I just gotta brag on one of our college students, Jason Galloway. Jason has been at our church longer than I have I believe. He’s now a student at the University of Alabama in the journalism department. I sin with jealousy because of Jason since he gets in free to every University of Alabama (ROLL TIDE) game to write reviews, summaries, columns, etc. From what I understand, Jason was just awarded with the top journalism award in the SEC in the genre of sports journalism. I need to get this kid to write some sermons for me! Anyways, I’m most proud of him because of his faith in Christ. He loves Christ. He just went with us a conference in Louisville, KY on the doctrine of divine revelation. He writes a bi-weekly column in the “Crimson and White” distributed at the Univ of Alabama…and he uses this opportunity to share Christ. Here’s his latest (and first) column of the series.
You can also check it out online at (http://www.cw.ua.edu/2010/02/11/remaining-faithful-through-hardship/)
Remaining faithful through hardship
As a journalism major, I’ve always been told that hardship makes for the best story. And although a newspaper article does benefit from emotion, those affected by it do not.
I have always known this, but recently have found more truth in it than ever, so I felt this was as good a topic as any to write my first column on.
As a Christian, how does one deal with things like the death of someone close or the divorce of one’s parents, when it feels like God is out to get you or that he has forgotten all about you? Continue reading
