E. Stanley Jones Had a Wife
The recently released book of the same title (Scarecrow Press, 2007) is essentially the first biographical study of the extraordinary yet largely unheralded life of
September 2, 2014
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Serving Hands
His hands resting on his bended knee Remember Pounding the gavel that justice be done Throwing the ball to a little one Clasping others when
September 2, 2014
Editor’s Reflections | Summer 2008 (22.3)
Ministries come. Ministries go. For the last twenty-six years, my wife and I have been teaching with Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (GCTS). Occasionally, I pause and
August 29, 2014
The Aggressive Christianity of Catherine Mumford Booth
The American holiness movement of the mid-nineteenth century provided a fertile seedbed for women preachers responding to the Spirit’s prompting. One such woman became the
August 29, 2014
Catherine Booth, The Salvation Army, and the Purity Crusade of 1885
Introduction The Salvation Army began rather inconspicuously in the East End of London in 1865. William Booth, an itinerant Methodist minister, had moved to London
August 29, 2014
Lest We Lose Our Legacy
The Salvation Army’s egalitarian roots Catherine Booth was a formative influence in the founding of The Salvation Army. The movement, in fact, was co-founded by
August 29, 2014
Holy Spirit Interceding (Romans 8:26–27)
Flame of far celestial fire, lighting every high desire, promised gift of Christ’s ascending, still a heavenly flame descending on each soul with Spirit gifting,
August 29, 2014
Vocational Identity and Direction
Throughout the last quarter of the twentieth century, women began to enter the seminaries of the United States in record numbers.1 Upon graduation, many sought
August 29, 2014
Editor’s Reflections | Autumn 2008 (22.4)
The Book of Genesis opens with the words: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (my trans.). Since God is eternal, what
August 28, 2014
The Trinity and Gender
Introduction Does the doctrine of the Trinity shed any light on why God created us as human beings with gender? Any consideration of the relationship
August 28, 2014