MILESTONES, June 2013
Birthdays 100TH Rensina (Rens) Bunt — Born in Amsterdam in 1913, Rens studied to be a nurse. She met her husband Tom during WW II,…
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Partners, June 2013
HIGHER EDUCATION ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ABILENE, Texas — In partnership with 13 other scholars, Doug Foster, professor of history in ACU’s Graduate School of Theology…
Sin, snoring and sermons: What to say to the preacher
In a 1963 episode of “The Andy Griffith Show,” a visiting preacher from New York fills the pulpit in Mayberry. The guest minister, Harrison Everett…
A prayer after Boston Marathon bombings
Robert Randolph, longtime minister for the Brookline Church of Christ in the heart of Boston and chaplain for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, delivered the…
Texas officials honor longtime church member, ACU graduate Jack Pope on his 100th birthday
AUSTIN, Texas — Retired Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Jack Pope, a longtime member of the University Avenue Church of Christ in Austin, celebrated his…
Blessed mourning: God’s Word filters loss through prism of love and eternity
She was in her late 60s with 12 grown children, including five sons who had survived combat in World War II and more than 30…
Harding School of Theology names Jim Martin vice president
Jim Martin (Photo via www.harding.edu) Jim Martin, pulpit minister for the Crestview Church of Christ in Waco, Texas, will become vice president of Harding School…
A conversation with Nobie Stone
What does the ionospheric wake of an orbiting spacecraft have to do with the existence of God?Everything, says astrophysicist Nobie Stone, whose research on the…
Churches involved in tornado relief efforts damaged by new round of storms
Two Churches of Christ involved in tornado relief efforts sustained damage to their buildings during another major spring storm that hit the Oklahoma City metropolitan…
New and Noteworthy, June 2013
YOUNG ADULTS Ryan and Josh Shook. Firsthand: Ditching Secondhand Religion for a Faith of Your Own. Colorado Springs, Colo.: Waterbrook Press, 2013. 208 pages. $17.99.…
