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Class Goes On: A Tribute to the Life and Teaching of Dr. Jack Cottrell
THROWBACK THURSDAY: ‘The Nature of the Church to Which We Aspire’ (1988)
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On the occasion of Dean E. Walker’s death in 1988, we shared a succinct statement he wrote for inclusion in Hopwood Memorial Christian Church’s bylaws. The church’s minister at the time called it “an apt description of both the church we are and the church we hope to become.”
Remembering Mark and Caroline Worley
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“Mark and Caroline Worley—we miss them so much!” Dr. Cara Snyder writes. “For over 40 years they served Dallas Christian College in any capacity they were called on to do—and in many cases they served not because they were asked, but because something needed to be done. . . . “
Looking Back and Looking Forward
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Certain events invite us to both look back and look forward—graduations, weddings, New Year’s Day. At these times we consider the significance of the past and anticipate the future. The Lord’s Supper is such an event.
January 1 | It’s God’s Plan
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God had planned from eternity past to get his people back home and give them a fresh start. Ezra and Nehemiah tell of this new start (these books were once combined as one). . . .
January 1 | Discovery
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What were God’s roles and what were the people’s roles in the Jewish exiles’ return to Jerusalem?
A Block of Wood: A Reflection on Christmas, Expectations, and Gratitude
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I don’t know what I was expecting. What lofty Christmas dreams did 3-year-old me cherish in my heart that would make the giant, handmade, wooden kitchen my grandfather lovingly built for weeks in his spare time seem like garbage on Christmas morning?
A ‘Frozen in Time’ Moment
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“It was the winter of 1968, the break between semesters of my senior year in Bible college,” Ken Idleman writes. “Kaylene and I had been married the previous August and had determined that we would spend our first Christmas together in the Holy Land . . .”