Articles for tag: Arron Chambers

April 12, 2009

Christian Standard

A Secret We Must Tell

  By Arron Chambers Can you keep a secret? Stephen and Louise couldn”t. “Our son became an astronaut today.” On September 17, 1962″”in one of the most interesting segments of game show history””Stephen and Louise Armstrong appeared on I”ve Got a Secret with the secret that their son Neil had just been selected to be an astronaut. Neil was one of nine new men so chosen. What made this appearance especially unique was that host Garry Moore asked Louise an incredible question: “Now, how would you feel, Mrs. Armstrong, if it turned out””of course nobody knows””but if it turns out

March 25, 2009

Christian Standard

Highlighting the Beauty of Baptism

By Mark A. Taylor This week”s remarkable baptism story from San Dimas, California (see “CHRISTIAN STANDARD Interview: Jeff Vines”) would have fit well with baptism articles featured in our March 1 and 8 issues. But such stories are welcome anytime in CHRISTIAN STANDARD. Last fall, for example, both our weekly e-newsletter and blogger Arron Chambers reported on a similar story from Savannah (Georgia) Christian Church. Senior pastor Cam Huxford walked into a pool on the church platform October 5 and invited attendees to declare God”s “power as Lord and Savior through baptism””baptism on the spot, in the clothes people came

June 22, 2008

Christian Standard

What Is an Elder”s Most Important Job?

By Arron Chambers Who is an elder supposed to be? The Bible makes it clear Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect. (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God”s church?) He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall

February 14, 2007

Mark A. Taylor

unity and evangelism

The Best Convention Ever!

A look back at a unity-charged North American Christian Convention—and a call to pursue unity’s intended outcome: evangelism. When churches move beyond fellowship to mission, the fruit of unity can be a harvest of new believers.

October 15, 2006

Arron Chambers

Me Church

‘Me’ Church or ‘The’ Church?

What would an honest sign outside your church say? A typo on a church marquee sparks a challenge to reject “Me” Church consumerism and pursue “The” Church—worshiping God, giving in fellowship, serving in ministry, and going to the lost.

June 4, 2006

Arron Chambers

small churches

Magic Pill

Using a “Magic Pill” metaphor, Arron Chambers explains why some churches prefer to stay small—avoiding change, cost, and shared leadership—and urges congregations to pursue healthy growth under Christ.

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