Evangelical press goes a cappella
FRANKLIN, TENN. — I went to a journalism conference, and a church service broke out. Given that this particular conference was for the Evangelical Press…
Insight
Studying Joshua, judging Ruth
DALLAS — Bible Bowl was tough this year! My wife, Jeanie, coaches the kids from our congregation, the Memorial Road Church of Christ in Oklahoma…
What my Iranian Uber driver told me about Jesus
EDMOND, OKLA. — I arranged to meet my new friend Tony at a falafel place for lunch on Saturday. That morning, my home country attacked…
She led us closer to God, amen?
OKLAHOMA CITY — Weddings and funerals hosted by my home congregation tend to underwhelm. The Memorial Road Church of Christ’s huge auditorium seats up to…
Sunflower seed faith
OSIJEK, CROATIA — The sunflowers here hide a deadly secret. I didn’t realize it at the time. As part of my visit to the Balkans…
Three churches, two iguanas, one Sunday
SOUTHWEST RANCHES, FLA. — I hit the church-hopping trifecta, visiting three South Florida congregations in one Sunday morning. The trip was a last-minute, skymiles-burning endeavor…
Should we keep printing this paper?
If you didn’t see the October 2025 print issue of The Christian Chronicle, you didn’t miss it. We did. We made the painful decision not…
Did Jesus come to bring division?
SINGAPORE — A single Bible verse can ruin a perfectly good sermon. A few months back, minister Mit Vikraman invited me to this bustling, business-minded…
‘One man with God is everything’
CALLIAQUA, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES — Before I got up to speak, brother Maxwell Ince said a prayer for me. “Lord, I’m not sure…
Despised people live ‘at the heart of shalom’
FUSHË KRUJË, ALBANIA — Everybody hates the Roma. Animosities abound in southeastern Europe. Croats dislike Serbs and vice versa. Serbs distrust Albanians, who feel a…
