ONE that the world may know
Are you answering Jesus’ prayer?
Love
“Most Excellent, Excellent Love!”
Rev. Dr. Ira Moulton Taylor leaves an “Excellent, Excellent” multiplication love legacy.
If I have not love
What quality of love are you giving to others?
Letting love take the lead
Pastor’s wife takes on shepherding the flock at inner city church in Buffalo.
Leading with love
Wesleyan churches in Nova Scotia meet community needs by taking Love Week projects to the next level.
An abundance of caution and love: why we need the Church
We have, as we should, an abundance of caution these days. But do we have an abundance of love?
What is your spiritual love language?
Everyone has a primary spiritual love language based on one of the four parts of the Great Commandment: heart, soul, mind and strength.
Socks, shoes and a lot of love
On Valentine’s Day, we think about love as it relates to our spouses, sweethearts, children or parents. But we can show love in unexpected ways as well.
Problem of pain
Life is not always a celebration, and pain is deeply real. But God is still present in the midst of extreme pain.
A stony heart
The Lord convicted me one day as I heard him say, “What are you doing to bring hope to those in need?” On that day, I realized the state of my heart.
Messengers of Grace
We have a neighbor who is the strangest person I’ve ever met. He is intelligent and well-read, but physically very ill which leads to some very odd behaviors. The other neighbors want nothing to do with him. He is an outcast. To add fuel to the fire there were three...
Zip Codes 22901-22908: Charlottesville, Virginia
Only one mile away from Emancipation Park, Charlottesville, on August 12, Christians gathered in a predominantly African-American church to pray and worship.
”She’s 4 Years Old, and Wishes She was White”
A little girl’s desire to change her skin color is taking a Wesleyan pastor and his family on a journey they never expected.
Happy endings
The little girl was found wandering around the parking lot, no adult in sight. When David found her he thought, “Where are her parents?”
A violent July
Martin Luther King, Jr., explained the cyclical destruction of violence. General Superintendent Wayne Schmidt calls us to be people who drive out darkness and hate with the light and love of Jesus.
70 years and counting
More people get married in June than any other month. Wayne and Joan married in June–70 years ago. What is the key to lifelong marriage? We can all learn from this special couple.
Praying the last seven words of Christ
The prayers of Christ from the cross serve as an excellent model for our praying during this Holy Week.
Helping refugees in your community
Would you consider personally working with refugees in your community? Here are some helpful things to note as you set out to love your neighbors.
A Hollywood movie that can inform the Church’s response to homosexuals
Lenny Luchetti believes the Church can learn how to respond to homosexuals by watching Denzel Washington’s character in the 1993 movie “Philadelphia.”
La carnada correcta
¿Estás confiando demasiado en tu equipo para ganar a la gente para Jesús? ¿Tienes la “carnada” correcta? ¿Se muestra el amor de Jesús en tus palabras y acciones hacia los demás?
The right bait
We can do our best to convince people around us to accept Jesus as Savior. And while the Holy Spirit is the One to persuade, Jesus still asks us to be messengers. Do you have the right “bait”?
Video: Being the church in a pagan society
Should we expect the secular society around us to live by our Christian standards? How do we minister in a post-Christian culture? Jacob Thurston examines both subjects in this six-minute video.
The exponential kingdom
Exponential may be a mathematical term, but it also holds weight in God’s kingdom–especially in the area of church planting and making committed disciples of Jesus.
Oklahoma Wesleyan’s Everett Piper interviewed by Bill O’Reilly
Author and radio and TV host Bill O’Reilly recently interviewed Oklahoma Wesleyan University President Everett Piper regarding religious freedom and the law.
