Reading Time: 7 minutes
David Wheeler, 69, is retiring this summer after 24 years as a professor at Johnson University—and 48 years of ministry overall—but he plans to continue his comedy portrayal of “Johnson historian Clyde Dorkman” for the school’s Senior Saints in the Smokies yearly gatherings.
Reading Time: 4 minutes
Chandler (Ariz.) Police Officer Christopher Farrar, 50, a member of Compass Christian Church, was struck and killed by a stolen vehicle driven by a person attempting to flee from police April 29. Another officer was seriously injured.
Reading Time: 2 minutes
The metaphor Jesus’ used, “as a hen gathers her chicks,” surely got his disciples’ attention.
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Ozark Christian College asked the Mabee Foundation for $760,000 in grant funds to help renovate its Dennis Hall dormitory. The organization countered by offering $1.3 million. There was one catch . . .
Reading Time: 8 minutes
Seeking to understand why people haven’t come back to in-person services, don’t get more involved in the church, and avoid many other good things . . . and what we can do about it
Reading Time: 6 minutes
Like it or not, many seats remain empty on Sunday morning, and rather than stew about it, we should do something about it. Now is the time to chase strays.
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In this issue you will see many examples of God supplying all the needs of his church, fulfilling Jesus’ promise, “I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it” (Matthew 16:18).
Reading Time: 3 minutes
Malachi 3:3 says, “He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.” The women in my Bible study wondered how this showed God’s character, so one of them volunteered to learn more about the process of refining silver.
