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Many of us have constructed a private world in our lives that we don’t want anyone else to see. This veiled world could include behaviors and choices we’re not ready to share or discuss with others. It might also contain issues that we want to keep in the dark because they are not consistent with…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
Many of us have constructed a private world in our lives that we don’t want anyone else to see. This veiled world could include behaviors and choices we’re not ready to share or discuss with others. It might also contain issues that we want to keep in the dark because they are not consistent with…
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Shirley Pieratt sat in church during an evening service, trying to concentrate. For six months Pieratt had struggled with a contentious situation, and she felt weary to the bone. Pieratt and a business partner were trying to buy the company she had worked at for 13 years—Lady Primrose Royal Bathing…
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Q: I've heard many terms used to describe holiness in the lives of believers. Are some terms more correct than others?
The holiness of God is majestic, awe-inspiring and wonderful. (Perhaps we should also include fearful.)
God's gracious invitation for us to be called by His name and participate…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
Q: I've heard many terms used to describe holiness in the lives of believers. Are some terms more correct than others?
The holiness of God is majestic, awe-inspiring and wonderful. (Perhaps we should also include fearful.)
God's gracious invitation for us to be called by His name and participate…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
In my early days as a college religion professor, a student wanted to write an essay on the concept of Satan in order to fulfill a course requirement. When she submitted the paper, I laughed heartily—throughout the paper she had misspelled Satan as "Satin."
Actually, maybe she was not far off!…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
When he accepted his assignment as 33rd general superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene in 2001, Talmadge Johnson said, "I accept your voice today. And I will get on with the business of serving God and honoring Him."
Johnson has never gone back on that promise to his church. In fact, from…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
"Anywhere with Jesus I can safely go . . ." When I was a child attending church, we often sang that chorus on Sunday nights. And our congregation sang the chorus with exclamation marks: "Anywhere! Everywhere! Fear I cannot know."
I thought of the song while pondering the psalmist's question: "…
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In 25 years, HIV has infected 65 million people, and killed 25 million of these through AIDS. Currently 17.3 million women live with the virus, 13 million of them in Africa. Indeed, in several sub-Saharan African countries more than 25 percent of the adult population is infected with AIDS.…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
If you've had your ears open around church, you've heard the term "postmodern." For more than a decade, culture specialists and sociologists have announced the coming of the postmodern generation—a generation that would upset all we know about the growth of Christianity.
Gone are the days when the…