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On Good Friday each year in the Philippines, we observed tens of thousands of religious pilgrims walking many miles, passing our seminary campus, to get to a holy site in Antipolo City. "Flagelantes" beat their bare backs with whips till their blood flowed. Some pilgrims struggled to carry heavy…

Eight hours north of Guatemala City is a town called Fray. Near Fray is the remote village of Maguila, which does not appear on most Guatemalan maps. Simply getting to Maguila requires a 25-minute car ride on dirt roads or a 50-minute walk through the rugged terrain. Our group arrived at the…

This article runs in conjunction with the author's look at God, violence, and the Old Testament in the January/February 2013 issue of Holiness Today. Many find it difficult to reconcile what they perceive as a God of 'violence' with a God of love. Marty Alan Michelson helps bridge between these two…

It is impossible to consider the resurrection of Jesus Christ without thinking of potential applications in the present. While we firmly believe in the literal, physical resurrection of our Lord, we also do no damage to this truth when we allow the resurrection event to serve as a metaphor for the…

So you think you're ready to get a job? Here are some things to consider: What kind of work do you want to do? Sometimes, teens take what they can get, but it never hurts to try first for something that might fit your skills levels, abilities, and interests. Think about what you like to do…

Recently, I went in search of the followers of Jesus I don't see on Sunday mornings. I've always known they were there. There are an estimated 2.18 billion Christians in the world, sprinkled throughout all time zones and nestled in places from the North Pole to the South Pole. While I would love…

Some sermons bomb. Others ignite. I've had my share of sermons that bombed. But this day in Kiev, Ukraine, was different. The meeting hall, located in an office space, is the central church of our Nazarene work on this relatively new field. It was my first time here, and Pastor Vova (Volodynmyr…

Dale's heart was moved as he observed a full emergency waiting room and clinic packed with babies, children, men, and women presenting obvious symptoms. These people often waited a full day or night for help. Dale McKinney, a local neurosurgical and emergency medicine physician's assistant, saw the…

Q: I find a prevalence of people (including Christians) who believe it is okay to live together before marriage. I am baffled by how clergy and parishioners excuse this as no longer being sin. I am recently engaged to be married and have been asked repeatedly if my betrothed is going to move in…

A triangular strip of ocean off the coast of the little island of Bermuda has long been feared by sailors as a place of mysterious disappearances and destruction. Of course, mythbusters have demonstrated that one can measure similar triangular areas of well-traveled sea and find similar numbers of…