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‘YOU ARE GOD’S SIGNED ORIGINAL,’ LOGSDON SPEAKER ASSURES STUDENTS

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

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CHRISTIANS CAN ENGAGE IN CIVIL POLITICAL TALK, EVEN WITH OPPOSING VIEWS, SUMMIT TEACHERS ASSERT

By 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

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‘ENCOUNTERING SCRIPTURE WITH THE CHURCH FATHERS’ ADDS DEPTH OF UNDERSTANDING TO READING THE BIBLE

  SOME 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

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‘You can’t think your way into holiness,’ Summit speaker advises

  By 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”

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New director of Connecting Caring Communities doing ‘Kingdom Work’

    MEET TERRY CAGLEPosition: Executive director, Connecting Caring CommunitiesFamily: Wife Becki Ellis Cagle, married Sept. 1, 1979; two daughters, Courtney Drysdale of Denver and Carlee Kumler of Dallas; 11-month-old grandson Clark Drysdale of DenverEducation: Abilene High School 1975; bachelor of science in all levels of physical education and health education, 1980, Abilene Christian University, and a master’s degree in

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The art of a sermon: Abilenian paints what she hears

Click on link to read Loretta Fulton’s article in the Abilene Reporter-News about Jennifer Crawford, a member of Southern Hills Church of Christ who paints the sermon as the minister delivers it. http://www.reporternews.com/story/life/faith/2017/08/26/art-sermon-abilenian-paints-what-she-hears/596275001/ See Jennifer at work in a time lapse video by Stephen Corbett, communications minister at Southern Hills Church of Christ. https://www.jennifercrawfordartist.com/painting  

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