#united methodists

Sign on the side of a church a block and a half from the state capitol. [Georgia] I wonder if more churches could put up similar signs.

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“Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word "love" here not merely in the personal sense but as a state of being, or a state of grace - not in the infantile American sense of being made happy but in the tough and universal sense of quest and daring and growth.”

In this podcast clip, @utsdoc says the church needs to be a truthteller, which means the church is willing to speak the truth even if it means attacking sacred cows that people like.

In late May, I interviewed David Watson, the Academic Dean and professor of New Testament at United Theological Seminary in Dayton Ohio, and the lead editor of Firebrand magazine for the En Route podcast. We talked about classical liberalism, the church, and the rise of postmodern liberalism. In this clip, David talks about how the church needs to be a truthteller, which means the church is…