Biblical Salvation in Cultural Context
What does it mean to be saved? By Dr. Steve Oliver Jesus is salvation. At its heart, salvation is not an act, a transaction, or a doctrine - it is the Person of Jesus, both who He is and what He's done. According to 1 Corinthians 1:30, Jesus Christ “became to us...
Doctrine of Salvation
How Do We Awaken Today’s Culture to the Need of Salvation? This is the first of four articles on the doctrine of salvation written by three scholars within the Bible Methodist Connection of Churches. For this article we posed several questions in regard to connecting...
When Disaster Strikes! What Can Bible Methodists Do?
by John Parker In our age of “Live” video around the world, we can see firsthand the devastation of natural disasters as they strike, and often feel helpless to alleviate the hurt of those who suffer. There are times when the hurting are close enough...
Social Issues
by Emily Jones Social Issues. These two little words evoke varied, and usually strong, opinions when discussed on any platform. Some see social issues as simply side discussions while others see them as core to human existence. Significant social issues have...
The Church & COVID-19
by Mark Cravens "Pandemic!” Just like that, our world immediately changed. The COVID-19 pandemic happened. The word “pandemic” most of us had never heard used in relation to a health crisis in America. Such a word, synonymous with plague and contagion, is suddenly...
What God Does in Crisis
by Darrell Stetler II "In these unprecedented times…” If I never hear that phrase again, that would be fine with me. If you’re like me, your inbox was flooded with companies you had forgotten, reminding you that they still had your email address. They wanted to let...
Johnny Goes to College
by Ken Farmer, Vice President for Academic Affairs, God's Bible School and College Revivalist DECISIONS: Prospective college students are in a state of flux. Developmental psychologists and counselors describe a period of “storm and stress” where issues related to...
Christian and College Choice: The School on Mars Hill
(Reprint from God’s Revivalist and Bible Advocate - October 2006) by Aaron Profitt A CHOICE: As a seventeen-year-old student, I headed off to attend college at a school located on a hilltop. But I didn’t come here, to the Mount of Blessings, Mt. Auburn. Instead,...
Featured Person – Rev. Stephen Stetler
TBM: Brother, Please describe your conversion to Christianity. Stetler: Well I began attending church nine months before I was born, but the first real influence toward conversion happened when I was six years old. I sought the Lord as a child and in that...
Importance of Mentoring
Description of Mentoring: Mentor : a trusted counselor or guide. P.W. Keve, a pioneer in the field of criminal justice wrote, “a mentor [is a person] who, because he is detached and disinterested, can hold up a mirror to us.” Historically Christianity has known the...