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Life never seems to happen according to our plans. I have learned that grace abounds in the gap between our plans and our realities. My wife, Brenda, and I were content with our happy little family that included a healthy little boy named Joshua. Despite the efforts of many to convince us to the…

We are accustomed to thinking of water as “good.”  After all, it covers most of the earth (around 71%) and is also essential for health – our bodies can live much longer without food than without water.  Those of us who fish or snorkel know that amazing and exciting things can be found in the…

In a previous issue of Holiness Today, we posed the question: Where do we go from here? I would like to suggest the consideration of five key areas and some possible responses. In order for a GPS to work properly, one first needs to know the present location and desired destination. Where are we…

"WWJD: What would Jesus do?" While it has lost some of its original punch, WWJD still shows up occasionally. Although the wristband craze has waned, the question itself is still as intriguing as ever. What would Jesus do now? Depending on the circumstances, folks have pretty much answered it…

In the past, some evangelical churches spurned any observation of Lent, associating it with "high church" liturgical worship. But today many of those same churches, including numerous Nazarene churches, are rediscovering certain aspects of the historic Christian tradition as a means of refocusing…

When I interviewed Jerry Moen, pastor of the Nazarene church in McMinnville, Oregon, for a chapter in the book, Best Practices of Growing Churches: Profiles and Conversations with Ministry Leaders, he talked about a burnout experience early in his ministry. After graduating from college in 1980 he…

Bedrock of Christian Faith by Filimão Chambo The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is the bedrock of the Christian faith. God's plan for salvation throughout the Scriptures includes not only the suffering and sacrificial death of Christ for the salvation of the world, but also the victorious…

Bedrock of Christian Faith by Filimão Chambo The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is the bedrock of the Christian faith. God's plan for salvation throughout the Scriptures includes not only the suffering and sacrificial death of Christ for the salvation of the world, but also the victorious…

Why do good people, and even Christians, so often suffer? Much suffering is due to sin. Other kinds of difficulties, which can even afflict the redeemed, arise from four factors: (1) The Operation of Natural Law. Step on a banana peel and you may slip. Slide off the roof of a house and gravity…

George Williamson Jr. is director of worship ministries at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego and also serves as worship leader at Las Flores Church of the Nazarene in Carlsbad, California. Born in Glasgow, he was raised in the United Kingdom. George and his wife, Tanya, have two young…