Maybe Texas can stop young women from choosing abortion, but it can’t stop a conscientious Christian from choosing love over lawsuits, Doug Mendenhall writes in his latest post on his blog, Jesus in the Food Court. Titled, “What will Texas Christians do with this new freedom to sue, sue, sue?” the column takes on a new Texas law that all
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON May 9, 2021, marked what would have been the 100th birthday for Sophia Magdalena Scholl. Sophia and her brother, Hans, died on February 22, 1943, beheaded for treason against the Nazi government. She was only 21 years old. Sophia was a student attending the University of Munich, where she discovered leaflets that her brother and others had
Read moreIDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury Seminary professors, bless ‘em, are saddled with expectations that run the gamut, and they forge on, day after day, knowing that the likelihood of having “another Billy Graham” in their classes is beyond remote. Though their patience be tested, they give their best shots, even for struggling students who feel called to the ministry from
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By JIM NICHOLS Whatever its mechanism for you, what was really occurring when you were baptized? That is, understanding that important spiritual things were happening, what were they? Here is a suggestion—actually, two suggestions. On one hand, when you were baptized, you were individually connected to God as a redeemed being. It was a point of salvation for you, a
Read moreBy NANCY PATRICK “Somewhere at sea”—These words appear at the top of Bill Hahn’s first letter home, dated September 22, 1944, as he looked back at the shores of New York and headed toward Europe. His last set of letters did reveal what I felt sure would happen once he deployed to Europe and faced battles on the ground and
Read moreThe Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest is launching a four-week series, “Returning From Exile: Rediscovering our Common Life after a Time Apart,” on Wednesday, Sept. 8. The series will explore the life of the church following a year of isolation due to COVID. The public is invited to the sessions, which are free and begin at 6:30 p.m. Sept.
Read moreOn Sept. 7, ACU‘s Center for Restoration Studies will host a Restoration Day observance 6-8 p.m. in the Chapel on the Hill. Dr. Wes Crawford, assistant professor of church history at ACU and director of the center. explains why 212 years later, Thomas Campbell’s Declaration and Address is still relevant to the church. By WES CRAWFORD September 7 marks the
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By LORETTA FULTON First Christian Church opened in a new location with a new minister last spring and now the church has restarted its Mother’s Day Out program, known as Children Come First. The program is held in a remodeled house on the church property, 5125 Antilley Road. Colorful rooms, decorated with child-sized furnishings, will greet children ages three months
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The Pew Research Center conducted a survey of voters in the 2020 elections and the findings weren’t surprising. Similar to past elections, religion played an important role in the 2020 U.S. presidential contest: Republican candidate Donald Trump continued to garner strong support from White evangelical Protestants, while Black Protestants and the religiously unaffiliated backed the Democratic candidate and eventual winner, President
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