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[Editor’s note: Who knows how far back the following letters go? Most people today text, use snapchat, or make a quick phone call. Communication takes place swiftly, if not effectively. The writing of letters was a previous form of communication that allowed both parties the time to consider what
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Fran Itkoff believes in fighting against Multiple Sclerosis. According to an article on the Internet by Heather Hunter, Itkoff has worked as a volunteer for the National MS Society for 60 (yes, that’s right, sixty) years. She is now 90 years of age, and the cause has been dear
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Wes McAdams and his Radically Christian podcast seems to enjoy a good reputation in Texas (although sound brethren can’t help wondering why. He has championed the “heaven on earth” theory, indicated that the use of instrumental music in worship is not necessarily sinful, and now on Valentine’s Day
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“Poor fellow. He just couldn’t catch a break.” We’ve probably all heard words to that effect concerning some unfortunate person. Solomon states that one who may be described perpetually as a poor guy is the man without any money. “The poor man is hated even by his own
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Last week's article about the way news and events are reported in The Christian Chronicle first appeared in The Richwood Reaper (of Richwood, Texas) on December 3, 2023. That same publication also printed an article the following week (December 10), noting two responses to the "merger"
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According to a Superbowl advertisement last Sunday evening, "Jesus didn't teach hate. He washed feet." Is that the truth? One might respond initially, "If He just washed feet, why did they crucify Him?" One would think, from the commercial, that Jesus spent much of
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From the pages of The Christian Chronicle comes yet another disturbing story of a congregation of the church of Christ that has voted to go off into denominationalism. In the October 2023 edition on “The Second Front” (the second page of the paper is designed to look like another front
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Since those two articles discussed previously, appearing fifteen years apart in Spiritual Perspectives (February 4, 2024), there have been other issues of the Christian Chronicle containing erroneous emphases. Your congenial editor wrote two articles concerning the Chronicle’s favorable reporting of those who believe in the direct influence of the
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No, this brief article does not directly pertain to the Doobie Brothers’ number one hit from 1979, except that the thought processes may be similar. Proverbs 18:2 tells us: “A fool has no delight in understanding, but in expressing his own heart.” Joe Gilmore wrote: “The ‘fool’ is not
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No, this is not an endorsement. Amongst the churches of Christ, many papers have come and gone. The Millennial Harbinger was published for four decades (1830-1870); The Firm Foundation lasted from 1884 to 2010. The Gospel Advocate began in 1855 but suspended publication in 1861 due to the Civil
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According to the Internet, The Dark Ages “is a categorization commonly used to describe the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Italian Renaissance and the Age of Exploration. Roughly speaking, the Dark Ages corresponds to the Middle Ages, or from 500 to 1500
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One of our members came across an interesting, if not confusing, document on the Internet in which the author attempts to explain why he quit being a “preacher” for the Church of God in Christ and is now serving as “the International Chief Elder and Spiritual Teacher of The Afrikan