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The Resistance Forms: A Timely Reminder of What is at Stake in Church Struggles over Sexuality

The news out of the special General Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC) made history. At last, a major mainline Protestant denomination had, after much maneuvering, turned back an effort to abandon its historic biblical affirmation of biblical sexuality and marriage. The event was an earthquake of sorts, sending shock waves around the w...

March 11, 2019

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Church History Made Before Our Eyes: United Methodists Make History, Affirm Biblical Standards of Sexuality


Church history spans two millennia-2,000 years of recorded experience. The weight of that history is heavy and humbling. Seen in that light, it takes a really big event to rank as historical, even as it happens. Such an event happened within the last seven days....

February 27, 2019

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Thursday, May 10, 2018


Once the outlier in mainline protestantism’s leftward shift, United Methodist bishops propose plan opening door to LGBTQ inclusion In debate over LGBT issues, United Methodist Church redefines holiness Lessons from the Episcopal diocese of Washington D.C.: When you abandon the faith, people will abandon the church In New Zealand, yet another example of theological compromise on the definition of marriage

May 10, 2018

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