At the conclusion of Sunday’s worship gathering, we gave people an chance to pick up a His Word The Last Word card as a sign of a “surrendered brain.” What is HWLW? It’s a legacy of the ministry of Dawson Trotman who founded The Navigators student ministry in 1933. Trotman developed the nightly discipline of Read the full article…
A couple of weeks ago, I went down to Austin, Texas to visit my mom in advance of Mother’s Day. While there, I also spent time with two older sisters and two older brothers. As you may know, Austin is the music hub of the southwest. Home to musicians and music fans alike, it serves Read the full article…
In a May 17 column posted on the United Methodist Reporter site, Bishop Minerva Carcano of the Desert Southwest Conference offered her assessment of the recently completed 2012 General Conference. As many of you know by now, that Conference retained our denomination’s position on the volatile issue of homosexuality in Christendom: homosexual persons are of Read the full article…
Scripture records that when the children of Israel cried out for a king to lead them, the Lord tried to get them to change their minds. But the people would have none of it. The nations surrounding them had kings, and so should they. So God gave them what they wanted – a royal family. Read the full article…
You might look at the title to this post and think, “What?! The verses ARE the Scripture!” No. They’re not. The division of the bible into chapters and verses is a much later development. You can read some of that story here. The original manuscripts were written by the original authors of the day according to communication Read the full article…
