by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 30, 2009 | Assurance of faith, evangelicalism, Faith
A Christianity Today online book review of the 2008 book, The Advent of Evangelicalism: Exploring Historical Continuities, edited by Michael Haykin and Kenneth Stewart introduced me to a quote from David Bebbington’s Evangelicalism in Modern Britain, published...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 30, 2009 | 1 Corinthians 10:13, Temptation
“No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.” 1 Corinthians 10:13Three...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 25, 2009 | Ministry
When I began my certification studies to become a Christian Educator in The United Methodist Church, the first thing I was challenged to do was contemplate my “calling”, to think about what it was to which I felt God inviting me. From there I had to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 20, 2009 | Luke 10:1-24, missions, Romans 10:14-15
The Alabama- West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Chruch has a new email newsletter for missions. There are good articles about mission efforts in our conference and being accomplished by our UMC Christian brothers and sisters in the conference. Check it...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 18, 2009 | Acts 1:8, evangelism, Great Commission, missions
Today in Purpose Driven Life our students were studying the final few chapters on evangelism, our mission in the world to unbelievers. We were discussing the characteristics of a “worldly person” compared to a “world-class Christian”. Rick...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
My mother, sister, and I have scratched our heads a little bit and laughed together about some of my father’s perculiarities since his life-threatening hemorrhagic stroke seven years ago. I think he’d always had a little bit of an obsessive-compulsive...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 4, 2009 | healing, John 5:2-14; Mark 2:1-5; James 5:16;
Whenever I talk about faith and healing with students, I remind them that God uses a variety of means to accomplish healing and that healing itself can be of many types. God certainly uses the miraculous processes within our bodies that He designed and crafted into...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 23, 2009 | reading
My husband serves on the board of a local agency that promotes and provides educational opportunities for preschool children. He’s been telling me for some time about the studies on how children who are read to from a young age develop language and reasoning...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 17, 2009 | family, hobbies, nature
The spring ritual of filling pots with colorful flowers was mostly accomplished this weekend. With each plant selected I was thinking of my grandmothers and mother, their yards, the care they gave to them. It’s funny how smells like potting soil and flower...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 17, 2009 | discipleship training
In my last post, I had written about the necessity of learning to feed ourselves, spiritually. This devotional arrived in my box this week from The Master’s Business wirter, Lorraine Ezell. She details a couple of types of spiritual malnutrition. I agree with...
