‘The Chosen’ is the latest in a long line of innovations the church has embraced
Growing up in church is a great blessing, but it also means we know all the stories of the Bible. The danger in knowing is…
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Jack Reese offers church a hopeful elegy
If you are looking for a book of hope during troubling times for Churches of Christ, it is understandable if the word “elegy” in a…
Father, daughter provide a recipe of rescue for toxic church culture
Sharp divides have split congregants at the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention. The #MeToo movement has shed light on years of sexual predation across churches. Christianity…
Science vs. Scripture? It doesn’t have to be that way, biology prof writes
What do you do with a biology professor who doesn’t “believe in science?” Just ask Janet Kellogg Ray, an adjunct biology professor at the University…
Through disease, witchcraft and war, missionary nurses follow call to serve
Visiting Nigerian Christian Hospital several decades ago, I felt I was on holy ground, because it was set apart, unlike any mission work of Churches…
Theologian’s questions on women’s roles obscure rather than clarify
“Women Serving God: My Journey in Understanding Their Story in the Bible” is written by John Mark Hicks, who has taught for nearly four decades…
Busy families can find time for meaningful devotionals
We all have heard the disturbing statistics, and we know the people affected. Young adults are walking away from the faith in droves as parents…
Shank calls church to its ‘central mission’ — children
‘Down the street from where you live are houses filled with broken people. People bent, bruised and broken by life walk the streets of every…
Church elder Don Williams was country’s ‘Gentle Giant’
The first time I saw legendary country musician Don Williams in person was a Sunday morning in 1977 when my wife and I visited the…
Minister recalls his pedophile father’s profound deception
Jimmy Hinton doesn’t mince words, not in life and not in his book “The Devil Inside: How My Minister Father Molested Kids in Our Home…
