Christian family inspired new movie ‘On a Wing and a Prayer’
The pilot was dead. As the private plane kept climbing on autopilot, topping 10,000 feet, Doug White told his wife, Terri, and two daughters to…
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‘It’s the same Jesus’
CHICAGO — To a visitor entering the Northwest Church of Christ this past Sunday, the assembly might have sounded like the Day of Pentecost. Distinct…
Churches strive to reach ‘Next Level Up’ in 2023
ATLANTA — “We have the right message,” said Marcus Brummer, echoing a sentiment expressed by modern-day Churches of Christ for more than a century. So…
Churches join ‘The Chosen’ Season 3 bandwagon
Robin Vick said he came late to “The Chosen” phenomenon. Vick, an evangelist for the Roosevelt Drive Church of Christ in Jacksonville, N.C., had heard…
‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ acquisition
ABILENE, Texas — Off an interstate in suburban Memphis, Tenn., Mac Ice stepped into a downpour in a shopping center parking lot. There he received…
Shame stops as Agape Flows
BENONI, South Africa — Nearly 700 girls, ranging in age from 13 to 18, waited outside the Chief Albert Luthuli Secondary School in anticipation of…
In Georgia county with history of racial violence, Christians seek unity
CUMMING, Ga. — Kelvin Teamer stood on the stage of the Grace Chapel Church of Christ and marveled at the crowd. In this small town…
The queen and the King of Kings
‘The Queen is dead. Long live the King.” That’s how Patrick Boyns began his weekly video address after the death of his country’s longest-serving monarch,…
Why ‘The Waltons,’ the classic TV show that just turned 50, wasn’t afraid of religion
During the pandemic lockdown, I rediscovered “The Waltons” and watched all 221 episodes. Somewhere along the way, I learned that the classic TV show about…
Timber Hill Church of Christ: A dot on the timeline of many Christians today
Rudy Taylor, who attended Oklahoma Christian College — now Oklahoma Christian University — in 1964-65, recently wrote a small book about a congregation that was…
