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The Communion of Saints: December in Christian history

Posted in Christian/Methodist History on November 30, 2010 |

December 6, 345 (traditional date): Nicholas, bishop of Myra (right), one of the most popular saints in the Greek and Latin churches, dies. Eventually, stories of his generosity and cheer became part of the Christmas tradition, and St. Nicholas became the basis for Santa Claus. December 18, 1707: Charles Wesley, who founded the Methodist movement [...]

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A Thanksgiving prayer

Posted in Doctrine, Prayer on November 24, 2010 |

This classic prayer of thanksgiving is adapted from the Book of Common Prayer: Accept, O Lord, our thanks and praise for all that you’ve done for us. We thank you for the splendor of the whole creation, for the wonder of life, and for the mystery of love. We thank you for the blessing of [...]

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Podcast: Rob Renfroe on ‘The Deeper Issues of Methodist Renewal’

Posted in Church Renewal, Discipleship, Doctrine, Podcasts, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , , on November 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »

The latest MethodistThinker Podcast features an address by the Rev. Rob Renfroe, president of Good News, the flagship renewal ministry of the United Methodist Church. Robert Lane Renfroe earned a B.A. magna cum laude from Rice University in 1977 and an M. Div. summa cum laude from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 1982. After graduating from [...]

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Methodist study guide on Israeli-Palestinian conflict is ‘appalling’

Posted in Bishops, Ethics, Politics, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , on November 15, 2010 | 10 Comments »

This post is by the Rev. David Fischler, a church planter in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church and the founder of The Reformed Pastor blog. A New Jersey native, David was born of Jewish parents and became a Christian in college after reading the Bible for the first time. He holds degrees from Rutgers University and [...]

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Bill Bouknight: We must speak up for the persecuted church

Posted in Bishops, Ethics, General Conference, Social Issues, United Methodist Church on November 12, 2010 |

This post is by Dr. Bill Bouknight, associate director of the Confessing Movement Within the United Methodist Church. Sunday, Nov. 14, is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. This post first appeared in a slightly different form on the Confessing Movement website. Links below have been added by MethodistThinker.com. — Ed. – [...]

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D.C. attorney general urges court to ‘alter and amend’ GBCS ruling

Posted in Book of Discipline, Christian/Methodist History, Ethics, Social Issues, Stewardship, tagged , on November 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Arguing that the District of Columbia Superior Court’s ruling “constitute[s] legal error,” the D.C. attorney general has taken the usual step of asking the court (PDF) to “alter and amend” its ruling in a case involving endowment funds held by the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society (GBCS). The attorney general’s office represents [...]

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Polling data: Mainline Protestants going strongly for GOP

Posted in Politics, United Methodist Church, tagged , on November 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »

The latest election-related polling data from the non-partisan Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life suggests that a majority of voters who can be classified as “white Mainline Protestants” will support Republican Party congressional candidates in today’s elections. Although the margin of GOP-over-Democrat preference has tightened slightly in recent days, the latest Pew survey of [...]

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The Communion of Saints: November in Christian history

Posted in Christian/Methodist History on November 1, 2010 |

November 5, 1414: The Council of Constance opens to end the Great Schism. It deposed all three rival popes, but it also executed Bohemian reformers John Huss (Jan Hus) and Jerome of Prague, and anathematized the teachings of John Wycliffe. November 6, 1935: American revivalist Billy Sunday (right), a professional baseball player who became one [...]

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