Rewrite the script
I am convinced that church leaders want to shepherd the broken and bleeding souls around them. However, in my experience, many are unknowingly doing the…
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Science as an act of faith
Does not wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice? ... “The LORD created me at the beginning of his work ... When he…
What it means to lead singing
When one assumes the responsibility of leading congregational singing, several things are implied. Some of those are understood, and, apparently, some are not. Those things…
Should we avoid controversies in the Lord’s church?
A person would have to be like the proverbial ostrich with his head in the sand to be unaware of conflicting views among the Lord’s people…
‘We come together in grief and outrage’
On Saturday, a man entered a synagogue in Pittsburgh and gunned down people who had gathered to worship. Eleven people lost their lives at the…
Preconceptions about race, nationality and income erode our foundation of faith
PORTMORE, Jamaica — Paul writes in Galatians 2 about his confrontation with Peter after Peter and fellow Jewish Christians pulled away from their Gentile brethren. Peter…
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…
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.…
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…
We can and should remain together
As a lad, I remember Churches of Christ having nearly identical orders of worship. We sang from hymnals and studied from the quarterlies of but…
