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We Are the Rule

Dave Gipson·July 6, 2022

Tonight I’m icing my knee. It’s the end of the day and my body has several smaller injuries...

Bob Hostetler·June 28, 2022

Most preachers end their sermons with a prayer or a prayer period. For some preachers, the prayer closing...

Matt Whitman·June 23, 2022

Here’s a Church Unity Project Video about the United Methodist Church and more specifically, the origins of Methodism...

Theology Mix·May 2, 2022

1. The Christian tradition of communion is based on the Last Supper, when Jesus fed (unleavened) bread and...

Bob Hostetler·April 23, 2022

Another fine post from Perry Noble. I should just let him write this blog: Church planters are a...

John I. Snyder·April 15, 2022

He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not...

Matt Whitman·April 8, 2022

Want to keep thinking about Christian Unity together? I just started a site for blog posts, future videos...

John I. Snyder·April 3, 2022

Uncle Bob, the church’s beloved Sunday School teacher, flicked through the pages of his Bible until he arrived...

The darker contours of fundamentalism’s shadow hung over my relationships, conversations, and ministry for too many years. I...

Dave Gipson·March 19, 2022

I’ve had the pleasure of leading quite a few organizations over the years that rely on volunteers to...

Jill Richardson·March 12, 2022

I looked at the summit of the volcano in whose crater I now stood. Surely the end of...

Calvinist Picard·February 25, 2022

The winding path of life and belief can lead through rugged terrain, but it can also reveal beauty...