11 countries in 11 months
Raquel Bagnal is part of a team that will scurry around the globe, much like contestants on the TV show “The Amazing Race.”Instead of competing…
Archive: Oct 2011
Chronicle reaches a milestone
This issue of The Christian Chronicle marks the 30th year of the international newspaper’s opening a window on the church under the auspices of Oklahoma…
REVIEW: Pulitzer-winning author gives new defense for faith
Some readers will recall Marilynne Robinson’s plenary address at the 2009 Christian Scholars Conference at Lipscomb University. It was a stirring speech on the power…
Texas member, homeless advocate dies in motorcycle accident
County Judge Rusty Ladd died Friday. (Photo by Zach Long, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) We linked last year to a Lubbock Avalanche-Journal story on Judge Rusty Ladd,…
Historical marker dedicated at ACU’s original site
Anita Lane and Bruce Campbell unveil a historical marker where Childers Classical Institute opened in 1906. The school, which is now Abilene Christian University, moved…
Oklahoma church uses marquee to counter ‘Big Bang Theory’
The church marquee references Genesis 1:1. (Photo via Newson6.com) Newson6.com in Tulsa, Okla., reports: TULSA, Oklahoma -- A Tulsa church is fighting fire with fire,…
New and Noteworthy, October 2011
APOLOGETICS Paul Copan. Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Books. 252 pages. $14.99. An excellent…
Around the World, October 2011
Youth camp in remote Mexican village yields baptisms In Mexico, plagued by border violence, four souls gave their lives to Christ during the recent La…
Honduras clinic treats patients’ physical, spiritual needs — and teaches them to sew
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Stethoscopes and sewing machines share space at the James Moody Adams, or JMA, Clinic in this Central American capital.The faith-based clinic recently…
Lectureship speaker: ‘I believe the New Testament church is our model’
Blogging live from Oklahoma City Howard Norton, veteran missionary to Brazil, longtime minister and current director of the Baxter Institute in Honduras, opened Quest, the…
