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See that can over there? Why don’t you pick it up? It was the third soda can Barb Reindel had walked by that morning on her prayer walk, and she recognized the insistent voice in her head as the gentle nudge of the Holy Spirit. Bringing it home, she told her husband, Louie, “It seems that God…

We live in a world inundated with fear. A sense of danger lurks in the shadows. Our comfort zones evaporate all around us. Muggings, drive-by shootings, workplace violence—we can feel our security threatened by hateful hands. And unbelievably, now we must face the reality of global terrorist…

Muzee had attended Main de l'Éternel (Hand of the Lord) Church of the Nazarene off and on for about a year because the pastor, Mike Kalenga, had ministered to his wife. This man believed in God but was not living a Christian life. He was living with addictions and other unhealthy habits. But as…

John was about 12 years old when his parents, Simon and Serah, asked missionary David Potter to dedicate him to the Lord along with several other children. The Church of the Nazarene had been meeting under a tarp in their yard for a year. During that time the children gathered for Sunday school and…

"We always said we were stopping with three kids," Judy Engel explains. "Then, we added 57 more from 23 different countries." Judy and Phil, both long time members of South Lake Church of the Nazarene in Merrillville, Indiana, started hosting international students in their home in 1997. At the…

Discipleship is necessary to maintain a biblically, theologically, educated laity in the Church of the Nazarene. The term “laity” implies something overlooked in our language: all Christians comprise the laos or the people of God. While this term is used to distinguish ministers (the clergy) from…

Nobody has to teach us to preference ourselves and our desires. We come into this world with self clearly in first place. Children on the playground illustrate this phenomenon well. Original sin speaks to the sinful human condition. William Greathouse, former general superintendent, scholar, and…

Daily we are a barraged with advertisements from institutions of higher education encouraging one to get an MBA, become a nurse practitioner, or work on an online doctorate. In this contemporary milieu of convenient and low-priced practical biblical education, we must consider whether there is a…

What do you do for a living? I am project manager for a power and energy company. We provide electrical power for South Africa. How long have you served on the General Board? This is my first term. I was elected in 2013 for a four-year term. What does Agnes do for a living? Agnes is self-employed…

Q: Are Christians, especially Nazarenes, as likely to divorce as non-Christians? A: Married Christians are not immune to divorce. They face many of the same cultural influences, stresses, and temptations that everyone else faces. The grace of God, the fellowship and support of other believers, and…