“Christianity is the companion of liberty in all its conflicts – the cradle of its infancy, and the divine source of its claims.” Alexis de Tocqueville Introduction In recent decades, the United States of America (USA) has experienced notable shifts in religious affiliation, particularly a decline in individuals identifying as Christians. However, recent data from […]
Facing the Future: United Methodism’s Path Forward After a Significant Split “The church changes the world not by making converts but by making disciples” – John Wesley Introduction As a lifelong Methodist, how would you react to a major split within the denomination? Imagine hearing of the departure of over a million United Methodist Church
Is The United Methodist Church Disaffiliation Plan A Bitter Pill To Swallow? “Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth.” –
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What is “untouchability,” and how do we perceive and react to it as human beings in this modern world? Why this practice still exists in the civilized nations? Is it possible for a nation to achieve its economic growth by ostracizing and segregating communities from the mainstream by social custom in this digital economy in
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If you were to ask a person today in the context of Independence Day’s thought-provoking questions, such as, what are the self-evident truths? Why are they true and require no proof or explanation? How do we know that they are self-evident? Are we still holding up the self-evident truths? What would be the response? Does
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Why milestones for a Christians’ life journey in this world? Have you ever thought about the milestones in Christians’ faith journey? Are there milestones in a Christians’ life? If so, which is the origin or center of the milestone? How many milestones a believer in Jesus Christ has to pass to reach the final destiny
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The Acts of Men Vs. The Acts of God (Part I of II) Middle of the autumn season, the leaves had entirely changed colors. Fall leaves on the trees displayed not only on our but also on neighbors’ property with speckles of orange, red, and yellow colors, a splendid scenic view from a distance to
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What is noise? Who makes noise? Why do we make noise? Do we need to make noise? What kind or type of noise do we make? These are a few questions I asked myself this Sunday morning. Noise (i.e., noun) definition by New Oxford American Dictionary is “a sound, especially one that is loud or
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WHO ARE THREE WITNESSES WE NEED? This morning while I was in the church service, all of a sudden thought on “witness” crossed my mind. The reason for all of a sudden was as most of today’s church services were mainly focused on anticipated Thanksgiving celebration related topics. As a result, today no one either
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Figuratively speaking, is not the character assassination, verbal assault and abuse a modern-day of stoning a decent human being in the civilized society? As we know for the last few weeks all the news and social media in the United States of America (USA) is filled with constant reporting of the USA Supreme Court nominee’s
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