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Article Commentary on Acts 2:1-47
- By Ministry Matters
- Posted on May 14th, 2013
From the Abingdon New Testament Commentary on Acts, available with a Premium Subscription to the Ministry Matters Library The Holy Spirit and Its Aftermath (2:1-47) With the…
Article Naming Our Idols
- By Mike Slaughter
- Posted on May 13th, 2013
Chances are when you hear the word idol, the first thing that comes to mind is Ryan Seacrest, or possibly a shiny gold statue of a calf. Idolatry isn’t a new problem, but it …
Article Table Talk: A Community Approach to Bible Study
- By Carl Frazier
- Posted on March 11th, 2013
Shortly after I arrived at First United Methodist Church in Cary, North Carolina, Alice Kunka, our Director of Christian Formation, came into my office. “We have a…
Article How Sunday School Created a Theologically Illiterate Society
- By Teddy Ray
- Posted on December 10th, 2012
One of the places where America began to become theologically illiterate was an odd one: Sunday school. I believe the introduction of Sunday schools truly has caused the…
Article Sabbath Healing and Christian Morality
- By Morgan Guyton
- Posted on November 28th, 2012
“The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath” (Mark 2:27). This is one of the most radical statements that Jesus ever made. Within it is the revelation of…
Article Teaching Kids to Use the Bible (in their own way)
- By Joyce Brown
- Posted on October 22nd, 2012
Everyone has the capacity to learn, but each of us learns in many different ways. As we grow, we develop preferred ways of learning that are the most comfortable and the most…