Around the World, January 2015
Argentina LA PLATA — Minister Joel Banks and members from the Caballito Church of Christ in Bueno Aires take turns making the hour-long drive to…
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In the Philippines, church members become ‘first responders’ after typhoon
Another year, another typhoon. In the Philippines, one of the world’s most disaster-prone nations, Typhoon Hagupit, also known as Ruby, claimed 18 lives and injured…
Newsmakers, January 2015
AWARDED Justin Carver, Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Coach of the Year. Carver coaches cross country for York College in Nebraska. Jasper Bawcom, Gasiorowski and…
New and Noteworthy, January 2015
Diane Burton. "The Master's Masterpiece" Maitland, Fla.: Xulon Press, 2014. 288 pages. $16.99. “How in the world can I be God’s masterpiece when I am…
Review: Book on prayer provides tools — not gimmicks
A$27 hardback book on prayer — written by a well-known minister with a huge church —already has two strikes against it, in my eyes. “Wouldn’t…
Review: Controversy shouldn’t keep Christians silent, Platt writes
Sometimes not speaking is really speaking. The powerful intimidation of the “political correctness” mindset has silenced Christianity into a mute acceptance of an immoral culture. …
‘Our prayers are being answered,’ says Alabama minister who distributes Bibles in Cuba
WHNT in Huntsville, Ala., reports: For those few Americans who have been inside Cuba in the past 50 years, Wednesday’s surprise announcement on plans to…
Across the Nation, January 2015
CALIFORNIA BAKERSFIELD — About 350 volunteers recently formed assembly lines at the Westside Church of Christ and packed 80,000 meals for the nonprofit Feeding Children…
Have your cake and clean up, too
YAKIMA, Wash. — When it was all over, Joyce Edmondson did what she’s been doing for 50 years: She pulled out her vacuum cleaner and…
Civil rights attorney, minister Fred Gray portrayed in ‘Selma’
“No one can win the war individually. It takes the wisdom of the elders and the young people’s energy.” That’s a lyric from “Glory,” written and…
