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The Failure of Success
A sermon delivered by Howard Batson, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Amarillo, Tx., on January 16, 2011. Philippians 2:1-13 There was a church board of a congregation in Atlanta that was pondering whether or not to...
Let Go and Go
A sermon delivered by Robert Browning, Pastor, Smoke Rise Baptist Church, Stone Mountain, Ga., on January 23, 2011. Matthew 4:12-23 When Jackie was on her marriage sabbatical, I asked her a very important question one...
Leaving Everything to Follow Jesus
A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., on January 23, 2011. Matthew 4:12-23 When Jesus heard the news that John the Baptist was taken into prison, something must have...
Living in a Post-MLK World
A sermon delivered by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., on January 16, 2011. Isaiah 49:1-7 Last week we talked about taking the plunge of faith. One of you even asked if my fear of...
A Meal that Fed Their Spirits
A sermon delivered by Robert Browning, Pastor, Smoke Rise Baptist Church, Stone Mountain, Ga., on January 9, 2011. Mark 14:17-26 Communion Devotion This was not a casual, relaxing meal around a table with dear friends....
My Father’s House
A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, GA on January 16, 2011. Luke 2:41-52 Meditation Text: One of the greatest curses of a religious people is the shallowness of their knowledge...
Rabbis Petition Murdoch to Crack Down on Fox’s Holocaust Language
(RNS) Hundreds of American rabbis used Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday (Jan. 27) to push media mogul Rupert Murdoch to “sanction” Glenn Beck and other Fox News personalities on the use of Nazi and Holocaust...
Mich. Bill Would Allow Guns in Churches, Colleges
LANSING, Mich. (RNS) Individuals with valid concealed weapons permits could carry guns in Michigan areas currently prohibited by law, including schools, churches, bars and sports stadiums, under proposed legislation....
Muslim leaders condemn Holocaust denial on remembrance day
(RNS) Prominent Muslim leaders who toured Nazi concentration camps last summer marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day by decrying attempts to deny the Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews. “We condemn any...
How to Fulfill the Greatest Commandment
The New Testament leaves little doubt that there is intended to be a profound relationship between what Christians believe and how they behave. This is what Jesus meant when he said that the greatest commandment was to...
Which Film Will Take Home Oscar’s Top Prize?
My second favorite day of the year came this past Tuesday. On Jan. 25, the Academy Award nominations were released, which leads to handicapping the Oscars and an on up to my favorite day of the year, Feb. 27 – when...
Do Not Disturb: Ensuring Your Minister is Rested
A couple of years ago, we tried something radical on Wednesday evenings at our church. Over the course of five weeks, we had prayer meeting. This was not simply the hospital list prayer meeting; this was honest prayer....
Remembering Reaves
By John Pierce Sometimes what we hear or read takes us back to a specific time and place. Learning that Reaves McCall had died last Friday (Jan. 21) took me back a few years to Mr. B’s Seafood on the outskirts of...
Many Genocides to be Commemorated on Holocaust Memorial Day
CANTERBURY, England (RNS/ENInews) After the Nazi slaughter of 6 million Jews during World War II, the world cried out “never again.” But one of Britain’s best-known young rabbis, Jonathan Romain, said the phrase has...
Judge Upholds Law Preventing Guns in Churches
(RNS) A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by gun rights advocates who claimed a Georgia law prohibiting weapons in a house of worship was unconstitutional. GeorgiaCarry.org, an organization that supports gun...
Minister Offers Comfort, Calm in Disasters’ Shadowy Places
KIRKWOOD, Mo. (RNS) Three years after a gunman opened fire and killed six people at a Kirkwood City Council meeting, the Rev. David Holyan recently found himself in Tucson, Ariz. Holyan, 46, pastor of First...
Are We Asking the Wrong Question in Afghanistan?
With the agreement by Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai to convene the recently elected parliament, a growing crisis appears to have been averted. As important as this decision is in the short term, however, it will...
Troubling Undertone in Obama’s State of the Union
President Obama gave his annual State of the Union address Tuesday evening, and it was a night with much to be thankful for. Political leaders set aside their ideological differences and sat next to one another. There...
Obama’s State of the Union Shows He “Gets It”
As I was watching President Obama speak Tuesday night, I couldn't help but think of Doug Pagitt's new book, "Church in the Inventive Age." Like Pagitt, the president pounded home his conviction that the world has...
Will his dream come true?
I learned recently of the plight of Jonathan Chavez, an Honors College student at the University of Arkansas -- who is currently missing all of his classes because Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have had...
Will the romance last?
Last night's State of the Union address had some memorable moments, but it is unlikely to set an agenda or lead to any significant change. Any president can afford terrific speech writers and President Obama is a...