Moderate Christian BlogrollWhen I was in Israel recently, on the last day I was there, we were in Jerusalem shopping. It was a Sunday, which for the Jewish people and also the Arabs, it is the first day of the week. So, it felt like a Monday, as there was much business activity in the streets. Things [...]
We must pray with all our might for the nation of Israel right now, because next week, in Annapolis, Maryland, there is going to be much pressure from the United States and others for Israel to give up more land for peace. They are even talking about dividing up Jerusalem, and Israel seems willing to [...]
[The following is a sermon presented at Gonzalez United Methodist Church on November 18, 2007 by Henry Neufeld. All scriptures were read from the Today's New International Version. Links to Bible Gateway are provided in the sermon text.]
Reading: Luke 21:5-19
This is the word of God for the people of God.
In the years [...]
Daniel McClain Hixson has an interesting post on traditional forms of worship and spirituality. He writes:
…I also get excited about the little ways our worship that displays historical rootedness - whether that means icons, or incense, or robe-wearing ministers (please don’t think that I am advocating organ-only music, I believe the Charismatic movement has [...]
. . . has been posted at The Minor Prophet.
One post would be of particular interest to readers of this blog, The Medium and the Message, which tackles the question of how much the medium, such as modern devices like video projectors, impact the message in our services.
This site is obviously not for me (!), but I think it would be a very interesting one for some folks to get along with. I know that pastor’s spouses are put under considerable pressure, and have some unique questions to answer and problems to deal with.
First Ladies Unite was started by the first [...]
These are two repeated themes of the trip to Israel. I believe that God was showing us how close we are to the end of the age and the Messianic Kingdom.
We were with Deborah Kellogg, who is the founder and director of Preparing the Way Ministries. The logo of her ministry is the Eastern Gate [...]
This is a live recording of Jody Neufeld giving a devotional at the Celebrating God’s Word: a Conference on Restoring Biblical Literacy at Gonzalez UMC October 27, 2007. We will be including other portions of the conference in upcoming podcasts.
