again?” Not one line of the New Testament was written… not one sentence was penned apart from the conviction that He of whom these things were being written had...

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What Happens When Everyone Stops Sinning

The preaching must have been powerful. In a recent cartoon, as he leads his parents from worship, Dennis the Menace confronts the preacher. “What happens when everyone stops sinning? What will you do?” While we are not strangers to sin, Dennis stuns us with his ...

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God’s Breathed Word

I recently heard this story of a boy who desperately wanted a car for his sixteenth birthday. He didn’t hesitate in making that desire known. When that day finally arrived, he looked out the window, hopefully thinking that surely his new car would be there. But to his...

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HEALING PRAYER IS GOD’S IDEA

HEALING PRAYER IS GOD’S IDEA   I love people! I get excited as I look forward to meeting new people. I am encouraged in my own Christian walk in mentoring young ministers.    A few years ago I received an email from a young Canadian minister, asking me to...

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God in Our Lives

GOD IN OUR LIVES Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him.(Ps. 37:7 RSV) A little boy was afraid to go to his room alone. He was assured by his mother that God was there, even though it was dark. He went to the door, peeked in, and said, "God, if you're in...

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