CN Morning Rundown: Beloved Nashville Pastor, Daughter Killed in Car Accident

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Beloved Nashville Pastor, Daughter Killed in Car Accident

The Rev. Thomas McKenzie, the rector of a prominent Anglican congregation in Nashville, Tennessee, and his eldest child, Charlie, were killed in a car crash Monday (Aug. 23).

Rev. McKenzie was 50. Charlie McKenzie, who had recently changed her legal name, was 22.

The two were headed to Texas, the first stop on a trip to New Mexico, when their car collided with a tractor-trailer about 9:50 a.m., according to a local news report.

Rockets Fired at Kabul Airport Amid US Withdrawal Hit Homes

Rocket fire apparently targeting Kabul’s international airport struck a nearby neighborhood on Monday, the eve of the deadline for American troops to withdraw from the country’s longest war after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. It wasn’t immediately clear if anyone was hurt.

The rockets did not halt the steady stream of U.S. military C-17 cargo jets taking off and landing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in the Afghan capital. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Last week, the Islamic State group launched a devastating suicide bombing at one of the airport gates that killed at least 169 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members.

The airport has been a scene of chaos in the two weeks since the Taliban blitz across Afghanistan took control of the country, nearly 20 years after the initial U.S. invasion that followed the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But since the suicide bombing, the Taliban have tightened their security cordon around the airfield, with their fighters seen just up to the last fencing separating them from the runway.

The Powerful Biblical Reason This Expert Says Jesus’ Return Is Imminent

Modern-day Christians, like the rest of the world, have experienced division in many areas. But throughout the ages, the church has united in its belief in the Second Coming of Jesus and His rule and reign over eternity.

That day, entrepreneur and author Douglas Cobb says, may come sooner than we think, based on the near-completion of Jesus’ Great Commission (Matt. 28:19-20). Cobb’s book, And Then the End Will Come, details his research into the Second Coming and why he believes it is imminent.

“The title is derived from Matthew 24:14, a verse that links the return of Jesus to the completion of the Great Commission,” Cobb tells Dr. Steve Greene on a recent episode of Greenelines on the Charisma Podcast Network. “Early in that chapter, Matthew 24, the disciples asked Jesus, ‘When are you coming back?’ That’s my paraphrase, but that’s what they asked. {eoa}

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