... Thanks for your thoughts, John. I think the pulpit should be used to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ & to interpret the Scriptures for our times & our ...
Craig, Thank you for your response to my post on the use of the pulpit in periods of elections. However, how do you feel, when the Church ( or Christians ) are...
Rob Gagnon defends the traditional view of the bible and homosexual practice: http://robgagnon.net/NicholasKristofGodAndSex.htm http://robgagnon.net/...
"How do we walk the fine line of being neutral in these social causes?" Making allowances for changes in culture and methods what do you think the original...
"Rick" <rick2564u@y...> offered these links: http://robgagnon.net/NicholasKristofGodAndSex.htm http://robgagnon.net/ These are really excellent resources, as...
... As C. S. Lewis points out in his essay 'Christianity and Culture' the New Testament is simply cold towards culture. The disciples are learning that ...
You are absolutely right, Ann. Culture doesn't save anyone. But I was actually responding (when I probably should have stayed quiet:-) to the question of...
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... You've got it! :)) I've appreciated the emphasis on the Gospels and "freedom to the captives" messages- helping us to discover what it is in us that...
Carolyn, My point is thta when as a Pastor I am sent information concerning social issues such as the Pro-Life Movement, the Lottery issue, and other issues....
They would rather me preach the Gospel rather promote some of these issues. Dear John, Amen to that! In light of declining membership in the UMC don't we have...
... Stroud expects to lose ministerial credentials Dec. 1, 2004 By Linda Green* PUGHTOWN, Pa. (UMNS) - The United Methodist clergywoman on trial for being in a...
The Gallaghers, a couple from Minneapolis, decided to go to Florida during the icy winter. They planned to stay at the same hotel where they spent their...
John wrote, "I felt it was the right of every person to vote as they wanted even if I felt it was wrong." I agree. "I felt the upper leadership were out of...
Brother Craig, Thank you for sending this story! I have nejoyed it very much and have sent it on to my wife & daughter. Thanks again for the joy and laughter...
There are certain factions of christianity that make political propoganda. Wildmon on AFR is one. I do not like listening to him and tend to turn him off. ...
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/012/22.64.html Here is an article in Christianity Today about boundaries and the culture we live in. I think it says a...
UGHTOWN, Pa. - A jury made up of United Methodist Church clergy convicted a lesbian minister Thursday of violating church law by openly living with her partner...
If you are referring to the Rev. Don Wildmon of American Family Association (AFA), I was thinking that he is an ordained United Methodist minister. I googled...
... Y'know, the last I knew he was a United Methodist. -- Craig L. Adams Weidman United Methodist Church http://www.gbgm-umc.org/weidman/ A Few Old Books From...
Beautifully simple and complexly hard. WOW! Makes great sense to me, but living it, is what Christianity (being filled with the Holy Spirit, in communication...
Praying I see an update of improvement soon. I am, as one can tell, running a few days behind due to work and ANOTHER sinus infection. going to the free...
... politics ... divide ... this ... some ... launch ... ********************************************************************* I agree and I keep my political...
Stroud Trial Update – Penalty Announced – 5:05 p.m., EST, Dec. 2, 2004 PUGHTOWN, Pa. — The trial court that returned a guilty verdict against the Rev....
7-6... interesting... Appropriate... but surprizingly close. It is the right decision but as I said earlier it is really a moot point. By the Discipline of...
In agreement. But am left feeling sad that we, not just UMC, but Christians, are coming to this. It is sooo wrong, and so secular and so political. Ah well,...
Oh puhleeze Craig, tell me he's not one of, gasp, us! The man is sanctimonious, but I do approve of his bringing things out to talk about and his 1 million ...
Gib Wilson <texsis46@y...> wrote: <In agreement. But am left feeling sad that we, not just UMC, but Christians, are coming to this. It is sooo wrong, and so...
... It's not a sin. ... Why? She's been defrocked, but the church in Germantown has every right to have her functioning in whatever mutually-agreeable position...
