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At a conference, I heard a speaker say that he has stopped using the title "Christian" because it has too much cultural baggage. He has gone to using the phrase "disciple of Jesus." Is this something that should get our attention? Bethany: The very nature of the statement is meant to get our…

At the University of South Florida in Tampa, one frequently encounters a simple, yet profound marketing statement: Big Dreams—Bold Future. It's a marketing piece aimed at recruiting and attracting students who are looking for a place to step out of the ordinary, into something larger, bolder, and…

Often, contemporary Christians pride themselves in being "great worshipers." However, are we actually just consumers of various styles of worship music? And is this what we want our legacy to be? I wonder if instead of being consumers of worship, we are to be consumed by worship for God's glory.…

Chances are that if you are driving to this June's general assembly in Indianapolis, you'll do so at least in part on Interstate 70. As America's "Main Street," it slithers along 2,165 miles from Baltimore to Cove Fort, Utah, slicing through the Appalachians, boring through the prairies, exhausting…

C. W. Ruth was one of the most beloved and celebrated Nazarene evangelists of the early 20th century. John L. Brasher, a Methodist contemporary, noted that 'few men have traveled more, worked more constantly, and had more definite or larger results in their ministry . . . He was too large to be…

His words immediately captured my attention. The California district superintendent was telling me about a new Christian in one of our churches. The new believer had come out of a purely postmodern environment-the kind of environment some people think the Church can't penetrate. The man worked as…

When my wife redecorated our kitchen, she hung a small chalkboard on the wall. The idea was for us to write a Scripture verse on that board and learn it as a family. We look at it in the morning before school or around the table at supper time. The chalkboard works for us. Now my 7-year-old and my…

Recently, I was at a train station where I noticed a provocative message on a young passenger’s socks. The slogan, written in bold black capital letters, was shocking: MAKE YOUR SINS BRIGHTER. I was concerned that this passenger may not have completely understood the meaning of the word “sin.”…

Did you ever engage someone in a conversation, or listen to a lengthy discourse while wondering if they were providing answers to questions you weren't asking? Discovering the answers to life's questions is a challenge that engages us all. Solomon wrote in the Old Testament: "I, the Teacher, was…

Susie Shellenberger is an international communicator, ordained elder, author, and registered evangelist in the Church of the Nazarene. She is a member of Colorado Springs First Church of the Nazarene, where she teaches an adult Sunday school class. For years, Shellenberger has also been editor of a…