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Going underground
Underground was the place to be on the last day of Campbell University Divinity School’s study tour of Israel. Following another 5:30 a.m. wake-up call, most of us visited the Western Wall tunnels, an underground dig...
Premonition
Sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, pastor of Pulaski Heights Baptist Church in Little Rock, A.R., on July 12 2009. Psalm 85:8-13; Mark 6:14-29 “Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who’s the fairest of them all?”...
The DNA of God: Justice
Sermon delivered by Joel Snider, pastor of First Baptist Church in Rome, Ga., on July 5, 2009. Amos 5: 18-24. Meditation Text: For many people, justice is whatever they personally consider fair. It can be as...
The DNA of God: Charity
Sermon delivered by Joel Snider, pastor of First Baptist Church in Rome, Ga., on July 12, 2009. 1 John 4: 16-21. Meditation Text: God in His essential Being is Charity; God so loved that He gave; therefore to dwell in...
The stars have dimmed
Throughout my youth the Major League Baseball All-Star Game was a television event not to be missed. It was the rare opportunity to see the best players in baseball at one time.Additionally, National League hitters...
Power Lessons
This sermon was delivered by Wendell Griffen, pastor of the New Millennium Church in Little Rock, Ark., on July 12, 2009. But when Herod heard of it, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised." Mark 6:16 (NRSV)...
King of Pop’s Advice to Church: Look in Mirror
In his parables, Jesus often compared the Kingdom of God — the realm over which God's ethics are allowed to rule and reign — to something quite insignificant. The Kingdom of God is like a farmer sowing seed in the...
Public Interest Trumps Pharmacists’ Beliefs
Pharmacists must dispense the controversial Plan B contraceptive pill regardless of religious conviction, according to a ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on July 8. In its opinion, the court found there "is...
Brand Loyalty? Boomers Not Tied to One Church
Two recent conversations haunt me. An old college friend, a leading-edge baby boomer (age 63) whom I knew to be a person of faith in college, told me he and his wife "had given up on the institutional church." The...
Australian Baptists Launch New Name, Logo
Australian Baptists launched a new national name and logo, signaling a renewed commitment to evangelism, mission and ministry around the nation and the world. The three-circle logo replaces the traditional...
Jerusalem, Jerusalem …
Jerusalem was the focus of the seventh day of touring for participants in Campbell University Divinity School’s “Bible Lands Study Tour” course, along with other family, friends, and alumni.The day began at the famed...
Bonuses Are Wrong, White House Needs Stress Test Over AIG
Bonuses are always substantively wrong when organizational leaders have underperformed, failing to achieve reasonable benchmarks for success while demanding sacrifice from lower-level employees through wage cuts,...
Nominee to Lead NIH Balances Faith, Science
The White House announced on July 8 that Dr. Francis Collins, former head of the Human Genome Project, would be nominated to become the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). I believe this move to be a...
Sunday Beer Sales Good for Economy? Hardly
In their infinite wisdom, our board of supervisors has decided the way out of our county's financial squeeze – we're the second poorest county in Virginia – is to allow beer and wine sales on Sundays. One supervisor...
From Masada to Qumran
An early wake-up call started a long day for 42 intrepid travelers associated with Campbell University Divinity School who are exploring the land of Israel and the West Bank.After fighting a snarl of traffic to exit...
From the Mount of Olives to Bethlehem
Day five of the Campbell crew’s whirlwind tour of Israel took us from the Mount of Olives to Bethlehem and back to Rahat Rachel, our kibbutz hotel. The hotel has been quite busy the past couple of days because of the...
From Hamat Teverya to Jerusalem
Our pilgrim group has seen many interesting sights in Israel, including a large number of young soldiers scattered here and there. Military service is compulsory for all Israeli citizens except Orthodox Jews, including...
Down to the river to pray …
Today’s account of the Campbell Camels’ illustrious adventures in the Holy Land will come in two parts. First, several of our group chose to be baptized in the Jordan River as a reaffirmation and testimony of their...
Upcoming Oklahoma Gathering Models Baptist Inclusiveness
The Norman New Baptist Covenant gathering in August is what the Atlanta New Baptist Covenant gathering in January 2008 should have been — theologically inclusive of banner-bearing Southern Baptists, politically...
Gender-Role Beliefs Affect Family Communication
A new study finds that gender-role ideology significantly impacts how evangelical Christians communicate within their families. Published in a recent issue of the academic journal Communication Studies, the study...
Standing Up for Real Health Care Reform
I recently received the statement signed by "47 religious leaders" titled "A Matter of Health … A Matter of Wholeness." Not being a "religious leader" but just an insignificant Baptist layperson tucked away in the...