Outsiders and insiders
“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. So go to the street…
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Should Christians watch football?
As a follower of Christ, I am increasingly conflicted about the game I love — football. Since 2007, I have been blessed to write about the…
Eight tips for making churches safer
1. Develop an emergency response plan. An emergency response plan should include: • Inclement weather • Active shooter • Bomb threat • Fire safety and…
A refugee’s granddaughter on Europe’s crisis
This has been one of the longest, hottest summers I can remember in Greece. It’s still in the upper 90s. But if you are homeless,…
In Middle East, faith leads to death, rebirth
They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much…
10 years after Katrina, reflections on bridges built — and burned
The death and destruction of Hurricane Katrina is hard for me to capture in my mind, even a decade later. Views | John DobbsI had…
What Chattanooga shooter needed was life
Twenty-four years ago, Mohammad Abdulazeez was born in Kuwait. That wasn’t long after many of my brothers in the U.S. Marine Corps and I received…
A tragic loss leads a community to serve
MANSFIELD, Mass. — On a typical Sunday, the Edgewood Church of Christ may have 180 people in attendance — perhaps 200 on Easter or Christmas. But…
What makes a church work? Five traits to consider
What does an elder need to be doing to help his church be outwardly focused? What about the minister? How should elders and ministers work…
Unit 3: A city on a hill
“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it…
