It’s always fun when Bible passages make it into the news cycle. This time we have Jeff Sessions to thank. As Winston Churchill once quipped, we should never waste a good crisis. I’d like to take the opportunity, then, to make a few remarks about Romans 13, though to do so, I’ll have to back up to…
Methonerds, this is a special blog post just for you. It relates, however, to a Judicial Council decision that has significant implications for the whole church. In case you are not a United Methodist and are punishing yourself for some great sin by reading about our church politics, or you are a United Methodist and…
A recent CNN headline proclaims: This televangelist is asking his followers to buy him a $54 million private jet The televangelist in question is Jesse Duplantis, leader of Jesse Duplantis Ministries out of Louisiana. He apparently owns three other jets as well. (It’s hard to get by with just one, after all.) In response, my…
A few weeks ago I posted part one of our interview with Randy Clark and Mark Chironna. Here’s part 2, in which we talk about the “ecumenism of the Holy Spirit,” and especially relationships between Protestants and Roman Catholics. You can access it directly here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/plaintruth/Clark_Chironna_inverview_podcast_part_2_-_rev.mp3 You can buy the book by Randy Clark…
There has been no small amount of dialogue among North American Protestants as of late on the contributions of women in ministry and the challenges they face. Beth Moore’s “A Letter to My Brothers,” for example, is a painful reality check from an evangelical icon: I am a laugher. I can take jokes and make…
If you’ve been following the drama that is United Methodist politics, you’re probably aware of the recent statement by the Council of Bishops. The Council recently met in order to deliberate on the report submitted by the Commission on a Way Forward. After prayerful consideration, our bishops offered the following statement, which I quote from…
I recently attended a conference called Voice of the Prophets where I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Randy Clark and Dr. Mark Chironna. I asked them to speak about the topic of prophecy. We’ve included this interview, followed by some of our own reflections, in our newest podcast. You can listen to…
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