2168: 12 Reports About the Church 150 Years Forward
Spoiler alert: I can’t predict what I’ll have for breakfast tomorrow, so my speculations about what the Free Methodist Church will look like 150 years from now are pure fiction. But I proclaim them...
View ArticleOught Women to Govern in the Church?
An article by Brother W. Gould has a subhead “Women Never Chosen of God as Rulers.” He says, “There is not a single indisputable instance of a woman’s being called of the Lord to the work of...
View ArticleThe Object and Scope of This Publication
Religious principles are immutable and, therefore, eternal. The best annunciation of them was made by our Savior himself. His words contain the essence of all truth that can have any bearing on human...
View ArticleFinding the Lord in “The Rings”
While it is easy to understand the popularity of “The Lord of the Rings” movies filled with groundbreaking special effect, eye-popping battle sequences and magical, captivating characters, I believe...
View ArticleHeavenly Treasures: Every Product Represents a Changed Life
God can use anyone with a willing heart. In 1996, Kathy Gaulton was embarking on a new job with a global merchandise company that recruited her. Luxury designer brand boutiques were her focus, and...
View ArticleThe Progress of the Church
It may have looked like an insignificant beginning when 19 persons from the common walks of life stood up on the campground belonging to Isaac M. Chesbrough near Pekin, New York, on Sunday morning,...
View ArticleGC19: A Conference Unlike Any Other
I grew up in a family of Free Methodist missionaries to northern Mexico. My parents were tentmaker missionaries, so we never had to go back for fundraising and consequently didn’t go back much at all —...
View ArticleTry Jesus-Sourced Produce This Christmas
OK, everyone, let’s take a deep breath for a moment and confess: November is not our finest month. October doesn’t help by stuffing us with candy, pumpkin spice, and political advertising. November...
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The Spirit, Freedom and Adoption
When I was a teenager, freedom was a rising anthem in my heart. The songs screaming from my stereo were dripping with analogies of running away from control and toward happiness. Freedom was a gift...
View ArticleGrowing the Fruit of the Spirit
Sometimes we buy into the idea that once people accept Christ into their heart, they should be completely done with sin and forever changed. Therefore, when they return to our churches a week later and...
View ArticleBearing the Fruit of the Spirit
Which would be better? To rid the human heart of its selfish and sinful tendencies or to fill the human heart with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and...
View ArticleFruitcakes, Politics and Peace
I’m a fan of most holiday snacks, but, unlike my father, I’ve never been much of a fruitcake fan. I like fruit, and I like cake, but I don’t really like fruitcake. Perhaps my problem is I prefer fresh...
View ArticleWord Challenge
Every story has a beginning. The start of our journey began with a word, but not just any word, the word that made it all begin. According to Genesis, God spoke (communicated) and it was done. God...
View ArticleHooked on Holyphonics
I’ve been attending church since I was a fetus, and leading a church for the last 15 years. I’m a pastor’s kid, a seminarian, a professor, and an executive coach for large-church pastors. I am a...
View ArticleHow to Read the Bible
We often call the Bible the Word of God. Sometimes, in fact, we use the “Word of God” and the “Bible” interchangeably. But what do we mean when we call the Bible “God’s Word”? Obviously, we’re saying...
View ArticleThe Many Languages of the Bible
Sitting in my seminary office in India, I can hear workers outside speaking in Kannada. I am relaxing after teaching biblical Greek, in English, to students who already speak or understand three to...
View ArticleHomo Unius Libri
There are great books throughout history. Plato’s “Republic,” Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” Tolstoy’s “War and Peace,” Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” Homer’s...
View ArticleFinding My Identity
I remember the first time. I was seated on the stone plaza of the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Night had fallen and I was surrounded by thousands upon thousands. Among the murmuring voices, I heard...
View ArticleAsking an Age-Old Question: Wesleyan Small Groups at Seattle Pacific
“How goes it with your soul?” It’s a fair question, a good question, and a question that was once commonplace in Free Methodist churches and colleges. But these days it’s a question almost no one asks...
View ArticleBishops’ Fund Supports Wildfire Recovery
The deadliest wildfire in California history has directly affected Free Methodist churches in Northern California, but that hasn’t stopped them from serving their communities. Donations through the...
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