An Invitation to Connect
I’d like to tell you about a way we have invited visitors to a first-of-the-year study and sermon series around faith, doubt, belief, and the...
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Jesus’ Friends in Low Places
This excerpt is from the introduction of my new book, Luke: Jesus and the Outsiders, Outcasts, and Outlaws. I hope you enjoy it as you look ahead to...
I Am Proud to Be United Methodist
This summer, Rob Renfroe, Publisher of Good News Magazine, produced a series of six videos making the case for why United Methodist individuals and...
The Gracious Orthodoxy of United Methodism
This is the second in a series of articles on The United Methodist Church. As a new conservative Methodist denomination launches in May of this year,...
What I Value about United Methodism: Intellectual Evangelicalism
I became a follower of Christ in a small and loving Pentecostal congregation at the age of 14. Two years later I heard a call to vocational ministry...
A Response to Thomas Lambrecht
A response to Thomas Lambrecht’s article, “Primary Reasons for Separation” in the Good News newsletter, Perspective.
Epiphany: The Light of Christ Revealed
Advent and Christmas are only the beginning of the story, not the end. Their messages are meant to shape us all year long.
Light Incarnate—What Happened at Christmas
We have the light of Christ by which we walk.
God Reveals Himself to Humanity
I see God most clearly when I look at Jesus.
Jesus the Savior
Jesus has saved me from my sin and he is saving me from my sin.
Presidents and Kings
At age 30, Jesus began his campaign for the office of King. He traveled from town to town, giving various stump speeches about God's kingdom.
Introducing Incarnation: Rediscovering the Significance of Christmas
Get a preview of my new book, "Incarnation," just in time for you to get your own copy to use in the weeks prior to Christmas.