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Aug, 03, 2015 0
Paul Cunningham, my pastor during my impressionable college years, often challenged our congregation at College Church of the Nazarene in Olathe, Kansas, to go out into our world from the Sunday services and partner with God in writing the narrative of Acts 29. The first time I heard him make that…
Aug, 03, 2015 0
The “dog days” of summer are nearly passed and soon we will be enjoying the refreshing days of fall. This is one of my favorite times of the year. Nature seems to pause and take a deep breath between the extremes of summer’s oppressive heat and winter’s bitter cold.
In many places, the colors of…
Aug, 03, 2015 0
9/3/41
FROM THE ARCHIVES BY H. ORTON WILEY A PRAYER OF INTERCESSION
From the pages of the Herald of Holiness, September 1941.
Note: All scriptures are from Ephesians.
The prayers of St. Paul in this epistle are like a Scala Santa, in which the apostle not only prays but leaves us a record of…
Aug, 03, 2015 0
Jesus spent at least one incredible day with more than 5,000 in attendance. We call the talk He gave the great Sermon on the Mount. Most of those in attendance were considered to be the poorest, the not-to-be-respected, the unimportant, and the outcast). Yet Jesus tells those people, “You are the…
Aug, 03, 2015 0
I dislike conflict.
No, that is not strong enough. I greatly dislike conflict.
I have always been this way. My mother tells the story of me, as a young child, trying to calm down my friends when they would argue. I would go along with something I did not want to do, just so there would not be an…
Feb, 11, 2015 0
A new generation of spiritual leaders and an increasing body of believers have requested that basics of the church’s teaching, history, theology, mission, funding, and connections be placed in a brief and easily accessible publication—in plain language.
Nazarene Essentials: Who We Are, What We…
Aug, 26, 2014 0
The Discipleship Place for the Church of the Nazarene just released a new course, Children's Ministry Academy, consisting of 20 lessons on best practices for Children's Ministry. This course is available for anyone and is free.
However, in order to maximize the educational impact of this course,…
Aug, 26, 2014 0
Rencetly, I attended my first General Board session for the Church of the Nazarene. I must tell you, I was impressed! Of course the organization and execution of the meeting by the many dedicated staff members of the General Secretary's Office impressed me. That goes without saying. But that's not…
Aug, 26, 2014 0
The time, January 2001. The place, Havana. The event, the Cuba District's 32nd annual district assembly. As delegates gather to elect a new district superintendent, 33-year-old Leonel Lopez, the rector of the Nazarene Seminary, washes the seminary car because he is to pick up Ruben Fernandez, the…
Aug, 03, 2014 0
How did you come to faith?
I made a personal commitment to follow Christ at the age of 12, but my family always made Christian service a part of our lives. For 27 years churches were closed, prayer meetings were for outreach and family times.
Once you had a church, where was it?
My father…