Bhutto’s Assassination Worries Workers
December 28, 2007
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Dec. 27. We asked several people how the new political climate might affect the work of the church in the region.
Below are responses we’ve received thus far. Check back soon for updates and additions, especially from some directly in or involved with the work in Pakistan. Read more
Cambodia Awakens to Christ
December 14, 2007
by William Singleton
[Editor's note: Follows is Bill's December 2007 report received earlier this month on the occasion of his return to Cambodia. He has worked for a number of years in the country.]
I have been back in Cambodia about a week now and am trying to understand and assess the tremendous amount of change I am witnessing. Read more
Exclusive: Dave Miller on Richland Hills
December 13, 2007
BNc EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
BNc: Dr. Miller, why a book directed toward Richland Hill’s decision to use the instrument? Do you see their decision as a watershed event?
Don Ruhl’s Rule: Read the Bible
December 11, 2007
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (BNc)- Preacher Don Ruhl’s mission is to get people reading the Bible. To that end, he publishes The Bible Meditator every month.
“The primary focus of TBM is to get people into the Scriptures daily. Therefore, I provide a daily reading and commentary, along with questions, taking people through books of the Bible. I also publish other articles designed to make people think according to the will of God,” Don wrote in an email to BNc. Read more
Preacher Ponders Growing Old
December 9, 2007
BNc FEATURE EDITORIAL
by Ed Smithson
It is difficult to “grow old gracefully.”
Having said that, I don’t know too many people who are doing such a bad job of it after all. With all our maladies and inadequacies, we still manage to be civilized, most of the time. And, of course, it just could be that we have seen a lot of people grow old and do it without becoming morose or morons. So perhaps we just imitate things we have seen, to some degree. Read more
Wayne Jackson Undergoes Surgery
December 8, 2007
by Jason Jackson
[Editor's note: Wayne Jackson's son Jason sent the following email about his father's cancer surgery performed this week. Wayne Jackson has been editor of the Christian Courier since 1964.]
Tuesday’s surgery began right around noon Pacific Standard Time. While we were expecting about a three-hour surgery, it ended up taking a full seven hours. Read more
Gospel Chariot Rolls Africa with 700 baptisms
December 7, 2007
by Quinton Funk
[Editor's note: The Gospel Chariot Missions travels 12 months of the year through Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, recruiting students, teaching, preaching and baptizing lost souls. The work is overseen by the Lamar, Colo., congregation. This report was received recently via another congregation.] Read more
The Christian Editor’s Creed
December 1, 2007
WGN FEATURE
These ten commandments for the editor of Christian publications attempt to express something of the ethic that we work by here at WGN. Others who work with Biblical and Christian magazines, periodicals, journals and bulletins may find them of some use as well.
Suggestions to improving this list are welcome. Obviously, calling them a “creed” and “ten commandments” is tongue in cheek. Read more