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Before a new pastor is ever invited to a church, an interview and visit usually take place. Often spread over one or two days, these interviews may not provide the opportunity to get to know a minister beyond a surface level. What kinds of questions should you ask before and during a pastoral…
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About 90 minutes south of Kansas City, Missouri, and the Nazarene International Center is a small town with more history than future. Like a lot of U.S. towns these days, the differences between these two locations must be measured in more than minutes or miles. Many years ago, the holiness people…
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Jesus contrasts men and money. Shall we pay tribute to Caesar? Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? Caesar's. Render unto him what is due him.
But there is that which bears the image and superscription of God. Though defaced and blurred, the image of God in moral nature with…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
Jesus contrasts men and money. Shall we pay tribute to Caesar? Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? Caesar's. Render unto him what is due him.
But there is that which bears the image and superscription of God. Though defaced and blurred, the image of God in moral nature with…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
I grew up on the road. I still remember the numbers of many highways. Route 66 stretched from the Midwest to California. Route 54 ran from Chicago to El Paso. The 401 would take you from Toronto to Ottawa. Long before U.S. superhighways were known as Interstates, there was Route 1, snaking along a…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
Exile is not something we actively seek out as a favored experience or place to visit. Indeed, there is something ominous-sounding in the very word. Typically, exile means being temporarily relocated in a place not of one's choosing, due to circumstances, consequences, or conditions that are…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
The world we live in is on our doorstep. We need to be involved in people's lives, taking time to get out of our "comfort zone" to connect with our family members wherever they are.
Envision a worldwide family. The Church of the Nazarene has a presence in 150 world areas encompassing a variety…
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I once heard it said that the greatest mission field in the world is high school hall ways. While I thought this might be true when I heard it in high school, I also thought it was just my pastor trying to get me to bring friends to church. Now I know this is one of the truest statements ever…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
"Free to good home—female black Lab, 11 years old."
I saw this ad in my company newsletter and it gripped me. "How will these folks ever find a home for an eleven-year-old dog?" I thought. Less than a year before this, our 11-year-old black Lab died. Because we do not plan to stay at our current…
Dec, 01, 2009 0
Carmen Luisa Checo Acosta enjoys learning about her denomination as she serves on the denomination's General Board. At those meetings this year, Holiness Today talked to her about her international involvement an local church work.
HT: You are now serving your second term as a lay representative…