Monday, 20 May 2024

Discipline

Southern Honor and Evangelical History: An Interview with Robert Elder

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Robert Elder

I recently had a chance to interview Robert Elder, assistant professor of history at Valparaiso University, about his excellent new book, The Sacred Mirror: Evangelicalism, Honor, and Identity in the Deep South, 1790-1860 (UNC Press). You can follow Robert on Twitter at @southernphd.

1. How did you get interested in the topic of evangelical Christianity and “honor” in the antebellum South? What did “honor” mean to Southerners?

Honor is a slippery concept, but one way to define an..

A Beautiful Crazy Mess

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By Danielle Lair, Associate Director of Children’s Ministries at Alamo Heights United Methodist Church. You can check out her blog at: https://childspraise.com.
“We journey as co-pilgrims with children, side-by-side teaching, enriching, inviting, and inspiring all who have been called to participate. The kingdom pilgrimage is an amazing journey that is simply incomplete without the beauty and wonder of children.”
~Steven Bonner, Along the Way
For a time I found myself teaching 4th & 5th grade bo..

Trusting God with Your Tomorrow’s

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What are you stressed out about right now? What tests are you experiencing right now? I sense that there's such an attack on believers right now. It seems like it's one thing after another. Regardless of what you are experiencing right now, we must make a decision to hold tight to the word of God and NEVER ever let go. We must make a decision to not get depressed, worried or in fear about our tomorrows.
I love 2 Corinthians 12: 8-10 and it says: “Therefore, in order to keep me from bec..

Why godly leadership is important in the home

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God desires that all Christians would exercise godly leadership in their homes. It is His plan that parents would teach their children to grow up to Him in righteousness, becoming godly people who would later make great impact in their areas of influence, wherever God puts them.

Sadly, however, many Christians don't show this characteristic towards their family members and relatives.

Godly parents

Did you know that God meant parents to be more than just providers of financial an..

The danger in making your child’s success your own success

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Christ-centred parenting is as tricky as it is rare nowadays. Much of parenting is always based on the ability, knowledge and expertise of parents and hardly on the grace of God made available through Christ and His power to provide, empower and inspire both parents and children alike.

It's common for parents to feel proud of the success and achievement of their children, and they should. But how often do we hear parents taking ownership of their children's success acting as ..

United Methodists Nominate Three Openly Homosexual Candidates for Bishop Despite Prohibition

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Two jurisdictions under the United Methodist Church have nominated openly homosexual candidates for bishop despite prohibitions against such appointments.

Karen Oliveto, David Meredith and Frank Wulf were all nominated during the meetings of the Western and North Central jurisdictions last month, with their nomination being publicly announced earlier this week by Reconciling Ministries, a homosexual advocacy group that professes to be Christian.

Executive Director Matt Berryman asserted that t..

Transgender troop ban repeal called ‘disastrous’

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Copyright (c) 2016 Baptist Press. Reprinted from Baptist Press (www.baptistpress.com), news service of the Southern Baptist Convention. The original story can be found at http://www.bpnews.net/47164/transgender-troop-ban-repeal-called-disastrous

Transgender troop ban repeal called 'disastrous'

WASHINGTON (BP) — The Obama administration's decision to allow openly transgender people to serve in the U.S. military has been classified by Southern Baptist leaders with military ..

United Methodist Church nominates three openly gay clergy to be bishops

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United Methodist ChurchMinisters hold the opening worship of the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Oregon, on May 10, 2016.

Three openly gay candidates have been nominated as bishops in the United Methodist Church.

Rev Dr Karen Oliveto, Rev Frank Wulf and Rev David Meredith have been nominated for the office of bishop in two jurisdictions – Western and North Central – in the US, according to the Reconciling Ministries Network.

The United Methodist denomination, a world com..

Top Ten Books 5

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Jesus Roiling His World

Ministry in the 1980s included a two year teaching opportunity on the faculty of Moody Bible Institute and being called as pastor to Bella Vista Church, Rockford, MI, where I served 24 years. You can imagine the many books that I read to keep my mind and heart vibrant. Yet, reflecting on the decade of the 80s, two books were profoundly influential on my view of Jesus and pastoral ministry. In the line-up today is book #5 of ten that shaped my life: Donald B. ..

Battling Insecurity with Help from Psalm 27

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Do you struggle with insecurities or low self-esteem? I think we all do, at least at times. The problem Christianity is facing today regarding this issue is unbiblical preaching on how to deal with insecurity. So many preachers today are really nothing more than motivational speakers. All they try to do is make everyone “feel good” about himself or herself. Some don’t even use Scripture, or at the very least just throw in a couple verses to give the appearance of preaching when all they are real..

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