COLUMNS
Change
Agent: “The
Parable of the Sonic Boom”
by Jon Johnston
Life appears headed
in one direction and then—BOOM!—it veers toward
something entirely new.
Commission:
“Church
Loyalty—Does It Matter?”
by W. Talmadge Johnson
With the Church of the Nazarene approaching its centennial
in 2008, now is a good time to begin celebrating what it is
to be a Nazarene.
The
Deeper Way: “Are
You Ready for Some Company?”
by Jim Stocks
Those
professing the deeper life must be ready for company in the
house of God. To do less is worse than incomprehensible. It
is sloppy agape.
Essay:
“You
Don’t
Know It All”
by Gay L. Leonard
Almost
everyone I know is a self-proclaimed expert on some subject,
and most of them have yet to realize they don’t
have all the answers.
Family
Tree: “Greenhouse
vs. Green Fields”
by Dan and Kay Croy
Could the greenhouse parenting strategy eventually produce
Christians with no audience? Conversely, could the green fields
parenting strategy eventually produce Christians with no message?
Fruit
of the Spirit: “Self-Control”
by Jason Valeriano Hallig
For self-control to grow and mature, the believer must cooperate
with the Spirit, walking with Him and following in His footsteps.
In
the Mirror: “‘Christmas
Was When Jesus Was First Born’
and Other Big News”
by Jim Wilcox
Sunday morning has been canceled. (Now if they could just
do something about those lousy Monday mornings.)
Interconnected:
“Catch
Your Balance”
by Ruth Drury
If we’ve
tipped the scales too far in one direction, we can’t
find balance by tipping them completely in the opposite direction.
Portraits:
“God’s
Dream for Louisa”
by Debbie Salter Goodwin
Education was not Louisa’s
salvation. Buddha was not her truth. Her cousin was not her
last hope. At last she realized that Jesus Christ is all of
those things. |
