Search results

The conservatives in the UMC would be well advised to turn to the Roman Catholic Church as an alternative. Over Thanksgiving, I was thumbing through the first pages of a UMC hymnal at a friend's house and it's uncanny how similar the ritual and creed are between the UMC and RCC. I guess that...

It has reached a point in time where Methodists who believe in the Gospel...all of the Gospel...must separate themselves from an organization that is paralyzed by division and unable to reform itself. Traditional Methodists will feel at home in the Catholic Church; indeed, the Anglican...

One Corinthians 7:8-9: Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am. But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion. The Prods always miss this. Being single and celibate was the...

The Biblical and Christian concept of headship in marriage has been largely eviscerated by feminism in this day and age. According to Paul, the husband is head of the household and the wife should defer to his leadership. Likewise, the husband must be willing to sacrifice himself for his wife...

No one usually starts out intending to spew venom and vitriol, however, the current political climate in this country and some of the venom and vitriol that comes from the other side, it's often easy to fall into bad habits.

Not allowed? Why not? I don't like Hilary. Are you not allowed to say this?

Hillary is an awful person, evil personified. Comparisons of her to other historical political figures who personify evil are valid. Catholics must decide between evil and Jesus. Many will make the wrong choice.

Pope Francis catches some flak because the media sometimes takes comments he makes out of context and makes it seem like he is a progressive on some social issues when, if you read to totality of what he says, it is obvious his opinions are no different than Benedict XVI. In fact, he seems more...

The reason for this is that Trump at least professes to be a Republican while, although he obviously doesn't express support for any party, people suspect that Pope Francis sympathizes with the Democrats and their ideology.

Almost certainly some illegals are rapists and even one is too many.

Actually, the praying to Mary thing bothers me a good deal. I think there are significant number of Catholics in my parish, especially older parishioners, who say prayers directed to Mary and have no earthly idea of what "intercession" or "intercessor" means. For instance, in my diocese we now...

I like "illegals" because "undocumented persons" is just another politically correct phrase the progressive left is trying to shove down our throats. Illegals is appropriate anyway because if you are in the country contrary to the provisions of US law, then you are IL-LEGAL; acting contrary to...

I agree completely! As a former Methodist, I have an interest in the UMC and especially the current LGBT debate.

I think Canon 2357 of the Catechism reflects the Church's view on this issue for almost 2 millennia: 2357 Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of...

The mistake that is made is viewing ideology as a straight line (with extreme right and left wings), instead of a circle with moderate/mainstream parties at the top of the circle and extreme ideologies like Marxism, socialism and Nazism meeting and congregating at the bottom of the circle.

Also, Hilary said ALL victims of sexual assault should be believed. Trump is right on target in hitting Bill (at least 2 different women have accused him of rape and at least 2 others of forcible sexual assault) given the position Hillary has taken as a part of her "war on women" campaign. For...

I don't think this will be the result. In the future, I think denominations will be less and less important. Since issues concerning sexuality are coming to dominate theological discussion, Liberals/progressives/pro-LGBT, etc. will coalesce into a group of very similar churches ( I mean, what...

Good point about the financial impact of a split. However, staying yoked for this reason really a good idea? If the African communities are anti-LGBT and a growing part of the church, with North American communities largely pro-LGBT, steady or shrinking in numbers but with all of the financial...

Really, there is no such thing as a "non-denominational" church. Every church has a statement of faith or belief and the members of that congregation typically will follow that. There are many "Christian" churches or "Churches of Christ" where I live and if you ask them about a catechism or...

How many years before the African districts outnumber North American ones? It doesn't seem like it will be very long and certainly the Africans will demand a proportional share of delegates at any future GC. The die seems cast and as the pro-LGBT faction loses influence (due to reduced...