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Proclaiming God’s Justice Will Draw Wrath of Powerful
The story of John the Baptist is a familiar narrative to most Christians. We imagine John as a wild man preaching in the desert about repentance and calling people to be baptized. We also visualize John baptizing...
$60,000 Gift to Pastor Helps Spark Lawsuit; Case Calls for Codes of Conduct
Preacher Keith Thomas received six checks totaling $60,000 from a woman who had written only 10 days earlier a $25,000 personal check to his associate pastor, a man leaving the staff of First Baptist Church of West...
More than 120 Persons Baptized in Jordan
(BWA) More than 120 persons were baptized in the Jordan River on Friday, March 20, by pastors from the Jordan Baptist Convention. The baptisms were the culmination of an afternoon of celebration in which the Baptism...
Today’s Leadership Thrives on Relationships, Core Values
In the recent past, the leadership of organizations was built on a mechanistic model. There was a clear organizational chart, decisions flowed from the top down, and responsibilities were codified in job descriptions....
Special needs families need church’s attention
Most families with special needs children do not receive the nurture, support and care of a local congregation. That's what my friend Bill Neal, president of Developmental Disabilities Ministries, told me recently.The...
The Road Less Traveled
Sermon delivered by Bob Browning, pastor of Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, G.A., on Mar. 8 2009. Mark 8:31-38 Baseball legend, Yogi Berra, has more entries in Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations than any other...
Beautiful Law
Sermon delivered by Keith Herron, pastor of Holmeswood Baptist Church in Kansas City, M.O., on Mar. 15 2009. Psalm 19 In the spirituality soup Jesus brought to nourish his followers there’s a secret ingredient that...
Always Close
Sermon delivered by Keith Herron, pastor of Holmeswood Baptist Church in Kansas City, M.O., on Mar. 8 2009. Psalm 22:23-31 So what do we do when “Peek-a-Boo,” one of earliest childhood games, turns into “Hide and...
At the Table: Bless
Sermon delivered by Heather Entrekin, pastor of Prairie Baptist Church in Prairie Village, K.S., on Mar. 8 2009. Mark 8: 31-38 Last week, at the spiritual retreat participants, it was my job to talk about blessing. ...
That’s for the Birds
Sermon delivered by Howard Baston, pastor of First Baptist Church in Amarillo, T.X., on Mar. 15 2009. Luke 12:22-34 What keeps you up at night? What gnaws away at your soul? What forces you to toss and turn like a fish...
Busy is Good; Busy is Bad
Sermon delivered by Howard Baston, pastor of First Baptist Church in Amarillo, T.X., on Mar. 8 2009. Luke 10:25-42. I don’t think it’s any mistake that these two stories are side by side– two stories that carry...
Great to God
Sermon delivered by Howard Baston, pastor of First Baptist Church in Amarillo, T.X., on Mar. 1 2009. Luke 9: 46-48 How do you measure a church’s success? What really counts when it comes to being a church? Some would...
Choosing the Cross
Sermon delivered by David Hughes, pastor of First Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Mar. 8 2009. Mark 8:31-38 Christians have long believed confession is good for the soul, especially during the...
Colorful Covenant
Sermon delivered by David Hughes, pastor of First Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Mar. 1 2009. Genesis 9:8-17 Several years ago a list circulated on the Internet in various versions. The list was...
Darfur Genocide Slips from America’s Consciousness
The “Save Darfur” signs and banners that once sprouted in church yards in America have largely vanished, replaced by notices for some other cause. E-mailed petitions and calls to action that flood the inboxes of...
Created for Good Works “ Just Like the BMW Sports Wagon
It’s clearly created for good works. The 2009 BMW 535i xDrive Sport Wagon, that is. No, you don’t buy this one for style. That’s not the point. If style and good looks are what you’re after, drift over to somewhere...
Will Churches Follow the Fate of Newspapers?
The oldest newspaper in the great Northwest (and Seattle’s oldest business) rolled off the presses for the last time on March 16 – meaning the March 17 paper will be a collector’s item for the future – the last print...
CBFNC challenged to share gospel, use words
It’s not enough for believers to “walk the walk,” Fred Craddock told participants attending the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina’s 2009 General Assembly Mar. 20-21. “Somebody needs to talk the...
BWIM NC celebrates preaching without words
As an artist created a colorful portrait of the woman who anointed Jesus’ feet, three “witnesses” and a liturgical dancer reminded Baptist Women in Ministry of North Carolina that the gospel can be proclaimed in many...
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As more than 900 participants gathered at Ridgecrest Conference Center for annual "Missions Extravaganza" of Woman's Missionary Union of North Carolina Friday afternoon, some got a surprising greeting: the ceiling of...
Hear Kyle
If you are in the area — or want to come gaze at some of Macon, Georgia's gazillion cherry blossoms on display this time of year — there is a good place to spend your Sunday evening. Singer-songwriter Kyle Matthews...