Opinion

May is here! Summer is just around the corner! How are you planning on welcoming in the warmer weather this month?

By David Lindeman

What a day to be remembered! When I first heard about the eclipse, I pictured something like the one we had seven years ago. As the days came close I thought of the nearby towns flooded with thousands and even millions of people. Though I knew better, I imagined what it would be like, should there have been a mistake and no eclipse would come to capture the attention of spectators across the line of fire.

What is the missional call of churches today? If you would ask this question to 10 different pastors, I would not be surprised to get 10 different responses. Yet, I suspect we would find various approaches to relate a key common core element of the mission, “sharing the gospel message.” We would also find various requirements to the “gospel message.” Hence, the difficulty in the landscape of Christianity today across the United States. What is “true faith?” How is one saved? What is the correct order of events and exactly, when does the Holy Spirit enter the equation of salvation?

By Ken Montgomery

By Dean Fadel

By Melinda Myers

=“One of the greatest needs in the church today is to come back to the Scriptures as the basis of authority, and to study them prayerfully with dependence on the Holy Spirit for interpretation. It is when we fill our hearts with His Word that we overflow into the lives of others,” (Billy Graham, November 8, 1959).

Ohio State is no longer hosting state golf tournaments, which will now be spread out at sites across the state.

By David Lindeman