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In each issue, a forum of pastors, laity, theologians, and church leaders respond to your questions on subjects such as doctrine, theology, Christian living, and the church. Send your questions to Holiness Today, Church of the Nazarene Global Ministry Center, 17001 Prairie Star Parkway, Lenexa, KS…
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One of Bert Bowden's favorite Bible verses is Isaiah 6:8. In that scripture Isaiah heard God asking whom He should send to bear the truth. "Here I am," Isaiah answered. "Send me." In that passage, Bert, an ophthalmologist in Huntsville, Alabama, hears God's question directed at him. And three or…
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Ron Kirkemo completed 38 years teaching political science at Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU), where he started the political science major. Believing a great university provides more than teaching, he developed a connection for the university to the global Kyoto Prize Symposium, created the…
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Holiness Today visited with Carlos Saenz, field director for the Spanish Caribbean Field, which according to recent figures has eight districts, 238 churches, and over 18,000 members. He shared highlights of the church's work there.
Q. Where are you from originally?
A. I'm from Panama.
Q. How…
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In my September 2005 "Compass" column for Holiness Today, I wrote about the Cali, Colombia, House of Prayer Church of the Nazarene. I jubilantly testified to worshiping with nearly 6,000 happy Colombians in March 2005. Nine months later, Louie Bustle, director of World Mission, was honored to speak…
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As a child, I remember having a night light. Many years later, when I became a dad, my children had night lights in their rooms. Though small, these nightlights gave a soft, warm glow to their rooms and gave them comfort as they settled in for the evening. That small light was a source of guidance…
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Solomon would have loved the Internet. If he could have asked a computer's search engine to find everything in print beginning with the words, "What I have learned," he would have discovered millions of references in English alone. He didn't have the Internet. But based on his own experience, he…
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Everything I know about humor, I learned as a child growing up in a small parsonage with seven siblings. Life wasn't easy, but it was usually fun, probably because both of our parents had delightful senses of humor. Their use of humor often diffused anger and eased tensions, whether caused by…
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Hans Deventer returning home to the Netherlands following the 2001 General Assembly in Indianapolis.
As I reflect on my first visit to a general assembly, the word that describes it is "huge." When you come from a small district of 11 churches and 1,600 Nazarenes, a general assembly is like…
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It was a contentious meeting, the likes of which the Palo Alto zoning board had not seen in a long time. Things were getting out of hand as opponents of the addition of a liquor store to a local strip mall near the high school shouted out their objections and proponents defended their right to open…