Dialogue
‘God will humble the proud’
Jordan Evans has a lot of question marks after his name these days. On April 29, the 6-foot-2-inch, 22-year-old linebacker for the University of Oklahoma…
September 2017
View as PDF• S.C. church battles opioid ’emergency’ • Little voices get Big Shot in the spotlight • No more ‘us and them’ • ‘God will humble the proud’ • Christians knock doors, plant seeds in Charlotte • The ABCs of Faith • Looking for a ‘sound congregation?’ • The good work of real news
In this issue:
South Carolina church battles opioid ‘emergency’
SURFSIDE BEACH, S.C. — Opioids, meet Jesus. The drugs behind a crisis that President Donald Trump characterizes as a “national emergency” are no match for…
Little voices get Big Shot in the spotlight
Their personalities and charm made them lovable, but it was their voices that shot the Johnson kids — Nya, Kaden and Brooklynn — into the…
Christians plant seeds in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — She spent the morning knocking on doors that wouldn’t open. So, as Veaches Cooper walked into the meeting place of the Northside…
Opinion
Looking for a ‘sound congregation?’ You’d better skip the one in Corinth
‘Do you know of a sound congregation in Boca Raton (or Hilton Head, Nashua, Honolulu)? We’re going to be there this weekend.” Jerrie Barber |…
In the Word
Do our media habits avoid ‘the very appearance of evil?’
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything…
Editorial: This time of crisis
The civil insurrection now occurring in our cities is a complex phenomenon, spawned by years of neglect, abuse and disdain of human dignity. Its flames…
Reviews
Hicks provides a painful, but powerful, return to ‘The Shack’
In “Meeting God at the Shack: A Journey Into Spiritual Recovery,” John Mark Hicks invites us to look at ourselves honestly and to seek God…
Uncategorized
Farmer shows us what home-grown fellowship can produce
This is a book about feeding the body and the soul. It’s about nurturing a garden and each other. In “The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs:…
‘Aunt Melba,’ rhinestone-wearing Alzheimer’s patient, dies less than two hours after Glen Campbell
'Aunt Melba” Warrach was a huge fan of country and western music. Into her 90s, she loved to wear cowboy boots, blue jeans and rhinestone-studded…
No more ‘us and them’
DETROIT — The boys — one black, one white — were 10 years old. Ive Edwards lived close to where the chaos started. Smoke filled…
Features
The ABCs of Faith
MANILA, Philippines — Hannah Faith knows her ABCs — and a lot more. “Letter A,” she begins, in high-pitched, staccato syllables. “‘A wise son brings joy…