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Articles
- Beyond the Barriers: Labeled or Loved? By Dr. James Bradford
- Clarifying the Call: Called to an Issue or to Minister to People? By Dr. Beth Grant
- The Truth about Toleration by Dr. Charlie Self
- Avoiding a Label in Media by Thomas Harrison
- A Mother's Letter to Her Son by Dr. Cheryl Taylor
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book review
- Peppermint-Filled Piñatas: Breaking Through Tolerance and Embracing Love by Eric Michael Bryant
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Resources
Current Theme
Labeled or Loved? A Christian Response to People
Standing for truth in our ever-changing world is not only important, but often a great challenge. Christian leaders are on the front edge of responding to the pressing needs of society. Jesus presented the love of God as unconditional. He loved people for who they were and invited them to receive God's life-transforming love.
As women in ministry, we have the prime opportunity to live out God's grace toward those who are lost in hands on, tangible ways. And ministering to the marginalized of the world requires strategic focus. In every corner of the world the remnants of intolerance and oppression is seen, whether through cultural or religious views.
In this issue, this important opportunity — and challenge — is considered by several authors who examine ways the incredible life-changing love of God can be brought to those in need of it throughout the world.
We invite you to evaluate your own response to this challenge. Are you tolerant of others in such a way that promotes God's grace toward them; or do you quickly place people into categories that label them?
Items of Interest
Book Review
Troubling Her: A Biblical Defense of Women in Ministry
By Jessica Faye Carter
(Purple Girl Books, 2010, pp. 139, paperback.)
Jessica Faye Carter has done the Pentecostal church a great service. Her new book, Troubling Her, is an impressive contribution to the ongoing discussion among Evangelicals regarding woman ministers. Though early Pentecostals affirmed woman ministers, this conversation sadly continues among latter Pentecostals. The problem revolves around an even larger issue: the lack of Pentecostal scholarship on this topic. Read review
