The right words for all seasons
I love to read. As a toddler, my mom said I was never without a book. I would hide behind the couch and marvel at…
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New & Noteworthy, July 2016
FOR CHILDREN The Plans I Have For You Amy Parker. The Plans I Have for You Devotional. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zonderkidz, 2015. 160 pages. $14.99.…
New & Noteworthy, June 2016
SENIORS MINISTRY Aging Matters R. Paul Stevens. Aging Matters: Finding Your Calling for the Rest of Your Life. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdman’s, 2016. 160 pages.…
The Trinity: Not a ‘big deal’ in Churches of Christ?
"One thing I like about your church is that you don’t make a big deal about the deity of Christ.” I was taken aback when…
The Good Book still provokes and inspires
"I was raised a Catholic, and in those days Catholics weren’t really Bible people … Bible reading, I understood then, was something the Protestants went…
New and Noteworthy, May 2016: Authors from Churches of Christ
bible study The God Who Saves Glenn Pemberton. The God Who Saves: An Introduction to the Message of the Old Testament. Abilene, Texas: ACU Press,…
Volf sees religions’ power of peace
Miroslav Volf demonstrates the power of faith to bring reconciliation among humans and flourishing life for the individual — even in a globalized world. In…
What do changing demographics mean for Christianity’s future?
Over the past generation, the center of global Christianity has shifted from the West to the Global South and East. Dyron Daughrity, professor of religion…
New and Noteworthy, April 2016
CHRISTIAN LIVING Garden City John Mark Comer. Garden City: Work, Rest, and the Art of Being Human. Grand Rapids, Mich.: 2015. 323 pages. $20.99. Comer,…
Fragmented churches need Proverbs’ wisdom
We must never confuse image with character. Dave Bland, professor of homiletics at Harding School of Theology in Memphis, Tenn., and minister at White Station…
