National
Big milestone in the Big Easy
NEW ORLEANS — On the front row, happy children flashed toothy grins as they sang praises to God. All around them were colorful balloons marking the…
March 2019
View as PDFBig milestone in the Big Easy • Alzheimer’s can’t steal this couple’s rock-solid faith • Saying merci for the life of Doyle Kee • Becoming one body • Pepperdine names James A. Gash president • Across the nation • And now you know … the rest of the Hollygrove church story • Around the world • FHU baseball player returns after near-death heat stroke • Faith beyond the azure Blue • A long-term love for European souls • Editorial: Praise the Lord for the scattering of his church • Science as an act of faith • Even a defeated evil remains dangerous • Hughes presents a heartbreakingly clear picture of America’s struggle with race • Researcher explores the little things that make a big difference in marriage • Don’t type on Facebook what you wouldn’t say face to face • Regardless of what you have on this earth, everyone can leave a legacy
In this issue:
Inside Story
And now you know … the rest of the Hollygrove church story
NEW ORLEANS — Journalists don’t always get to do “Whatever happened to?” stories. I’ve been blessed, though, to return time after time to New Orleans to…
People
Faith beyond the azure Blue
OKLAHOMA CITY — Down 14 points early in the first quarter, the Oklahoma City Blue’s Kevin Hervey drained a quick three-pointer from the left wing,…
National
FHU baseball player, who collapsed during practice, returns to campus
Corinth, Miss.— ‘I’ve had a lot of doctors tell me they don’t know how I survived what I went through,” said Slater Springman, who collapsed during…
News
Pepperdine names James A. Gash as new president and CEO
James A. Gash has been named the eight president and CEO of Pepperdine University, succeeding Andrew K. Benton after 19 years of service to the university…
National
Delaware churches — one White, one Black — find new life by merging
WILMINGTON, Del. — In its heyday, the Cedars Church of Christ sometimes topped 350 in Sunday attendance. Many Christians came from the Bible Belt to…
National
Across the Nation: Big devo in Alabama, new home for ‘Disney Church’ and more quick takes
Across the Nation is our monthly rundown of news briefs, links and quotes from Churches of Christ across the U.S. Got an idea for this…
Editorial
Editorial: Praise the Lord for the scattering of his church
Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word. — Acts 8:4, New King James Version Diaspora. That’s a term we use to describe the…
International
Around the World: A seed-sowing movie night in Africa
FEATURED IMAGE (above): Jesus (portrayed by British actor Brian Deacon) talks about the seed that fell on good soil in a scene from 1979’s “The…
Partners
Partners, March 2019
HIGHER EDUCATION ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ABILENE, Texas — Abilene Christian University made an annual list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most Fulbright…
Milestones
Milestones, March 2019
Birthday Gussie Turnbough 100th Gussie will celebrate with family and friends at the Balmorhea Community Center on March 24. She was born in Denmark and…
Milestones
Newsmakers, March 2019
APPOINTED Al Sturgeon, as vice president of student life at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn. Sturgeon is former dean of students and dean of graduate…
Views
Science as an act of faith
Does not wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice? ... “The LORD created me at the beginning of his work ... When he…
Reviews
Understanding racial oppression and the church
One great joy I find in reading is the connections I discover in seemingly unrelated books. Last year I read “The Gospel Comes with a…
Reviews
More than a typical marriage book
Highly happy couples believe the best about each other. They “boss their feelings.” They believe they have hit the jackpot. And they keep score —…
Editorial
Everyone can leave a legacy
Because of you — and thousands of your fellow believers across the country and around the world — The Christian Chronicle reaches a global audience. …
In the Word
Even a defeated evil remains dangerous
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall…
People
Alzheimer’s can’t steal this couple’s rock-solid faith
LEBANON, Tenn. — Jean Reynolds and her husband, Bob, have shared a lifetime of ups and downs — but mostly ups, she says — since the…
Opinion
Modern-day ‘sticks and stones’
‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” I remember as a child running around the playground and using that…
Dialogue
A long-term love for European souls
Paul and Carol Brazle love telling the story of Jesus — in Flemish, English or even Spanish. For three decades, the couple has lived and…