August 2018

‘We’re not giving up’

July 16, 2018

Amid fires, gunshots and chaos, an Alabama mission team prayed for a safe way home from Haiti. “You just trust in your faith. You just…

Ministers, elders and their wives from congregations across the nation surround members of the Burnetter Chapel Church of Christ as Lipscomb University's President Randy Lowry prays with the church's minister, Joey Spann, on stage during Lipscomb's Summer Celebration.

National

‘We do not go to church anymore’

July 24, 2018

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — ‘I don’t know how they can ever fire me now,” Joey Spann said of his church. “I mean, how could they tell me I…

In the Word

Freedom of association demands godly wisdom

Aug. 1, 2018

"Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare…

Editorial

Editorial: In a dangerous world, trust God

As we report on Page 1, a mission team from the Reidland Church of Christ in Paducah, Ky., recently spent a week helping Puerto Rico…

Milestones, August 2018

July 30, 2018

Anniversaries Joe and Carolyn Deem 65th Anniversary Paul J. “Joe” and Carolyn Deem celebrated their 65th anniversary on June 13, 2018. They were married in…

Jaci Palmer, 16, a member of the First Street Church of Christ in Lampasas, Texas, removes damaged drywall from a home in Weslaco after severe flooding.

National

Responding to that other crisis on the border

McALLEN, Texas — For weeks, the world’s attention focused on this south Texas city and others along the U.S./Mexico border. News of mothers separated from…

Healing in Honduras

Aug. 9, 2018

DOLORES, Honduras — It wasn’t exactly the World Cup, but a recent gathering in this small Central American town seemed a bit like a sporting event. Hundreds…

Dialogue

‘Incarceration has saved their lives’

‘Iwould never have listened to you out there.” Norman Dean hears comments like that as he shares his faith behind bars. The Oklahoma native and…

Just how dangerous is Central America?

Immigrants who illegally cross the border into the U.S. often do so because life in their home nations has become too dangerous. Among those nations…

Views

What is a ‘salvation issue?’

The term ‘salvation issue’ typically pops up when individuals differ on a point of Christian teaching. One says, “Oh, this isn’t a salvation issue. Let’s…

Editorial

Your legacy of faith lives on when you name the Chronicle in your estate

Aug. 1, 2018

So many print publications, including those focused on faith, have suffered and died in recent years, yet The Christian Chronicle remains strong. For that, we…

Reviews

Review: Preacher covers every verse of Mark’s fast-paced gospel

David Stewart, a longtime minister for Churches of Christ in Arkansas and Kansas, has written a very usable commentary on the Gospel of Mark. In…

Milestones: We Remember Arnelious Crenshaw Jr.

On Aug. 28, 2017, we lost a great spiritual leader and friend — the late evangelist Arnelious Crenshaw Jr. As we approach the first anniversary…

Milestones: Special Request, Bryan Perrin

#1 on Mayo’s heart transplant list — Bryan Perrin! After much prayer and six major surgeries, Bryan came from Kentucky to Minnesota six months…

Milestones: New President and CEO

Mesquite, Texas — The board of directors of Christian Care Centers, Inc., has named Sabrina R. Porter as the company’s next president and chief executive…

Newsmakers, August 2018

Aug. 7, 2018

AWARDED “Team Charcoal,” students of Heritage Christian College in Accra, Ghana, won the Audience Choice Award and the grand prize of $15,000 at the Global…