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TV Network Will Air EthicsDaily.com Documentary on Faith, Immigration
Soul of the South Network (SSN) will begin airing "Gospel Without Borders" at 8 p.m. Central time on Aug. 18. A special 47-minute version of EthicsDaily.com's documentary will be broadcast multiple times in addition to...
August 11, 2014
Macon Baptist Missionary Home from Ebola-Striken Liberia (Macon Telegraph) LifeWay Stops Selling Mark Driscoll's Books at 180 Christian Stores (Christianity Today) In Iowa, Perry and Cruz Make Pitches to Evangelical...
Down and up …
... or up and down. Take a hike in the mountains and you run into metaphors everywhere you turn. Take Tallulah Gorge, for example, on the edge of the Appalachians in northeastern Georgia. The gorge is a two-mile long...
2 Essentials to Good Theological Education
A tweet I sent out recently opened up an interesting discussion: "It is not enough to be the smartest person in the room. Someone normal must be able to understand you. #NoteToYoungPhDGraduates." There were some who...
What You Can Do When There’s Nothing You Can Do
Does it feel like a lot is going on in our world right now? ISIS kicking out Christians in Mosul. Strikes on Gaza to destroy tunnels, which were built to attack Israel. Ebola in West Africa. Syria. Central African...
Learn to Speak BCE
Laughter is missing in much of the Christian community, even though the biblical witness has encouraging words about laughter. Upon hearing that his aged wife would bear a son, Abram fell to the ground with laughter...
August 8, 2014
Losing Religion at College? Not Anymore in Generation X, Says Study (Salt Lake Tribune) Ebola Comments Prompt Christian Backlash Against Coulter, Trump and Carson (Washington Post) Baptist Church Cancels Gungor Concert...
Last Man Standing
A sermon by Bob Browning, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky. August 3, 2014 Communion Devotion Mark 14:17-31 This morning, our attention is drawn to a scene in the Upper Room the night before Jesus was...
Let Them Grow Together
A sermon by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ar. August 3, 2014 Psalm 139:1-12; Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 We don’t live in the fanciest neighborhood in Little Rock, Janet and I. It’s very...
The Bone Crusher
A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 32:22-31 August 3, 2014 Psalm 17:1-7, 15; Matthew 14:13-21; Romans 9:1-5 Jacob’s wrestling with...
Just Like Jesus
A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Matthew 14:13-21 At one point in my sabbatical I went to see my daughter Ellie in Charleston. Ellie has spent...
Lessons from the cotton patch continue
By John Pierce A recent coffee-shop conversation led me to note that Jesus was not very socially acceptable. American Christians, in general, have domesticated the Son of God into someone less offensive than the real...
Why No Such Thing as a Righteous War Exists
July 28 marked the centennial anniversary of World War I's beginning. For many, it was the war to end all wars; for powerful clergy that shaped religious and political life in America at the time, it was the very war...
On Freedom Sunday, Churches Work to End Human Trafficking
Congregations have a new online resource to help them reflect and act on the issue of human trafficking. The recently launched Freedom Sunday resource pack has been created by the Joint Public Issues Team of Baptists...
Why Christians Must Be Peacemakers
The heart of Jesus' message is the desire for peace. At one level, Jesus called people to follow him as a path to finding peace with God. Yet, at a more pragmatic level, Jesus called people to be at peace with one...
August 7, 2014
West Africa: Baptists Take Precautionary Measures in Wake of Ebola Outbreak (AllAfrica) West African Baptists Take Measures as Ebola Outbreak Worsens (Associated Baptist Press) After Braxton Caner's Suicide, Baptist...
How 1,000 Paper Cranes Remind You to Seek Peace
Sadako Sasaki was born in January 1943 in Hiroshima, Japan. But 1943 was not a good time to be born in Japan, and Hiroshima was not a good place to be born. Sixty-nine years ago today, on Aug. 6, 1945, the atomic bomb...
When Tragedies Hit, Numbers Don’t Tell Whole Story
It feels like we are being inundated with bad news in the form of numbers at the moment. Tragic events are measured in the number of deaths and injured people. The aggression of a country, organization or faction is...
As Elections Near, Beware Dog-Whistle Politics
If you're likely to listen to any political advertising and media coverage this campaign season, you better keep your dog nearby. The Pied Pipers of our political life have traded their flutes for dog whistles, and you...
August 6, 2014
House Republican Sends Bible to Every Member of Congress (New York Post) Restaurant's 'Prayer Discount' Sparks Mix of Praise, Anger (National Public Radio) Evangelical Leaders Ask McConnell, Grimes to Participate in...
Churches, Nonprofits Face Financially Troubled Future
It is no secret that many churches and other charities are financially troubled—and not only because of a downturn in the economy. There has been a documented downward trend in personal giving, especially to churches,...