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When Paul docked in Samonthrace and reached the city of Philippi, he did as always before: he sought out the Jews in the city. Learning there was no synagogue, he found a group of God-fearing women down by the riverside. Lydia, a merchant woman in the city known as the seller of crimson cloths, and…

What hope did the young woman sprawled in the dust have? None from the law. The holiness codes of her people were clear: she was guilty, and the crowd around her was prepared to administer the required death penalty. But on that day, holiness wasn't contained in a code but a flesh-and-blood person…

This year something unusual happened for the first time at the Olympics, and I found it imaginative and moving. The International Olympic Committee, in response to the current realities faced by people displaced by war and without a homeland, created a team for “refugees.” What a representation of…

The year of missionary home assignment ended and my husband and I, along with our four young children, headed back to Israel with heavy suitcases and hearts. It was not just the farewells that made leaving difficult, but we were moving from Nazareth to Jerusalem as soon as we arrived. We didn’t…

Mountains have a special place in our emotional and spiritual vocabularies. We associate them with grandeur, and majesty. We sing, write, and dream about them. We often describe a moving religious experience—such as a great service where there is lively singing, sweet reverence, tears flowing, and…

XIV. Divine Healing 14. We believe in the Bible doctrine of divine healing and urge our people to offer the prayer of faith for the healing of the sick. We also believe God heals through the means of medical science. (2 Kings 5:1-19; Psalm 103:1-5; Matthew 4:23-24; 9:18-35; John 4:46-54; Acts 5:…

The Church of the Nazarene is a global church. Consequently, every district, local congregation, and member forms a fragment of that global structure. Together more than 2 million Nazarenes all over the world shape who we are as a global body. That is a beautiful thought—and at the same time a…

Q: How do Nazarenes around the world view the church’s theology, and in what ways do they help to shape it? A: The Church of the Nazarene is a global denomination with 2.4 million members. According to Nazarene.org, we worship weekly in 212 languages. On the Africa Region alone, there are more…

Q: How should we approach decision-making and "God's will" when it involves local church and district level elections? A: Decision-making conducted through a voting process can be difficult to analyze and critique. It is made even more difficult when the element of “God’s will” is invoked prior to…

John Wesley defined sin as a willful transgression against the known law of God. The Church of the Nazarene teaches that if we sin unintentionally or unknowingly, we are not responsible for that sin. Should we still confess it? Before we tackle that question, let’s note that by discriminating…