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In this very brief editorial response from 1897, Christian Standard commends the work of Booker T. Washington and refutes the assertion that he is a “Campbellist.”
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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.”
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Television audiences on the North American and European continents were treated to an added marvel of electronics on July 23, 1962, when live transmissions were beamed off the Telstar satellite. But as Solomon said, “There is no new thing under the sun.” God long ago placed in the sky His own Telstar, commonly called the “Star of Bethlehem.” . . .
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The Little Folks’ New Testament Church in Ada, Okla., has their own “elders” and “deacons” and their own minister. “They observe the Lord’s Supper. They make their gifts. Best of all they do genuine personal work.”
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“Why is the American Thanksgiving celebration characterized more by indulgence than gratitude?” editor Mark A. Taylor asked in 2007.
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Chaplains Charles DeVore and Lertis Ellett share about their service to God while serving in the military in the South Pacific during World War II. “Any man who has the courage and love to preach the gospel in civilian life can also preach it in the Army,” DeVore wrote.
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Kenneth T. Norris of Montague, P.E.I., Canada, wrote in 1954: “Through the power of God we shall receive new bodies. These bodies will be identifiable, incorruptible, glorious, powerful, spiritual—fashioned in the image of Christ’s.”
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“Our missionaries ought not to be pinched for money,” Bayard Craig said during his message at a gathering of the Foreign Christian Missionary Society in 1887. “We can not compensate them for loss of friends, or possibly of health, but we can at least see that they are comfortable and that they have facilities for their work.”
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As we walked to the church each time my father-in-law would say, “Well, who will preach this time, you or I?” My reply would be, “You may preach this time.” . . .