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Christian martyrdom is not only an ancient phenomenon. On Sunday, June 23 the Syrian priest François Murad was killed in Gassanieh, in north...

Some thought-provoking stuff from the Paducah district of the Memphis Conference of the UMC, one essay by the district superintendent and th...

Opinions are abounding on the consequences of the Supreme Court's rulings issued yesterday on the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)...

Ok, this is going to be a very unusual post for me because the topic is UFOs. So get your tinfoil hat on and take a ride. This all started w...

They are at it again, this time in the US Senate. I wrote at length in 2011 of US Rep. Jim McGovern's ( D.-3rd District, Mass.) proposed...

Secretary of State John Kerry leads the war faction in the Obama administration, insisting that American warplanes should begin bombing Syri...

The Church Doctor site offers an excellent perspective on how and why churches get off track and their vitality dribbles away. Read the whol...

Well, it's the only one: I ripped this shot off my son's FB page. He took it last night. Many years ago when my family and I visited...

Christian Perfection: The Reason for Methodism Wesley argued for and preached on entire sanctification, full sanctification, or Christian pe...

Bart Ehrman Creates Stir in Atheist Community Over The Existence of Jesus Bart Ehrman is one of the world's leading scholars on the his...

As we start considering what planning we need to do for our future, one thing we will need to face fully an a real, instrospective questions...

The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is one of the only relief organizations that guarantees that 100 percent of your donation g...

My uncle, Prof. Rob Foy in Minnesota, died recently and a memorial was printed for him by his university, found online at " Please Reme...

Kids begging their parents to go to church beats parents begging their kids to go to church. Invest in your family ministry environments.  C...

15 Things You Need to Know about Unchurched People Today Read the whole thing.

Persistence:  

20 Hidden Ministry Killers Probably more accurately, "Church killers." Read the whole thing, but here they are as a simple list: D...

And in many cases, are not pre -Christian at all. I touched on this in, " Reasons to disbelieve Jesus rose from the dead ." Skepti...