In ‘Still Wrestling,’ minister whose wife, son were slain explores faith, doubt
A double murder. A destroyed family. A shattered faith. After the tragic deaths of his wife and 21-year-old son in 2011, minister Les Ferguson Jr.…
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Clothing designer brings hope to Rwanda
An Oklahoma Christian University graduate made international headlines recently for her work helping women in Rwanda. The New York Times featured clothing designer Priscilla Ruzibuka and…
Marshall Keeble’s ‘boy preachers’ still baptizing and saving souls
LOS ANGELES — In 1963, an 11-year-old named Dewayne Winrow preached at Southwestern Christian College’s annual Bible lectureship in Terrell, Texas. The boy’s message resonated…
‘Sister Keeble’ stayed strong in mind, faith
I never got to meet Marshall Keeble or hear him preach. I was a baby when Keeble, the famous traveling evangelist who started hundreds of Churches…
Marshall Keeble fought racism by melting hearts
While Marshall Keeble didn’t preach about racial reconciliation, his very life was racial reconciliation. In the early 1900s, African-Americans were losing their lives at the hands…
Two legacies, 50 years later
Marshall Keeble was calling sinners home at a 1939 gospel meeting in Ridgely, Tenn., when a young white man approached him after the sermon. The…
The art of faith-sharing
MARIETTA, Ga. — Lauren Williams wanted to teach her 3-year-old daughter, Kena, the significance of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. But how? “She was ready to…
Historically black and crucial to our future
He was only 3 years old when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated and Marshall Keeble, pioneering African-American minister for Churches of Christ, died after…
‘If Christians don’t believe in a literal Genesis, they have no foundation for their doctrine’
EDMOND, Okla. — Ken Ham, a nationally known creationist who rejects Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, made headlines recently when he was invited, then disinvited…
When a St. Patrick’s Day jig goes wrong
So Lucas Ross, a member of the Memorial Road Church of Christ in Oklahoma City, just made national news for ... well ... this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnjpcJgp3gY…
