Have you ever been tired of waiting for something God promised you? Or, weary of not knowing? Or even, weary of the answer He gave you because you didn’t want that answer? I have- just this week. A moment of transparency: I was in my car praying after a worship...
Dear Family of The Fount, The following is a letter from Rev. Jay Therrell, the president of the Wesleyan Covenant Association. He is from Florida, and has a heart for the people. If you would like to help, you can follow the links in this email or give to The...
It is probably no surprise to most of us that Americans are becoming more and more ignorant of the Bible. What with fewer and fewer Americans identifying themselves as practicing Christians and the dumbing-down of the Gospel in many churches, plus the growing number of “progressive Christians”, it should not...
Excitement is growing for the new online study Pastor Glen will lead beginning next week, on Tuesday, October 4th. “Another Gospel?” is a book by Alisa Childers that chronicles her journey from orthodox Christianity, through progressive Christianity, and back again. She examines her journey and highlights the false teachings of...
I’ve been talking and writing about a couple of outreach ministries or missions that I believe God is calling us to engage in. But I have not received much in the way of positive feedback or even interest from the congregation. That concerns me, because if we are to grow...
We thought it would never happen to us. I don’t know why we thought that, but we did. At least we did except in those dark moments when we realized that there is no guarantee that “it” wouldn’t happen to us. But we would quickly put that all aside and...
Imagine someone who knew nothing about football calling the first play of a game. What do you think the chances are that they call a “hail mary”? Just throw the ball as far down the field as possible and score, no problem! According to ESPN less than 10% of hail...
For some time, now, I’ve been thinking about a ministry that I became aware of that ministers to single, pregnant moms both during their pregnancy and afterward. This ministry is called “Embrace Grace.” It provides a Christian support group for those single women going through pregnancy, providing a caring community,...
September: The Way to Revelation 7:9 By Maxie Dunnam The big issue in life is to settle what really matters. We have struggled with that for a long time in the United Methodist Church. It is with sadness, and through deep and abiding prayer, expansive conversation, we have concluded...
One of the topics requested by members of the congregation a few weeks ago was, “Is cremation after death allowed by the Methodist church?” The short answer is, Yes. But let me flesh that out a bit. The question stems from the Roman Catholic teaching that cremation is not allowed,...