Church of Christ minister leads prayer at Bernie Sanders rally
Lynn Mitchell is "feelin' the Bern." Mitchell, who retired in 2014 as minister of the Heights Church of Christ in Houston and religious studies professor…
Archive: Feb 2016
In the GOP primaries, do politics Trump values and character?
OKLAHOMA CITY — To Ethan Garrett, a presidential candidate’s integrity and personal values matter. As Garrett sees it, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump lacks those qualities.…
GOP presidential politics, professional wrestling style
OKLAHOMA CITY — In our younger years, my brother, Scott, and I loved watching professional wrestling. When our dad preached for a small Church of…
Longtime Oklahoma Christian basketball coach Dan Hays stepping down
Jenni Carlson reports for The Oklahoman: Even though he's coached college basketball for more than four decades and has won more men's games at a…
Elephant in the pews: Is the GOP the party of Churches of Christ?
Seventy percent of Mormons and 64 percent of Southern Baptists lean toward or identify with the Republican Party — but only 50 percent of members…
Voices-only Wednesday: ‘As the Deer’
Welcome to Voices-only Wednesday. This weekly online feature highlights the best a cappella videos that come across our eyes — and ears — on the…
Jane Hendricks Lee, Memorial
Jane Hendricks Lee joined her Lord Jan. 13, 2016. She was born Dec. 22, 1926, to Rachel Ellis and Wallace Hendricks, in San Angelo, Texas,…
This ‘Southern Gentleman’ was ‘the perfect Christian gentleman’
"He was very devoted to the music," Jonathan Seamon said of country legend Sonny James. "But he was just as devoted to representing Christ in…
Country music legend, church member Sonny James dies at 87
"Country Gentleman" Sonny James "was the perfect 'Christian Gentleman,'" says a minister for the Nashville, Tenn.,... Posted by The Christian Chronicle on Tuesday, February 23, 2016…
Groans we choose not to hear
“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set…
