News
Podcast helps women heal after infant loss
After struggling for three years with infertility, Jenna and Sean Vasquez, members of The Park Church of Christ in Tulsa, Okla., were elated when they…
April 2020
View as PDF• Volunteer State • Pandemic, pandemonium and peace • Podcast helps women heal after infant loss • Churches sing Sawyer’s favorite hymn • 13-year-old victim ‘loved the Lord’ • ‘Forsaking the assembly?’ • Three stories of faith • Elder focuses on improving church safety • Elder focuses on improving church safety • Scott McDowell named president of Lubbock Christian University • Oklahoma Christian: ‘We’ve got to do better’ after racially charged incident • Editorial: Blessings in the pandemic • When a community of faith becomes a community in grief • Tough, current-day issues facing our families require ‘Beautiful Interference’ • We all interpret the Bible. Is our interpretation valid? • When our children fall away, do we wear our sackcloth on the inside?
In this issue:
Dialogue
Elder focuses on improving church safety
‘We have practiced what we teach.” That’s Rick Arrington’s motto for preparing churches and businesses for safety against all kinds of preventable threats. Arrington is…
International
Three stories of faith
Accra, Ghana — Not so long ago, the McCarthy Hill Church of Christ met under a tent. Now the congregation, planted in a western suburb of…
International
The opioid crisis in Ghana
ACCRA, Ghana — This West African capital is in the grip of an opioid crisis like the one that has destroyed countless lives across the United…
Views
When a community of faith becomes a community in grief
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas — On Dec. 29, we watched in terror as the news unfolded about the horrific events at the West Freeway Church of Christ.…
Reviews
Review: Beautiful Interference
When one of their sons told them of his same-sex attraction, minister Tim Hall and his wife, Robin, learned to love in spite of tension…
Milestones
Milestones, April 2020
Memorials Darci Thompson 1977 – 2020 Darci Noel Grisso Thompson passed from this life into heaven Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. The youngest of five children…
Milestones
Newsmakers, April 2020
CELEBRATED Cecil May Jr., retired dean of the V. P. Black College of Biblical Studies at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Ala. Herald of Truth Ministries…
Reviews
Review: How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth
How do we Christians understand the Scriptures? Is it simply a matter of reading them and doing what they say? Or does it involve the…
International
Around The World, April 2020
Venezuela PARAMAKATOI, Guyana — (featured photo)In the mountain village of Paramakatoi, Guyana, Louis Rushmore plays tag with children before a gospel meeting. Rushmore and his…