By Loretta Fulton In the beginning, God was already God. And in all of creation, God has made only one version of each person, the speaker for this year’s Cornerstone Lecture Series at Hardin-Simmons University reminded students at a luncheon Sept. 20. “You are God’s signed original,” said Delvin Atchison, director of the Great Commission Team for the Baptist General Convention
Read moreBy Loretta Fulton Scott Self and Cole Bennett are about as different politically as can be. This is by their own admission. But, they are best friends, they are united in Christ, and they talk. “How did this happen?” Self asked. It happened–and happens–because both men are willing to try to understand where the other is coming from. Bennett knows
Read moreBy Loretta Fulton “You were a stranger in the land of Egypt.” “You were an alien in their land.” Why does God insist on saying that? Because God wants his people to remember that they were aliens once and to feel empathy toward the aliens among them. He wants his people to look at those who are different and say,
Read moreSOME QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN READING SCRIPTURE, COURTESY OF: ORIGEN OF ALEXANDRIA What’s the obvious meaning? How does this impact how I live my life? How does this connect with or shape what I believe as a Christian? JOHN CHRYSOSTOM When I imagine myself in this situation or scenario, what do I notice? What does the text say that
Read moreBy Loretta Fulton The Russian movie “The Stalker” isn’t nearly as creepy as it sounds, a speaker at Summit 2017 ensured, but its premise is pretty scary. The movie isn’t about the kind of stalker we normally think of, James K.A. Smith, an author, speaker, and philosophy professor at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, said. Instead, “the stalker”
Read moreBy Loretta Fulton A photo exhibit, “By the Olive Trees,” by Michael Friberg and Benjamin Rasmussen, lines the foyer of Logsdon School of Theology, telling visitors who walk in that an emphasis is being placed on the plight of refugees. The exhibit is free and open to the public. It previously hung in the main hallway of Aldersgate
Read moreBy Loretta Fulton The ACU Alumni Chorus and Landon Saunders set the bar high Sunday night for the opening of Summit 2017, the 111th edition of the event known for years as Bible Lectureship. Summit, or “Lectureship” as some of the longtime attendees might be tempted to call it, will feature two and a half days of worship, fellowship, classes,
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Read moreRead Loretta Fulton’s story in the Abilene Reporter-News about what’s coming this week at Abilene Christian University’s annual Summit. The three-day event features sermons, classes, special events, fellowship and entertainment. The theme this year is based on passages from Deuteronomy. Read more
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