Service

During World War II one of the churches that was destroyed was St. Mark's in Frankfort, Germany. When the roof collapsed a statue of Christ was buried in the ruins. After the war, people were cleaning up the site and discovered the statue of Christ. The problem was the hands had been broken of

Prayer

The Associated Press told of a New Jersey fisherman who discovered a shopping bag filled with unopened prayer letters. The letters displayed variety. One man asked to win the lottery. A teen girl asked for forgiveness for an abortion. An unwed mother asked God to get her baby's father to marry

Loyalty

According to a recent newspaper report, people can now show their devotion to their favorite baseball team even after death.People will be able to order a coffin, or urn, with team colors and insignia.This has been done in cooperation with Major League Baseball.Eventually they hope to offer all 30 t

July-August 2007 – Vol. 23, No. 1

The cover story for this issue is Faith Among the Tears: Preaching in the Aftermath of the Virginia Tech Tragedy by Tommy R. McDearis. Other articles include The Power of the Big Idea by Dave Ferguson, When a Story is the Best response by D. Bruce Seymour and Part One of a Series on Preaching and Trinitarian Worship by Michael Quicke.

The Power of the Big Idea

What did you learn in church today? How is it possible that so many people, young and old, can respond with nothing but silence to such a simple question after spending an entire Sunday morning in church? Is it too little teach­ing? Is it too little Scripture? Is it too little application of Scripture in the teaching? What's the problem?