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Funeral services are set for Friday for longtime Lincoln Christian University preaching professor and academic dean Dr. Wayne Shaw, 89, who passed away July 14.
Services Friday for Wayne Shaw, 89 (Plus News Briefs)
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Church Finances: 3 Questions to Consider Now
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From a financial standpoint, most churches performed amazingly well during the course of COVID-19. Now, with unprecedented levels of cash on hand, church leaders must strategize how best to steward these resources.
Offering as Worship
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KCU’s president is concerned we are inadvertently deemphasizing the biblical concept of the offering as worship.
(Updated) Wayne Shaw and ‘Finishing Well’
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We mark the passing of Wayne Shaw with this column on “Finishing Well” which he wrote for Christian Standard in 2001. Shaw was a lifelong ambassador for Lincoln Christian University, which he served as preaching professor and seminary dean.
July 25 | Down but Not Defeated
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The last king of Judah (Zedekiah) was horribly corrupt, and Nebuchadnezzar came and burned the city and the temple. But offstage a note of hope was being played that would allow God to fulfill his promise to save the world through Jesus.
July 25 | Application
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Human achievements eventually melt to the ground, but God has in store for us “an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade” (1 Peter 1:4).
July 25 | Discovery
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How would you describe King Zedekiah and the influence he had on his people?
Stopping Traffic
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Communion time in our worship gatherings is like meeting a hearse in traffic. It’s a call to move out of the busyness and pause to reflect.
CIY President: ‘It’s Good to Be Back’
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After 15 months without holding a single event because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Christ In Youth is back. In late May, the Joplin, Mo.-based organization resumed its summer conference season for middle and high school students.