Our congregation recently conducted a lengthy survey prepared by some consultants from Harding University. It had tons of questions, but the very first substantive question under the heading “personal beliefs” asked to what extent you agree or disagree with the statement: “God is constantly at work in the world directing people, nations and events.”Turns […]
Apparently, our congregation has a forum.
In case, like me, you missed it and didn’t know it was online, here are the links to video of the American Studies Institute debate on just war and pacifism at Harding University. The audio isn’t great, but you can make it out. Political Cartel has a nice summary and there was some […]
Bill Hobbs, Tennessee blogger and Lipscomb University graduate, resigned from his job at Belmont University (more links at Mainstreet Journal and Michelle Malkin). His resignation followed a hit piece by a “professional” journalist — whose anti-blogger agenda is apparent in the first sentence: “If, as the saying goes, all politics is local, then what […]
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What do you get when you cross a black person, a Republican, and a Church of Christ preacher?
Whether or not it sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, what you really get is Herman E. Wesley, a black Church of Christ preacher from Montgomery, Alabama who is making news by trying […]
According to this article, Mary Winkler sent a message to her local congregation from jail, where she is under arrest for the murder of her preacher-husband, Matthew Winkler:
Pam Killingsworth, a member of the Fourth Street Church of Christ, visited Winkler yesterday for about a half hour. * * * […]
I don’t know which is more depressing — this story or these comments about the story. It should be obvious that we don’t know enough yet to make any kind of judgement about what larger implications, if any, to draw from these events:
A community shocked by the slaying of a charismatic, popular […]
Oklahoma Christian University has gotten a little national attention for its plan to implement a written policy allowing President Mike O’Neal to fire workers who separate or divorce on other than “limited scriptural grounds.” I heard about it yesterday on the radio here in the D.C. area.
The school is now reconsidering the decision to […]
Today is the 42nd anniversary of the death of C.S. Lewis:
Lewis died on November 22, 1963, at the Oxford home he shared with his brother, Warren. He is buried in the Headington Quarry Churchyard, Oxford, England. Media coverage of his death was overshadowed by news of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, […]
I planned to do other things this evening, but got caught up in this discussion at Larry James’ blog. He started by re-posting on why we should not be content to always have the poor with us, citing Deuteronomy. It went from there to the question of who are “the poor” anyway? […]