Minister dies after contracting rare virus from a mosquito
When Keith Ball left for India earlier this month, his family never imagined that they wouldn't see him again. Ball, minister for the Delaware Church…
Archive: Oct 2019
‘The world starts next door’
Walk up to a house in your neighborhood, knock on the door, and ask whoever answers to study the Bible with you or to visit…
Partners, November 2019
Featured photo (above): A boy named Jhonny works on chores in the boys’ residential house at Emmaus House, a ministry in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, that helps…
‘I’m a dealer, but I don’t gamble’
LAS VEGAS — I hit the jackpot on a recent Sunday. No, I didn’t win big money at the slot machines or blackjack tables. Since…
Voices only: A Wonderful Savior
Welcome to Voices only. This weekly online feature highlights the best a cappella videos that come across our eyes — and ears — on the…
What it really means to pastor
OKLAHOMA CITY — Scot McKnight teaches in a Baptist seminary and worships with an Anglican church. But his latest book “began in Churches of Christ,” he…
Adapt or die?
Adapt to the culture you’re serving, but not in a way that compromises the truth of the Gospel. For centuries, that was the challenge for…
Why attend a Christian university? Here’s an answer you weren’t expecting.
HENDERSON, Tenn. — Far too many of us think that “Christian education” means you have to sacrifice some of your education to get the Christian element.…
He leads me beside Stillwater
A lot of young people choose a college based on family loyalties to a university or great scholarships. For me, neither was the case. I…
A ‘mission critical’ president
Ohio Valley University inaugurated Michael Ross as its new president Sept. 20 — an unlikely calling for an optimist. And he wasn’t looking for a…
