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A time to give
There is still time for yearend giving that both helps your tax return and charitable organizations. Here's one good (and simple) place to give right now: Baptists Today. A credit card and a generous spirit are all you...
Not an ark, but interesting …
Bible readers remember Mount Ararat, in northern Turkey (though also claimed by Armenia), as the final port for Noah's ark, according to Genesis 8:4, which says it came to rest "on the mountains of Ararat" (though the...
Why God Loves You “ Up Close and Personal
Love is in the details. The God made known to us in Jesus takes delight in our individuality, is lavishly attentive to our hurts and hopes, and is involved in the everyday, mundane details of our lives. God embraces...
What Has to Change for Your Resolutions to Succeed
The average tenure of a Baptist pastor serving in the United States is about 18 months. That number has remained fairly constant for many years now. When we factor in those ministers who stay at churches 10, 15 or 20...
Baptist of the Year: Wayne Flynt
Wayne Flynt is EthicsDaily.com's pick as Baptist of the Year for 2011. When most Alabama Baptists applauded the state's adoption of the nation's meanest anti-immigration law and many goodwill Baptists were publicly...
Some Assembly Required
A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on December 25, 2011. John 3:16-24 Meditation Text: I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. ...
When God Came Down… Unwrapping Jesus
A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., on December 25, 2011. Christmas Day John 1:1-14 My guess is there are very few of us here today who have waited until church...
When God Came Down… Waiting for Good News
A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., onDecember 24, 2011. Christmas Eve Luke 2:1-20 We’ve been waiting for this hour, haven’t we? When all the shopping is over......
Christmas Challenges for Followers of Jesus
A sermon delivered by Wendell Griffen, Pastor, New Millennium Church, Little Rock, Ark., on December 25, 2011. Isaiah 52:7-10 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace, who...
Sing With Joy
A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., on December 25, 2011. Christmas Day Psalm 98 Advent and Christmas must have been created for the sake of the artists. Poets,...
Prime Minister: Britain’s a Christian Country
British Prime Minister David Cameron made all sorts of headlines recently with a speech in Oxford in which he unapologetically asserted the notion of Britain as a "Christian country." It is saying something when this...
Procedure Steamrollers Immigrants’ Human Rights
Ever heard of Operation Streamline? The clanking of shackles, reminiscent of the old chain gangs of Jim Crow's South, is the first thing one notices when entering the William D. Browning Special Proceeding Courtroom...
This Resolution Can Reduce Your Stress Next Year
Many people regard New Year's resolutions with the same disdain they attribute to the fruitcake. I am a proponent of both. For several years now, I have made the same New Year's resolution, and I ask God to help me to...
Pope Pins Financial Mess on Crisis of Faith
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Europe’s economic and financial crisis is the consequence of an “ethical crisis” and a “crisis of faith,” Pope Benedict XVI said Thursday (Dec. 22), resulting in the triumph of selfishness over...
2011: A Year of Taking It to the Streets
(RNS) 2011 was supposed to be the year the world ended. Twice. But after evangelist Harold Camping’s doomsday predictions failed to materialize, all eyes are now on 2012 when, according to an ancient Mayan calendar, we...
Why God Wants You to Live in the Moment
The Greek language, which is the language of the New Testament, can use more than one word to describe ideas and things. As such, the concept of time has two separate words. The Greek terms for time are chronos and...
LifeWay’s “Pink Bible” Recall Shows Politics of Association
An organization fighting breast cancer said it was disappointed in the recall of Bibles whose sales were meant to fund breast cancer treatment and recovery. The recall by a Baptist publishing house stemmed from a link...
A Reflection on Christmas’ Bells and Bombs
"On earth peace," said the heavenly hosts to the shepherds two millennia ago. Associated Press reported that a terrorist bomb killed 35 people at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, Nigeria, on Christmas Day,...
Ugly actions for ugly shoes …
I found it hard to fathom, but news reports swear it's true: fights broke out, threats were made, police were called, and gunshots were fired in incidents around the country -- all in an effort to buy a pair of ike Air...
Pastor: God Awakened Church “ To Plant Trees
Evergreen Baptist Church is participating in what Pastor Ken Fong calls the revolution of justice and hope. Fong is the senior pastor of the Los Angeles-area church, and he was a featured speaker at the New Baptist...
Alvin Plantinga “ Champion of Christian Philosophy
Chelsea Clinton, Hedy Lamarr, Shakespeare as author of "Titus Andronicus" (seen in the family of "torture-porn" art), and Damien Hirst, major-major painter of images ("dead animals – sharks, zebras, piglets ... and...