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Latest Commentary
Callously Breaking Covenant: Reflections on UMC General Conference
May 3, 2024
Sarah Stewart
African Methodists: ‘General Conference Did Not Listen to Us’
May 3, 2024
Methodist Voices
Liberal Church Groups Cheer Gaza Campus Protests
May 3, 2024
Jeffrey Walton
What “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” Gets Right and Wrong About Killing
May 3, 2024
Marc LiVecche
Liberal Internationalism vs “Democratic Realism,” 20 Years Later
May 2, 2024
Simon Maass
The War in Gaza Hasn’t Stopped Israeli-Arab Normalization
April 30, 2024
Gabriel Scheinmann
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