Heartwrenching film asks fathers to be ‘Courageous’
If you liked “Fireproof” and “Facing the Giants,” don’t miss “Courageous.” The newest film from Sherwood Pictures, a ministry of the Sherwood Baptist Church in…
Staff Reports
Text of the eulogy for Karen and Cole Ferguson
GULFPORT, Miss. — Les Ferguson Jr. provided the text of the eulogy given by his younger brother Billy at the funeral for Karen and Cole…
EDITORIAL: Age of uncertainty calls us to the cross
Turning on the TV news nowadays is something of an act of courage. A barrage of negative stories assaults our senses. Some we understand, some…
REVIEW: Pulitzer-winning author gives new defense for faith
Some readers will recall Marilynne Robinson’s plenary address at the 2009 Christian Scholars Conference at Lipscomb University. It was a stirring speech on the power…
Closed school’s students reconnect
DALLAS — Six years after the closing of the Center for Christian Education, 82 former students, faculty members and friends gathered at the Preston Road…
Across the Nation, October 2011
ARIZONA KINGMAN — This summer, Dennis Nelson was baptized into Christ at the Kingman Church of Christ — by Dave Johnson.Johnson himself was converted just…
Partners, October 2011
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES BELO HORIZONTE CHILDREN’S HOME BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil — Two teenagers from Murfreesboro, Tenn., raised more than $60,000 for the children’s home.The home, operated…
iKnow where to find a good textbook
HENDERSON, Tenn. — An initiative dubbed iKnow 2.0 will provide an iPad tablet computer to each freshman who enrolls at Freed-Hardeman University starting in fall…
Small-church youth ministry requires a big commitment — and partnership
Some Churches of Christ are blessed to minister to youth groups of 100 teenagers or more. Not so in Cordell, Okla., population 2,900. When I…
REVIEW: Not your ‘abuelo’s’ church — reaching U.S.-born Latinos
I don’t speak Spanish, but I’ve spent the past 46 years working with two churches in Los Angeles, both of which are multiethnic, multilingual, multicultural…
