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3 Common Traits of Youth Who Don’t Leave the Church
We all know the statistics that caution us we need to win our children for Christ while they are still young since the odds against their making a decision for Christ grows as they get older. We all know someone (probably many someones) who verify this statistic. Fortunately, most of us also know at least one […]
Is There a Future for “Holiness”?
I remember the days when we heard alot about the “holiness movement.” I’m not too young to remember when holiness was the major theme that was both promoted by the denomination of which I am a part as well as regularly preached from the pulpit. I remember when “Holiness unto the Lord” was more than […]
Top 10 Reasons Our Kids Leave Church
Most of us are concerned about our children. We hope and pray as they grow up that they will stick with the faith we tried to instill in them as they grew up. Much of this “education” we leave to the Church, however, which isn’t always successful in making our hopes and prayers come true […]
Helping the Gospel Appeal to Everyone: Reflections on True Story by James Choung
Some of the primary concerns of young people today are care for the environment, relief for oppressed peoples, and the healing of other “systems” in their world that have been “damaged by evil” and are in need of restoration. Being concerned, they often jump into the task of attempting to heal those systems without […]
The Millennial Generation’s Acceptable Sin
There is danger brewing in what 20-somethings in the Church believe is acceptable. Those of us interested in maintaining orthodoxy in the Church as well as enriching the spiritual life of our young people should take note. Below begins what I think is an excellent article discussing this danger. It is written by Bart Gingerich, […]
Reflections on “The Steward Leader”
Major Themes R. Scott Rodin begins with the point that in the Bible, leaders are not appointed but anointed for service. He says, “The selection criterion for leadership was not based on who seemed most fit for the appointment, but on whom God had anointed for the task” (p. 14). This is in contrast to […]
Post Thanksgiving Hike and a Touching Methodist Civil War Story
This is a touching story of Christianity in action during and after the Civil War: (Reblogged from Juicy Ecumenism) Post Thanksgiving Hike and a Touching Methodist Civil War Story by Mark Tooley, President of IRD There’s no better place for a post Thanksgiving hike than Bull Run Battlefield in Virginia 30 miles outside Washington, DC. Although […]
Originally posted on Juicy Ecumenism – The Institute on Religion & Democracy's Blog:
(Photo credit: The Evanglical Fellowship of Canada) By Faith McDonnell This weekend holds another special event, in addition to the 237th birthday of the United States Marine Corps on Saturday, November 10, and Veteran’s Day on Sunday, “eleventh hour of…
Originally posted on Juicy Ecumenism – The Institute on Religion & Democracy's Blog:
Photo: David Y. Lee for The New York Times John Yates, rector of the Falls Church (Anglican) in Falls Church, Virginia shared some thoughts on the election in his parish weekly bulletin this past Sunday: If you want to be in…
Abortion: Is it the worse sin?
Abortion is sin. There is no doubt about it. Just a few days after conception, the baby’s heart is pumping blood through its body. You can see fingers and toes forming, you can hear the heart beat. Yet, these babies are considered just a “mass of flesh” by the abortionists. “Scripture seems to teach that […]
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