by Janice Ng | Jan 16, 2015 | News Slider
Lumination News brings a new show for the 2015 spring semester, with Madeline Montgomery and Carly Bergthold behind the news desk to inform students of Lipscomb events and happenings. This week’s show provides a variety of updates, from hard-hitting world news headlines to entertaining celebrity gossip, and even NFL and Lipscomb sports scores, with student reporters Mignonne Bryant, Sarah McGee and Charlie Bateman. A Lipscomb student’s YouTube video is causing uproar in the Church of Christ community. Senior Lauren King posted a video of herself preaching that went viral. Reporter Madeline Montgomery spoke with King and Lipscomb faculty about the new-found attention. In the Student Activity Center, renovations for the addition of Au Bon Pain, a French eatery, is causing trouble for students, taking up former fitness space. Leslie Newman reports the latest updates on the construction. Be sure to stay tuned for future newscasts published every Friday here at Lumination Network. LUmination Newscast 1-15-2015-H.264 for Apple TV from lumination Network on Vimeo. Do you have story ideas? An event you want us to cover? Email our News Director...
by Madeline Smith | Jan 16, 2015 | News Slider
Senior Lauren King caused an uproar in the Churches of Christ and Lipscomb community when a video of her preaching went viral. For some, the image of a female preaching on stage is nothing notable. For Churches of Christ members, the idea of a woman in the pulpit is an uncomfortable break from tradition. “For a lot of folks in the conservative side of our fellowship, this was shocking,” said Dr. Ken Durham, a Lipscomb Bible professor. “It is shocking that a Church of Christ had done it, and shocking that Lipscomb had anything to do with it. So one of the questions we’ve been answering, or trying to answer to the best of our ability, is ‘what role does Lipscomb play?’” King was preaching as part of an optional internship for the College of Bible and Ministry at Fourth Avenue Church of Christ in Franklin, Tennessee. A video was made of her sermon and put out by Wineskins, a Christian ministry. The video, which had over 55,000 views on YouTube, drew in many comments, some very critical of King. “This video and this congregation represent a lack of respect for the authority of God,” Audie Cherry said in a comment on Vimeo. “Let us look to Scripture to guide us, not our own feelings and emotions. They’re just that, feelings and emotions. The Spirit doesn’t guide us.” Despite the critical comments, King remained confident in her calling. “I am confident with where the Lord has called me, and I have no need to apologize for that, but I am sorry for the way that all of this has happened,” King said. “I...
by Bridgette Begle | Mar 15, 2014 | News Slider
Ash Wednesday starts the Lenten season for Roman Catholics and Holy Thursday (Thursday before Easter) ends it. Although a primarily Church of Christ school, Lipscomb is seeing more and more students participate in Lenten sacrifices. Typically Lent is a season of preparation, fasting, self-denial and sacrificing to lead up to the resurrection of Christ. Someone may give something up or add something to his or her daily routine to be sure Jesus is the center of his or her life. Senior and practicing Catholic Tucker Peabody says he appreciates it when other faiths participate in Lent. “I feel as if it doesn’t matter what faith you come from in order to participate in Lent, and I think it shouldn’t have a different meaning either,” Peabody said. “In the end, Lent is a time to be aware of the sacrifices Jesus made for us and for us to try to strengthen our faith and become closer to Him.” Senior Megan Stout who is also a practicing Catholic agrees saying, “It makes me kind of proud to be a Catholic when others decide to join. I think Lent can mean the same to anyone; Jesus sacrificed for us on Earth so why not attempt to better ourselves as humans too?” Other students who have grown up Church of Christ have seen themselves begin to participate in Lent almost every year. Senior Kelsey Reiman says she started giving things up for Lent when she was in high school even though she grew up Church of Christ. “I think sacrificing something for the sake of Christ is an important discipline for any Christian...
by Anne Paquin | Oct 28, 2011 | News Slider
On October 23rd, the church Ethos celebrated its third birthday. Ethos is a church of Christ that holds its four services on Sundays at the Mercy Lounge, a bar in downtown Nashville on Canery Row. To celebrate their third birthday the ministry urged its members to give what God had placed on their hearts to give towards an organization called Charity Water which goes into rural areas of the world and digs wells for people who aren’t getting clean water. Please upgrade your browser For their birthday, they also had a Baptism Sunday where they baptized over twenty people who all shared their stories and welcomed Christ into their hearts. To learn more about Ethos Church go to www.ethoslove.com....
by despotmj | Jul 3, 2011 | News Slider
As part of Lipscomb University’s Summer Celebration, many speakers were on Lipscomb’s campus this past week speaking on a variety of spiritual topics. Thursday morning, Hillsboro Church of Christ minister Daniel Hope spoke on the topic of forgiveness. Hope’s lesson began by mentioning a number of highly-publicized tragedies, and how those involved displayed great forgiveness after enduring very traumatizing events. He mentioned the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II, and described the Pope’s forgiveness of the shooter just days after leaving the hospital. Hope also mentioned a deadly shooting within an Amish community in 2006, and how the community came together to setup a fund for the gunmen’s children. An act which provided a great deal of healing for the shooter’s devastated family. These acts of forgiveness are often times not displayed on a large-scale by Christians, but Hope reminded the audience that Jesus himself told Paul to forgive a transgressor 77 times before giving up on another. Hope’s lesson was one which dove into a number of questions relating to forgiveness which Christians can often struggle with. He tackled tough questions and provided a response that forgiveness is not about forgetting an act or the absence of hurt, but rather it is about forgiving an unpayable debt. “Forgiveness is a decision and journey,” Hope said. “It is a commitment to the process of ceasing to demand restitution.” Part of this decision and journey is that one must work to get to a point where they can get over bitterness. “One cannot take sin more lightly than God, because sin is a big deal, and we must not...
