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Remembering David Wilkerson
Author of the famous book (later made into a movie), “The Cross and the Switchblade,” and founding pastor of Times Square Church in New York City died in a car crash in Texas today. May God bless and comfort the family as we commend this brother to Christ. “… some Christians are content to merely exist…
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The Republic of the Savior
In less than 48 hours, I will be arriving in “República de El Salvador,” which literally means “The Republic of the Savior.” The country is also known as “La Tierra de Volcanes” or “The land of the volcanoes.” I am traveling with a small group of faculty and interpreters to help teach at a new…
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Easter Good News that goes literally Everywhere
Throughout the season of Lent, Reconciliation UMC uses different musical settings and sung responses for Holy Communion that have been adapted from Mil Voces #87. The memorial acclamation (or second sung response) we have used for this season is: Christ has died and descended to hell, but now he is risen, soon he’ll come again.…
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G. K. Chesterton
” Just going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car.” – G. K. Chesterton
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Why I would like to go to General Conference
United Methodists are now living in an era of “self-nomination.” It is an odd thing. If you want to serve on any of the conference teams, boards, or ministry areas in the North Carolina Conference, you are asked to go the the conference website, fill out the nomination form, and then submit yourself for consideration. We…
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Jaroslav Pelikan
from theologian and church historian Pelikan: “traditionalism is the dead faith of the living; tradition is the living faith of the dead.”
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Conference Voting goes Digital
This year, the North Carolina Annual Conference is going digital as we vote for clergy and lay delegates to the 2012 General and Jurisdictional Conferences. In the North Carolina Annual Conference, both laity and clergy will be voting for 9 GC delegates, 9 SEJ delegates each, and 5 alternates each.Though the number of delegates went…
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The Easter Triduum – a sermon
The Easter Triduum – the day after the day after Easter Sunday / April 24, 2011 / John 20:1-18, 30-31 Just for fun this morning, I want to invite you to do some liturgical math we me for a moment. For most Protestants, we have just come to the conclusion of the 40 days of…
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De-escalating Conflict by Escalating Honor
Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor. Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints;…
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