29 March, 2024

Christian Standard

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Ministry Help Wanted

Ministry Help Wanted

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Recent postings: Impact Christian Church (Moon Township, Pa.) is seeking an executive pastor. The Christian Campus Foundation (CCF) at the University of Illinois is seeking a full-time director of campus ministry. New Brighton (Minn.) Christian Church needs a new senior minister. Summit Christian College (Gering, Neb.) is accepting applications for the position of academic dean. And more . . .

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About Suicide: I’m Still Learning from My Son’s

About Suicide: I’m Still Learning from My Son’s

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LeRoy Lawson writes that his book about his son’s suicide “contains both sides of a conversation three decades long; [Lane] talks first in his final communication to us. Then I answer him. He writes with confidence, at peace with his decision and comfortable with his reasons for it. I am not so sure of myself, either as father or as minister . . .”

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THROWBACK THURSDAY: ‘The Birth of the Restoration’ (Part 1; 1924)

THROWBACK THURSDAY: ‘The Birth of the Restoration’ (Part 1; 1924)

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“The nineteenth century dawned on an America that was far from Christian. Unbelief was prevalent and popular,” Ira M. Boswell wrote in 1924. “The Bible was considered a dead book and the gospel powerless to save. Speaking to sinners concerning personal salvation was objectionable to pious believers, and looked upon as a personal interference with the plans of God.” . . .

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