30 years after Mt. Saint Helens

April 9, 2012

Brad Harrub and his son Will go to Mt. Saint Helens to talk about geologic ages on which the theory of evolution is based.

Enter the blast zone with the Harrubs as they discover the Truth regarding these geological processes and the age of the earth.

Ill. elder meets church-error charges head-on

March 24, 2012

church of christ errorsSULLIVAN, Ill. (BNc) — A preacher and elder has taken up the gauntlet of a challenge by a website criticizing the Lord’s church and plying it with questions.

Ron Thomas works with the congregation in Sullivan, Ill. He set about answering the website’s questions about supposed errors in the church of Christ.

So far, Ron has made 20 extensive posts on the website The Fellowship Room, a group weblog where he is a “Fellow,” or participating blogger.

BNc asked Ron why he took up this task of responding to the website’s charges. Read more

Titanic Museum features Christian author’s fiction

March 23, 2012

Author Tammy Knox writes about TitanicPIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (BNc) — Tammy S. Knox’s book of historical fiction, Trapped on the Titanic, will be featured in the Titanic Museum during the centennial celebration of the accident.

Tammy, whose husband Michael is a gospel preacher in Mount Pleasant, Tenn., said she had been writing the story aimed at ten-year-olds since she was a teen.

The Titanic Museum is owned by John Joslyn, one of the explorers of the sunken vessel in 1987.

The book centers around the Titanic tragedy and the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. A 13-year-old girl goes to a Titanic exhibit and sees a portrait of a young girl, about age 10, who resembles her. She experiences some ghostly encounters and learns that the girl in the portrait was one of her ancestors who died on the Titanic. Read more

WBTC now an evangelical ministry

March 17, 2012

World Bible Translation CenterARLINGTON, Tex. (BNc) — World Bible Translation Center, a ministry of churches of Christ which produced the Easy to Read Version, “combined operations with” an evangelical ministry last year.

BNc became aware of the move in a note that appeared today at the foot of a Bible League International email: Read more

Bible Class Teacher Takes Lessons to Oven

March 1, 2012

by Glenda Williams, BNc correspondent

GENEVA, Ala (BNC) — Ladies Bible class teacher, Linda Sartain, has taken her Wednesday night Bible class far beyond what the 18 ladies would have ever dreamed. Read more

Preacher adopts ‘paperless Bible’

February 1, 2012

Preacher adopts e-BibleHARDIN, Ky. (BNc) — He loves the Bible, and Bibles. And he loves making notes in his Bible. So when Daniel Howell, preacher for the Hardin congregation, found a way to make notes on his Kindle Fire through the Olive Tree Bible Reader and store them in several devices and on the cloud, he made the jump: no more paper Bibles.

“My Kindle Fire is essentially my Bible now. No more paper Bible. It’s where I make my notes,” Daniel, who’ll be 26 next month, wrote in a recent blog post. He explained how he does it. Read more

Preacher develops free brotherhood Bible resources for e-Sword

January 18, 2012

Bible resourcesDOVER, Ark. (BNc) — A gospel preacher has set about to provide free brotherhood resources for the most popular Bible study program for computers.

The most popular free Bible study program for the PC is called e-Sword. The Mac version, which uses the same resource files, is Eloquent.  Across the Internet, thousands of Bibles, commentaries, dictionaries, and books are available for it—the vast majority of them for free.

So what could be the problem? Bradley Cobb, a preacher from Oklahoma explained. Read more

Harris & Moore Expedition Through the Bible answers live questions

September 16, 2011

DUBLIN, Tex. (BNc) — Every Monday from 6-7:00 p.m. CST, David Harris and Tom Moore present lessons from the Bible on their phone-in talk show.

In an email interview with David Harris, BNc asked him about the program’s origins and development.

Can you give us a little background about the radio program?

It all started in October of 2008. I was sitting in my office one afternoon, when Mike Trusty, a Gospel preacher, walked in and said that he had just bought a radio station. He wanted to know if I would like to have a radio program. He said he would give me one half hour of air time free on his radio station, KEQX. I told him that I had been thinking of something like this but money had been an issue. Read more

108-year-old Christian Worker magazine goes online

September 9, 2011

by Kevin Cauley

AUSTIN, Tex. (BNc) – The Christian Worker monthly periodical launched its website yesterday, putting its content online for free.

Since 1903 the Christian Worker has been published by faithful brethren who seek the old paths. It is one of the oldest, least-known periodicals in the brotherhood.

Originating in Panama, Neb., the periodical was published under the editorship of men such as Rue Porter, Bill Freeze, Jr., and Bill Jackson. Read more

Search TV reaches San Francisco Bay area

August 25, 2011

EvangelismEDMOND, Okla. (BNc) – The television program, “In Search of the Lord’s Way,” has closed a deal to air to the San Francisco Bay area, according to speaker Phil Sanders.

KOFY (TV 20) covers the bay area of San Francisco, broadcasting to 2.5 million households (6.25 million people), making it the sixth largest U.S. market.

“We will begin airing Oct. 9 each Sunday morning at 7:30 a.m. This strengthens our presence on the West Coast considerably,” Phil said to BNc. Read more

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