Episodes
5 hours ago
5 hours ago
In this session, Svetlana Khobnya, Felipe Borduam, Linda Stargel, Deanna Hayden, Gift Mtukwa, and Juan Jose Moreno Perez respond to questions from the small groups. This session was moderated by Bruce Allder.
*The theme for the conference is “In the Power of the Spirit” (Luke 4:14). The format of the conference is developed around three main sessions. Each main session will have two presenters and four responders who have been selected to represent each of the six world regions. There is also time planned that provides an opportunity for all participants to engage in reflection and discussion in other plenary sessions and small groups. The themes for the three main sessions are: Session 1: “In the Power of the Spirit – Holy Spirit;” Session 2“In the Power of the Spirit – Holy People;” and Session 3: “In the Power of the Spirit – Hope of New Creation.”
The papers have been published online in Didache: Faithful Teaching (http://didache.nazarene.org). The presenter’s papers were published in Volume 22, Number 1 and the response papers were published in Volume 23, Number 2.
8 hours ago
8 hours ago
In this session, Svetlana Khobnya and Felipe Borduam present papers titled "In the Power of the Spirit" and then responses to these papers are given by Linda Stargel, Deanna Hayden, Gift Mtukwa, and Juan Jose Moreno Perez. This session was moderated by Gabriel Benjamin.
*The theme for the conference is “In the Power of the Spirit” (Luke 4:14). The format of the conference is developed around three main sessions. Each main session will have two presenters and four responders who have been selected to represent each of the six world regions. There is also time planned that provides an opportunity for all participants to engage in reflection and discussion in other plenary sessions and small groups. The themes for the three main sessions are: Session 1: “In the Power of the Spirit – Holy Spirit;” Session 2“In the Power of the Spirit – Holy People;” and Session 3: “In the Power of the Spirit – Hope of New Creation.”
The papers have been published online in Didache: Faithful Teaching (http://didache.nazarene.org). The presenter’s papers were published in Volume 22, Number 1 and the response papers were published in Volume 23, Number 2.
3 days ago
3 days ago
The fifth Global Theology Conference took place in Pilar, Argentina at the Theological Seminary of the Southern Cone earlier this month. Professors, pastors, and leaders from around the world attended three plenary sessions under the theme, the Holy Spirit. Representatives from each region presented papers on the Holy Spirit, Holy People, and the Hope of New Creation.
The conference was sponsored by the Board of General Superintendents, hosted by the church's International Board of Education, and co-convened by Education Commissioner Klaus Arnold and Nazarene Theological Seminary President Jeren Rowell. The event highlighted the global connectedness of the Church of the Nazarene, the international diversity of denominational leaders and scholars, as well as the depth of theological insight represented from Nazarene institutions and churches around the world.
Previous global conferences were held in the United States (2018), South Africa (2014), the Netherlands (2007), and Guatemala (2002).
Holiness Today had the privilege of attending this conference and will release audio recordings of these sessions, interviews with attendees, and sermons from the conference on our podcast channel throughout the next few weeks.
These sessions will be made available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French in the near future.
On this episode you will hear director of Global Education and Clergy Development, Klaus Arnold’s opening sermon for the Global Theology Conference.
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
A Conversation With DS Wendell Brown About "Blessing Our Community"
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
Nazarenes throughout Canada and the United States are engaged in a missional initiative of blessing their communities in 2024. This initiative is an opportunity to make a positive impact, build relationships, and to connect with people outside of the walls of the church, creating opportunities to share the good news of Jesus.
Throughout April, Nazarenes will be blessing their communities through various acts of service in the states of Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky. Nate Gilmore from Holiness Today had the opportunity to discuss this service project with the North Central Ohio District Superintendent, Wendell Brown.
Click here to learn more about "Blessing our Community".
Click here to check out NCO’s district Facebook page to join the prayer call for "Big Serve" in the Mount Vernon educational zone.
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
Nazarene Archives Ep 24: Talmadge Johnson on "How to Increase Your Gratitude"
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
On this episode, listen to Talmadge Johnson preach a short sermon on gratitude.
Dr. Johnson served as the 33rd General Superintendent for the Church of the Nazarene. Prior to becoming GS, he was an evangelist, pastor, district superintendent, and global director of Sunday School ministries (now Nazarene Discipleship International.)
This recording was featured on the Layman’s Tape Club in November of 1982.
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
NMI Central - March 2024
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
On this week’s episode, tune in to listen to an audio version of NMI Central. This publication focuses on the global work of the Church of the Nazarene including current prayer needs and praise reports. It is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. Subscribe to NMI Central.
Mission highlights in the month of March include: Australia, United States, and Nicaragua Alabaster highlight video celebrates the 75th Anniversary Year: https://vimeo.com/908793032/d1218a0fe1?share=copy
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
A Conversation With Antonio Marshall, Olivet Nazarene University Chaplain
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
On this episode, Nate Gilmore has a conversation with Antonio Marshall, Chaplain at Olivet Nazarene University. Rev. Marshall shares of his call to ministry and how God has used his life experience and gifts to help foster a community in which believers and seekers are welcome.
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Preaching Collaborative ep 6: Dylan Robinson Palm Sunday Sermon
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024
Holiness Today is partnering with the USA/Canada Regional Office to feature preachers from across the region. We hope that these messages will encourage your daily walk with the Lord and help you feel connected with the preaching ministry of the local church.Please enjoy this Palm Sunday sermon from Matthew 21:1-11, preached by Dylan Robinson, Preaching Pastor at The Well Church of the Nazarene in Springfield, Missouri.
Click here to watch Dylan's sermon on the Well Church's YouTube channel.
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
A Journey Through Holy Week - Holiness Today’s March/April 2024 Issue
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Thursday Mar 21, 2024
Enjoy this audio production of the March/April 2024 issue, “A Journey Through Holy Week,” read by Jordan Eigsti.
0:00 Intro
0:17 Bonnie Perry: Editorial
2:47 Gabriel Benjiman: Sunday, Triumphal Entry
11:39 T. Scott Daniels: Monday, Jesus Cleanses the Temple
17:16 Christian Sarmiento: Tuesday, The Olivet Discourse
24:27 Holy Wednesday
24:55 Timothy Green: Thursday, The Last Supper
30:59 Stan Reeder: Friday, The Crucifixion
36:48 T.A. Noble: Saturday and Sunday: In the Tomb and the Resurrection
44:24 Outro
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Nazarene Archives ep 23: Audrey Williamson on Romans 5:2
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Thursday Mar 14, 2024
Listen to a Bible Study taught by Audrey Williamson on Romans 5:2. Dr. Williamson was a speaker, writer, and teacher for the Church of the Nazarene and served alongside her husband, former General Superintendent, GB Williamson.
This recording was produced for the Minister’s Tape Club in January of 1981.
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
NMI Central - February 2024
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
On this week’s episode, tune in to listen to an audio version of NMI Central. This publication focuses on the global work of the Church of the Nazarene including current prayer needs and praise reports. It is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. Subscribe to NMI Central.
Mission highlights in the month of February include: Netherlands and Argentina. Click here to see the Alabaster highlight video that celebrates the 75th Anniversary Year.
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
NDI - John Comstock Hosts a Discussion on "The Nuts & Bolts of Worship"
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Thursday Mar 07, 2024
Listen to this conversation from Discipleship Place hosted by John Comstock on the "Nuts & Bolts of Worship in the Local Church" from February 29, 2024 with: Phil Burkhart, Jordan Guthrie, Shaun McClellan, Michelle Noel, Sharon Norman, and Nick Robertson.
For more conversations like this visit discipleshipplace.org
The Discipleship Place exists to serve individuals and local churches by providing free courses, resources, and discipleship tools to help disciples, disciple-makers, and mentors of disciple-makers.
00:00 Intro
00:42 Why is it important for the lead pastor and the worship leader to communicate regularly about worship?
17:25 What does a good, weekly debrief look like, and what are the essential outcomes of a service review?
34:53 How do we take what God has placed on the pastor’s heart and put it into a service order?
51:17 What resources and systems are available to prepare worship teams and churches for worship?
01:04:14 What are the essential components of a worship rehearsal?
01:16:31 How do you introduce new songs to the congregation?
01:18:55 How do you evaluate the theological value of a new (or old) song?
01:23:12 Wrap-up
01:24:38 Outro
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
BGS - 2024 BGS Report to the General Board - Fili Chambo
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Dr. Fili Chambo delivered the 2024 BGS report on the 25th of February at the 100th session of the General Board in Overland Park Kansas.
The General Board is elected at General Assembly and is composed of district superintendents, assigned ordained ministers, and lay leaders representing the global church. Convening annually, the board has governing responsibility for the Church of the Nazarene and carries out the corporate business of the denominational offices.
Listen to Dr. Chambo greet the general board, and reflect on the life and fellowship of the Church empowered by Jesus Messiah, the Son of God.
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Nazarene Archives ep 22: Rob Staples on the Disposition of Discipleship
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Rob Staples served as Professor of Theology at Nazarene Theological Seminary from 1976-1998 and is the author of Outward Sign and Inward Grace: The Place of Sacraments in Wesleyan Theology (1991). This sermon on discipleship was preached at the Nazarene Theological Seminary chapel in 1980 from the texts of Matthew 16:24 and Philippians 2:5-11.
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
NBC Chapel Lenten Devotional: Strong and Mighty Moses - Bonnie Perry
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Last week we observed Ash Wednesday; a day where we reflect on God creating us from dust. During these next 40 days, we honor the fasting and preparation Jesus endured in the wilderness before beginning his public ministry. This season is where we ready ourselves for the heartbreak of Good Friday and the celebration of Easter morning. Listen to Dr. Bonnie Perry share the story of Moses for our Lenten Journey.
Click here to see the video.
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
A Conversation With Stan Reeder
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
On this episode, Nate Gilmore has a conversation with the Regional Director of USA and Canada, Stan Reeder. In this conversation, Dr. Reeder tells of how God called him to ministry and how God is still using him today. He also shares how the Spirit led the USA/Canada region in prayer in 2023 and how the Church is mobilizing across the region to bless the community today.
For details about USA and Canada’s 2024 initiative of “Blessing Our Community” please visit usacanadaregion.org or click here.
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
NDI - A Wesleyan Understanding of the Authority of Scripture Part 2 by T. A. Noble
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
T. A. Noble considers the role given to Scripture in the New Testament church, in the patristic era, at the Reformation, during the Enlightenment, and in the nineteenth century. That will bring us to consider the Reformation/Evangelical view today, including the questions raised by historians, scientists, and by hermeneutics. The Wesleyan position will then be explored more specifically, including what has been called ‘the Wesleyan Quadrilateral’ and how that should be properly understood.
*This recording was created for discipleship place in September of 2021. To see more videos and training materials like this please click here.
00:00 Intro
00:36 A Wesleyan Understanding of the Authority of Scripture Part 2
22:41 If Jesus is the self revelation of God, is it problematic to say that the Bible is the self revelation of God so that scripture becomes a quasi-fourth person of the Trinity?
24:28 If the Nazarene view can be thought of as Soteriological inerrancy, does that not lead to picking and choosing what passages are really connected to salvation issues; thus picking what passages are authoritative for us, and what passages we can dismiss?
27:21 When we interpret scripture, how do we know when our interpretation is going off base? How do we test our interpretation?
40:51 What are the other alternatives to the historical critical approach? How many other approaches are there?
43:32 In interpreting scripture, what part does personal experience play?
47:26 Can you highlight some things that we've adopted in our social consciousness in the church that is influenced more by Reformed theology than Wesleyan or our Nazarene roots?
50:31 Resources you might recommend for adult classroom settings and discipling people related to the authority of scripture?
51:35 Do you have any writing, projects, or work that might address these types of things?
53:11 Discipleship Place: How to Study the Bible
54:27 Do you use science to interpret scripture? What does that look like?
57:13 Wrap-up
58:08 Outro
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
T. A. Noble considers the role given to Scripture in the New Testament church, in the patristic era, at the Reformation, during the Enlightenment, and in the nineteenth century. That will bring us to consider the Reformation/Evangelical view today, including the questions raised by historians, scientists, and by hermeneutics. The Wesleyan position will then be explored more specifically, including what has been called ‘the Wesleyan Quadrilateral’ and how that should be properly understood.
*This recording was created for discipleship place in September of 2021. To see more videos and training materials like this please click here.
00:00 Intro
00:36 Introduction of T. A. Noble
01:53 A Wesleyan understanding of the authority of the Bible
27:42 Thinking about Christological hymns that we have in the New Testament, and the example being 1 Corinthians 3:16; how widely and how early were they used in the word of preaching, or were they sung as an affirmation of the Gospel in those first 20 years?
29:31 Would it be more proper to end our prayers in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit?
51:23 You've sketched the Bible's authority in its relation to the Gospel. How does the modern view of inerrancy in scripture as God's self-revelation disconnect from the historical view?
53:10 What is to be understood by "necessary for faith" when talking about plenary inspiration of scripture?
56:03 Can you speak about whether the Apocrypha should or should not be treated as authoritative? And also speak about the same question regarding the Gnostic Gospels that are gaining a hearing today.
01:00:07 Am I understanding your starting point that the authority of the Bible is based in the authority of the Gospel as transmitted to the apostles? What implications does that have on the idea of Apostolic Succession?
01:02:39 How can the church, especially the local church, help to rebuild these theologies (natural theology, liberal theology) upon a biblical foundation?
01:06:40 Why is the Apocrypha not in our canon of scripture, and why are they not to be used to determine doctrine?
01:07:55 Closing
01:08:49 Outro
Thursday Feb 08, 2024
Thursday Feb 08, 2024
Listen to W. T. Purkiser preach on “The Holy Spirit and Internal Security.” W. T. Purkiser (1910-92) was a preacher, professor, and editor for the Church of the Nazarene. He pastored churches in Southern California and Sacramento, as well as teaching as a professor at Pasadena College and Nazarene Theological Seminary. W. T. Purkiser was a prolific writer of history and theology, and served as Editor-in-Chief of Herald of Holiness, now Holiness Today, for 15 years.
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
NMI Central - January 2024
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
On this week’s episode, tune in to hear an audio version of NMI Central. This publication focuses on the global work of the Church of the Nazarene including current prayer needs and praise reports. It is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French.
Click here to subscribe to NMI Central.Mission highlights in the month of November include: South Korea, Armenia, Cote d’Ivoire, and Mexico. Click here for the Alabaster highlight video from South Korea, Asia-Pacific Region.