God doesn’t understand retirement
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How to be a more effective Bible teacher
Christianity is taught. No one comes from the womb as a Christian. No one inherits Christianity from a godly parent or a spiritual grandparent. Each…
Derailed: A missionary’s journey away from and back to the fellowship
VIENNA, Austria —Charles “Chuck” Schneider is a man of great character and leadership. Bailey McBride | InsightA strong Christian, he grew up in Michigan during…
The view from Vienna
VIENNA, Austria— The increased terrorist activity in all parts of the world is very frightening. It is the advance of an uncivilized mindset against all civilizations…
From Greek mythology to modern churches, mentoring provides a link between generations
When I was a teenager, my family moved to Tulsa, Okla., where my mother and I attended church. My father later became a Christian —…
Remembering Glover Shipp — a man who ‘broadened and sweetened our world’
Journalist, editor, songwriter, artist, teacher, preacher, personal evangelist, linguist. Visionary. All of these describe our friend Glover Shipp, who served The Christian Chronicle from 1989…
Know who you are — and whose you are — before you commit ’til death do us part’
Recently a man that fairly often shares morning coffee with me casually reported that, after he had been married 22 years with a grown daughter,…
Blessed mourning: Finding words of comfort in unexpected places
I never meant to write this column. These are thoughts I never wanted to have — or to share. On April 16 at 3:45 p.m.,…
Preachers needed: Be always on the lookout for new pulpit talent — and ways to nurture
Although Christians sometimes get confused and think that the preacher is the main show in worship, each person in worship is actually the show that…
A love for her husband, Africa and the Lord
When I attended Central Christian College in Bartlesville, Okla., in 1952, I first met John and Dottie Beckloff. John was finishing his second year of…
