by admin | Dec 22, 2022 | Culture, Featured
I grew up in a Southern Baptist church. We went to Sunday school and attended worship regularly. I have clear childhood memories of those services. The people were kind and my Bible class teachers were morally upright. Though I can’t recall a lot of what the preachers...
by admin | Dec 12, 2022 | Featured
King David did it while running for his life from King Saul (I Sam. 21:6). Jesus referenced it while reproving the Pharisees (Matt. 12:1-8). David the hero of old along with his band of misfits had in desperation eaten the shewbread for the purpose of sustenance—a...
by admin | Jul 21, 2022 | Culture
Almost every time I feel a strong urge to write on an issue that really needs to be talked about,I later find that someone else said it before any of us were born. Recently I had been thinking about our obsession with statistics when I found this article. This is a...
by admin | Jul 7, 2022 | Culture
An article entitled “Where did the people go?” appeared in the Christian Chronicle of May 2022. It sounded a familiar alarm: declines in church attendance. The article gave this observation: “When it comes to closed churches of Christ, that may be the hardest question...
by admin | Feb 15, 2022 | Culture
There was a time when most police cars were black and white. Some still are, but many now use other colors. The black and white design was no doubt chosen because it makes police cars easy to recognize. How much would a gray car stand out on the road? Perhaps there is...