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Hiba* used to pore over the Quran, trying to sort out life's problems. Then she bumped into some Christians in her hometown a few years ago. She agonized for days about which was the real book, the Quran or... Continue Reading »

THOMAS C. MOORE will retire from full-time ministry on June 5 after more than 40 years of service. Moore previously served at Kittrell Church, Kittrell, N.C.; West Creek Church, Batesburg; Springfield First Church; and for the past 23 years... Continue Reading »

Don Dowless, North Greenville University's vice president for academics, encouraged the 2011 graduating class ? a record-breaking 288 students ? to love people in the same way God loves them.... Continue Reading »

The young man showed up an hour early at the Panama City Beach bowling alley and shyly said he had come for the free pancake breakfast. Tired-looking and a bit disheveled, he sat slouched against the building, squinting in... Continue Reading »

After last month’s tornadoes, Beaverdam Association’s mission center began filling up with diapers, baby food, formula, wipes, canned goods, deodorant, toothbrushes, hand sanitizer, shampoo and rubber storage containers. A local business made available a tractor-trailer and a driver. On... Continue Reading »

A total of 264 Anderson University graduates received their diplomas during a spring commencement ceremony May 7 under blue skies and in the shade of the 100-year-old oaks of Alumni Lawn.... Continue Reading »

Egypt is a land that figures significantly in the story of God's plan for the future. Isaiah 19 foretells of a day when God's dealings with Egypt would literally change the world. Current events indicate that this ?day? is... Continue Reading »

Noah Hovey of New Prospect Church, Anderson, just completed his second year of Children's Bible Drill. He has memorized 50 Bible verses, 25 each year, as well as learning to locate any Bible book in less than 10 seconds.... Continue Reading »

Four hundred sixty-nine undergraduate and 154 graduate students received diplomas May 7 during Charleston Southern University's commencement ceremonies.... Continue Reading »

When Don Chasteen was a seminarian, he learned from an older pastor ?how to walk slowly through the crowd.? The teacher was Fred Wolfe, who was pastor of Woodlawn Church in Decatur, Ga., where Chasteen spent the summer of... Continue Reading »

In Acts 4:36, Luke mentions a Christian named Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus. Joseph is better known by his Greek nickname, ?Barnabas,? which translates, 'son of encouragement.? In ancient times, the Jews sometimes used 'son? as an idiom to... Continue Reading »

I wrote this Commentary on May 19. You?re reading it because Howard Camping was wrong ? again. The 89-year-old former civil engineer had predicted that the world would end on May 21. The radio station he leads in California... Continue Reading »