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What is at stake in the battle over marriage

Posted in Doctrine, Holiness, Social Issues on May 7, 2012 |

Tomorrow (May 8) voters in North Carolina will decide whether to approve a state constitutional amendment that says “Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in [North Carolina].” The commentary below is by the Rev. Jim Garlow, pastor of Skyline Wesleyan Church in [...]

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Prayer for UM General Conference from prominent Southern Baptist provokes sharp responses

Posted in Book of Discipline, Doctrine, Ethics, General Conference, Holiness, Media, Prayer, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , on April 30, 2012 |

A Monday afternoon tweet by Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, received sharply negative responses from several United Methodist tweeters. At 4:19 p.m. Eastern Time, Mohler tweeted: “Join me in praying that the General Conference of the United Methodist Church will hold firm for biblical standards of sexuality.” Mohler apparently was referring to [...]

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Should United Methodists agree to disagree on homosexuality?

Posted in Book of Discipline, Discipleship, Doctrine, General Conference, Holiness, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , on April 17, 2012 |

The following statement was released April 13 by the Renewal and Reform Coalition, composed of Good News, the Confessing Movement Within the United Methodist Church, Lifewatch, RENEW, Transforming Congregations, and UMAction. Links and subheadings have been added by MethodistThinker.com — Ed. – It’s that time again. General Conference will soon be here and all of [...]

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General Conference 2012: More attempts to change UM standards on sexual behavior

Posted in Book of Discipline, Christian/Methodist History, Doctrine, General Conference, Holiness, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , on March 19, 2012 |

The following commentary is by Riley B. Case, associate executive director of the Confessing Movement Within the United Methodist Church. Dr. Case served for many years as a pastor and district superintendent in the UMC’s North Indiana Conference (now the Indiana Conference), and he has been a delegate to five UM General Conferences. He is [...]

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UMC restructuring: Power shifts, turf battles and trust

Posted in Bishops, Book of Discipline, Church Renewal, Doctrine, General Conference, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , on February 6, 2012 |

The following commentary is by Riley B. Case, associate executive director of the Confessing Movement Within the United Methodist Church. Dr. Case served for many years as a pastor and district superintendent in the UMC’s North Indiana Conference (now the Indiana Conference), and he has been a delegate to five UM General Conferences. He is [...]

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Bishop Timothy Whitaker: United Methodists must stand against ‘violence of abortion’

Posted in Bishops, Book of Discipline, Doctrine, Ethics, General Conference, Holiness, Politics, Sermons, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , , on January 23, 2012 |

Jan. 22 marked the 39th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court’s decisions in the cases of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. Taken together, the two rulings (authored by Justice Harry Blackmun, a United Methodist) effectively voided dozens of state laws aimed at protecting unborn children from abortion. Since then, abortion doctors have [...]

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If defiance continues, United Methodism may come crashing down

Posted in Bishops, Book of Discipline, Christian/Methodist History, Church Renewal, Doctrine, Ethics, General Conference, Holiness, Judicial Council, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , on July 15, 2011 | 20 Comments »

The following commentary is by Riley B. Case, associate executive director of the Confessing Movement Within the United Methodist Church. Dr. Case served for many years as a pastor and district superintendent in the UMC’s North Indiana Conference (now the Indiana Conference). He is the author of Evangelical and Methodist: A Popular History (Abingdon Press) [...]

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A word from Mr. Wesley: Power over sin

Posted in Christian/Methodist History, Doctrine, Holiness, Sermons on July 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »

This is the latest in a monthly series that presents excerpts from the writings of John Wesley, co-founder (with his brother Charles) of the Methodist movement. The following is condensed from “The Marks of the New Birth,” Sermon 18 among Mr. Wesley’s standard sermons. For easier reading, some of the wording in this condensation has [...]

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Outcome of DeLong trial likely to exacerbate disunity of UMC

Posted in Bishops, Book of Discipline, Doctrine, Ethics, General Conference, Holiness, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , on June 27, 2011 | 11 Comments »

The following post is by blogger and church planter David Fischler. He writes frequently on topics related to mainline Protestantism at his blog, The Reformed Pastor. 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 served as a United [...]

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Bishop Mack Stokes: Holiness in human sexuality

Posted in Bishops, Book of Discipline, Discipleship, Doctrine, Ethics, Holiness, Social Issues, United Methodist Church, tagged , on June 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Issues related to human sexuality are front and center in both the culture and the church. In this post, excerpted from the out-of-print book Scriptural Holiness For the United Methodist Christian (Discipleship Resources, 1987), retired UM Bishop Mack B. Stokes discusses sexuality from the standpoint of both the historic teaching of the Christian faith and [...]

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Podcast: Rob Renfroe on ‘The Truth About God’

Posted in Doctrine, Holiness, Podcasts, Sermons, United Methodist Church, tagged , , on June 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »

This edition of the Methodist Thinker Mini-Podcast features a teaching excerpt from the Rev. Rob Renfroe, pastor of discipleship at The Woodlands (Texas) United Methodist Church and the president of the UM renewal ministry Good News. The excerpt is from a 2009 sermon series, “The Trouble with the Truth,” preached at The Woodlands UMC . [...]

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