Editorial: What is the ‘Christian’ position on guns?
Buffalo, N.Y. Uvalde, Texas. Tulsa, Okla. As the death toll from mass shootings grows, the gun control debate once again consumes our attention. God-fearing people…
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‘Grandmother church’ of Dallas fights for its future
DALLAS — The steeple at the Skillman Church of Christ stretches skyward above a red-brick, Georgian building, a Dallas landmark on one of the city’s…
88-year-old radio program thrives online
‘Are you listening?” The late V.E. Howard was known for asking that question on the “International Gospel Hour” radio program, an evangelism broadcast associated with…
Third Culture Kids find a place to belong
OKLAHOMA CITY — Alex Cash didn’t fit in anywhere. Cash, 22, primarily grew up in Uganda, where his parents were missionaries. He traveled back…
Time to share a little good news
'We sure could use a little good news today,” Anne Murray sang in a No. 1 country hit in 1983. Nearly four decades later, negative…
Across the Nation: A centennial celebration, new meaning to ‘Jesus, Take the Wheel’ and more quick takes
Across the Nation is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ across the U.S. Got an idea for this…
God and guns
TULSA, Okla. — God and guns. After a string of mass shootings nationwide, conversations with people of faith inevitably turn to that subject. Ken Factor…
‘The mass shooting that would end mass shootings’ didn’t
When a gunman killed 32 people at Virginia Tech in 2007, Seth Terrell was a 21-year-old campus minister for the nearby Blacksburg Church of Christ.…
After yet another mass shooting, Tulsa church prays, reflects: Is there a solution?
TULSA, Okla. — Shock. Tears. Prayers. Talk about guns. All ripple through The Park Church of Christ, a 2,000-member congregation that is a microcosm of…
‘This is wailing, weeping, heartfelt grief. This is what this town is feeling’
UVALDE, Texas — For Emmaline Whyrick, an awards ceremony last week celebrated her end-of-year accomplishments. The fourth-grader received two accolades at Robb Elementary School that…
