Opinion: Why finding truth in the Jan. 6 hearings matters for Christians
In May 1976, on the day of my graduation from Abilene Christian University, my parents and I made sure we voted in the Texas presidential…
Opinion
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…
In Uvalde, writer found purpose
'You’re not allowed to cry.” That’s what I kept telling myself as people fell on their hands and knees, weeping. Never had I seen so…
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…
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…
What Christians can do in response to the opioid crisis
The evening song service began. A deacon approached me and whispered that he had put “a drunk man” (let’s call him Tom) in my office.…
In Europe, border crossings and blessings abound
SIRET, Romania — Border crossings bother me. It all started in 2004 when I was traveling from Guatemala to El Salvador. The border guard grilled…
What the Supreme Court’s abortion leak means
Within hours after Politico published a draft opinion by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito purporting to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion decision, demonstrators…
Organizations offer struggling churches resources for the future
LA MESA, Calif. — When The Christian Chronicle staff met in March to talk about the “Where have all the churches gone?” project, I told…
Editorial: In Buffalo’s wake, we must speak out
Add Buffalo, N.Y., to the long and growing list of locations that have become synonymous with tragedy and racism. On May 14, 10 innocent people…
