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October 4, 2022

 

 

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After Ian, ‘all the help is flooding our way’
 

After Ian, ‘all the help is flooding our way’

 

Church of Christ in Florida serves as a relief hub — five years after it sheltered its community from a previous hurricane.

Read the full story by Erik Tryggestad, including links to ministries collecting funds and seeking volunteers to assist in recovery efforts.

 
 

 
Loretta Lynn ‘was serious about her faith and a devout member of the church’
 

Loretta Lynn ‘was serious about her faith and a devout member of the church’

 

Loretta Lynn, the country music superstar whose autobiography “Coal Miner’s Daughter” recounted her baptism and ties to Churches of Christ, has died at age 90.

Read the full story by Bobby Ross Jr.

 
Editorial: Don’t reduce Scripture to partisan arguments
 

Editorial: Don’t reduce Scripture to partisan arguments

 

What happens when specific issues are outside our church walls and in the public square? More specifically, what happens when Scripture is used in political debate?

As politicians and their supporters use Bible verses to back up their position or criticize opponents, God’s words can become yet another political tool.

Read the full editorial by Jeremie Beller.

 
 

 
Out-of-this-world fellowship in out-of-the-way Texas town
 

Out-of-this-world fellowship in out-of-the-way Texas town

 

Texans, as you probably know, take great pride in their state — and in knowing where stuff is in their state.

But I managed to stump more than a few of them when I said I was preaching at a gospel meeting in the unincorporated community of Huckabay, southwest of Fort Worth.

Read the full column by Erik Tryggestad.

 
New book explores where Churches of Christ fit
 

New book explores where Churches of Christ fit

 

Churches of Christ struggle to express our place in Christian heritage.

Are we Catholic? No, but we believe in one apostolic church.

Are we Protestants? Not exactly, but that seems closer to the mark.

Are we the first-century church restored after a 17-century hiatus? We often say so, but it feels like amnesia to pretend the intervening years never happened.

This question is the riddle Leonard Allen tackles in his latest book, “In the Great Stream: Imagining Churches of Christ in the Christian Tradition.”

Read the full review by Benjamin J. Williams.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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