Botham Jean’s death shows how implicit bias stains our society and our churches
Iwas devastated to learn of the tragic death of Botham Jean. Many of us from Churches of Christ in the Caribbean knew him from the…
Opinion
Has God given us more than we can handle?
Sometimes it really is more than we can handle. Life. Somewhere, over the years, it’s become common for Christians to say to our brother and…
Don’t be deceived by your heart
A big part of the time I feel like I don’t belong, like I’m out of place. At my job. At school. In meetings. At church. …
Be Generous again … and again, and again
‘Compassion fatigue” is a phrase we’re likely to hear this hurricane season. As of this writing, two massive storms, Florence and Michael, have attacked from…
Smith’s critique of Darwin: a unique perspective — fraught with flaws
The thesis of “Darwin’s Secret Sex Problem: Exposing Evolution’s Fatal Flaw — The Origin of Sex” is that the very nature of sexual reproduction in…
F. LaGard Smith takes on ‘the queen of evolutionary problems’
Charles Darwin threw down a challenge that Christians — with varying degrees of success — have tried to address. “If it could be demonstrated that…
Christian ministries can cooperate
Should Christian ministries view each other as competition for a limited pool of donations and volunteers? We know they shouldn’t. But they do. A lot.…
‘It is critical that all of us get along, especially in the church.’
SEARCY, Ark. — ‘If I can help somebody, as I pass along, if I can cheer somebody, with a word or song. If I can show…
When an Angel needs gas
I met an angel today. She called the church about an hour before it was time to start worship. (For preachers, that’s a really important…
Scripture should guide our decisions on fellowship
I am concerned about Wayne Newland’s editorial in the September 2018 issue of the Chronicle. I appreciate the spirit of the article in which he urged…
