National
How to keep LGBTQ people from becoming ‘spiritual orphans’
DALLAS — Carrie Underwood’s “Love Wins” video played on the big screens as the E3 Conference opened at the Highland Oaks Church of Christ. “I…
November 2018
View as PDF• ACU opens center on race studies • Fear and hope in Europe • Has God given us more than we can handle? • Singing and seeking justice • ‘Love Wins’ at same-sex conference • Christians thankful for near-misses after Michael • Floods from Hurricane Florence devastate North Carolina church • God ‘conquered the pueblo’ • Is progressive Christianity dangerous? • Don’t be deceived by your heart • Prejudice and the Church: Voices from the Caribbean • Be generous again … and again, and again • Review: Welcoming the Stranger • Review: Girl Wash Your Face • Grilling for souls
In this issue:
National
Church tips delivery man $900
Members of an Alabama church said they just wanted to bless a member of their community. They weren’t expecting the attention they’ve gained in return.…
Big Questions
Is progressive Christianity dangerous?
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — “We don’t want to be known for the things we’re against,” said David Young. “We want to be known for what we’re for.”…
National
Floods from Florence devastate North Carolina church … again
Two floods in two years, it's something the South Lumberton Church of Christ in North Carolina never could have expected. “We’ve had hurricanes before,” Billy…
Top Stories
In Dallas, Houston and elsewhere, Christians ask God to bring #Justice4Botham
DALLAS — “Praise as protest,” declared the bold letters on the T-shirt that Ashley Hawthorne sported at the Dallas County courts building this weekend. On…
Reviews
Review: ‘Girl, Wash Your Face’
Through the honest telling of her own story — the really hard, traumatic parts and the good parts — Rachel Hollis provides practical advice in…
International
Fear and hope in ‘postmodern, post-Christian, post-pretty-well-everything’ Europe
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — “I’m worried about our continent,” Robert Limb said of Europe. “The light might have departed. It might be too late.” The British-born…
In the Word
Don’t be deceived by your heart
A big part of the time I feel like I don’t belong, like I’m out of place. At my job. At school. In meetings. At church. …
Editorial
Be Generous again … and again, and again
‘Compassion fatigue” is a phrase we’re likely to hear this hurricane season. As of this writing, two massive storms, Florence and Michael, have attacked from…
International
Around the World: Jochebed’s Hope trains Indonesian Christians in ministry
FEATURED IMAGE (above): Four women on the Indonesian island of Nias walk into the waters of the Indian Ocean, following minister Linga Aro Halawa. The women…
Views
Botham Jean’s death shows how implicit bias stains our society and our churches
Iwas devastated to learn of the tragic death of Botham Jean. Many of us from Churches of Christ in the Caribbean knew him from the…
Milestones
Newsmakers, November 2018
REMEMBERED James Ruffin Jackson, beloved Carolina Bible Camp board member, Week 6 camp week canteen director and North Raleigh Church of Christ member. The camp’s…
Milestones
Milestones, November 2018
Birthday Billie Brister 97 Nov. 14 Phoenix, Ariz. Retirements Brother Eddie L. Brinkley Sr. 72 years A celebration was held on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018,…
Partners
Partners, November 2018
FEATURE PHOTO (above): Students from Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Tenn., pray during a mission trip to help after Hurricane Florence. Two dozen students and an adult…
Views
Preconceptions about race, nationality and income erode our foundation of faith
PORTMORE, Jamaica — Paul writes in Galatians 2 about his confrontation with Peter after Peter and fellow Jewish Christians pulled away from their Gentile brethren. Peter…
Reviews
Review: Welcoming the Stranger
The first question asked by a human, as recorded in Genesis, is simple: “Am I my brother’s keeper?” We know the answer, but the question…
Inside Story
Has God given us more than we can handle?
Sometimes it really is more than we can handle. Life. Somewhere, over the years, it’s become common for Christians to say to our brother and…
International
God ‘conquered the pueblo’
Taray, Peru — A haunting melody, sung through smiles and tears in a language few outsiders understand, floats through this quiet mountain village. “This song…
Insight
Grilling for souls
HYATTSVILLE, Md. — Normally the Northwestern High School Wildcats would be out under the Friday night lights somewhere in the outskirts of our nation’s capital, playing…