‘Hey, you messed up, but we still love you’
Since his first visit to a Dallas County jail in 1971, Buck Griffith has spent his life taking the Gospel behind bars. A minister for…
Dialogue
Preaching that hums, pleads and roars
David Wilson exhibits the trifecta of great gospel preaching: a love of God, a love for his people and a love for the truth. Affectionately…
‘Paradise is lost,’ but minister and wife escaped deadly wildfire ‘with the clothes on our back’
On Thursday morning, minister Joe Glenn got a call at his Paradise Church of Christ office. A friend in the 50-member Northern California congregation, which…
Is progressive Christianity dangerous?
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — “We don’t want to be known for the things we’re against,” said David Young. “We want to be known for what we’re for.”…
A Bible for every tribe, every tongue
For Rett Parker, Mum’s the word. It’s many words, actually — an entire language of them, spoken by villagers in the Madang province of Papua…
Keeping Christian education on mission
David R. Shannon remembers the day when E. Claude Gardner walked into the sawmill near Centerville, Tenn., where Shannon was working and asked him to…
‘Incarceration has saved their lives’
‘Iwould never have listened to you out there.” Norman Dean hears comments like that as he shares his faith behind bars. The Oklahoma native and…
A chronicler’s daughter shares memories
Printer’s ink flowed through the veins of Lavella Hicks McMillan at an early age. She was 2 when her preacher father, Olan Hicks, published the…
‘God doesn’t promise us life will be easy’
In recent weeks, about 3.6 million American students graduated from high school, the National Center for Education Statistics reports. In a few months, an estimated…
Churches need grace, tact, sensibility
Erma Williams was one of 645 respondents to The Christian Chronicle’s survey, “A closer look at Churches of Christ in the U.S.” We found her…
