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What Generous Churches Look Like- Part 1
Sermon delivered by David Hughes, pastor of First Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Feb. 8, 2009. 1 Corinthians 8: 1-15 Let’s be honest ”this is a tough time to talk about financial stewardship! Every day...
By What Authority?
Sermon delivered by David Hughes, pastor of First Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Feb. 1, 2009. Mark 1: 21-28 If you have a mother, or are a mother, chances are good that you have heard or used the following...
DVD Showing on Racism Hits Home
Showings of Beneath the Skin: Baptists and Racism in two tiny south Arkansas towns hit home. Chester Thompson, pastor of Zion Hill Baptist Church in Camden, Ark., and moderator-elect of CBF of Arkansas, helped host...
Office of Faith-Based Initiatives Should Disappear
During his long run to the White House, then presidential candidate Obama was asked what he planned to do about President Bush's controversial Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. He told reporters that not...
Valentine’s Day Is for Everybody
Our culture will celebrate love tomorrow. Mostly, it will focus on a form of love the Greeks called eros. It is the source of our English word erotica. It is not a word found in the Greek New Testament (GNT). Yet, two...
Christian Mission vs. Humanitarian Relief
Jesus said: you have ears; use them! Mark 4:9 Do we really want to listen to the world? The idea is that when we listen to what the world is saying we will be better able to communicate the Gospel. Now I know he does...
Baptists in Australia Offer Bushfire Assistance
Washington, D.C. (BWA) -- Baptists in Australia have established an emergency relief fund to aid persons affected by the worst natural disaster in the history of the southeastern state of Victoria. Bushfires that...
Changing churches
Baptist Press carried a recent commentary by Southern Baptist pastor Bob Carpenter of Michigan titled "When to leave your church."His basic point, with which I agree, is that churches need to focus on unity. However,...
Lawsuit Reveals Ministerial Ethics Breach at Prominent Baptist Church
A confidential settlement last spring placed money in an irrevocable trust controlled by a court-appointed guardian for a mentally-ill woman named Lucinda Bennett. The guardian had sued the First Baptist Church of West...
N.C. Gathering Marks Four Centuries of Baptist Movement
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- How can Baptists maintain an effective witness into their fifth century of existence? More than 400 participants gathered at First Baptist Church Feb. 9 to mark the 400th anniversary of the Baptist...
If a Religion Must Lie, It Must Die
Rod Dreher, author of Crunchy Cons, wrote a very moving and, to me, troubling essay in USA TODAY. The basic idea is that too much truth when it comes to religion is a bad thing. At issue is Rod’s journalistic...
How to Balance Work and Life
Much has been made about Gen Y's insistence on a balance between their work and their life. The understanding of that balance, however, is different than previous generations, mainly because technology can be invasive,...
God’s Call for Your Church
Intrinsic to the doctrine of the priesthood of every believer is the tenet that each believer is unique and has been gifted by God to make a unique contribution to the church. Although we persist in putting people into...
Source of Strength
Sermon delivered by Keith Herron, pastor of Holmeswood Baptist Church in Kansas City, M.O., on Feb. 8, 2009. Mark 1:29-39 Mark’s gospel is fast paced. It’s quick and as readers trying to keep our eyes on...
Know Jesus: I am the Truth
Sermon delivered by Joel Snider, pastor of First Baptist Church in Rome, Ga., on Feb. 8, 2009. John 18:37-39 This passage is typically associated with Holy Week, the week leading up to the crucifixion and death of...
The next Baptist century
A news blog from Baptists Today:GREENSBORO, N.C. – How can Baptists maintain an effective witness into their fifth century of existence? More than 400 participants gathered at First Baptist Church February 9 to mark...
Know Jesus: I am the Way
Sermon delivered by Joel Snider, pastor of First Baptist Church in Rome, Ga., on Feb. 1, 2009. Acts 9:1-2 After 9/11, I went to a ministers’ conference in San Diego. The conference was about how to conduct...
When Jesus Doesn’t Respond
Sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, pastor of Pulaski Heights Baptist Church in Little Rock, Ark., on Feb. 8, 2009. Isaiah 40:21-31; Mark 1:29-39 As Jesus begins his public ministry, it has been fifteen hundred years since...
Have You Ever Interrupted a Sermon?
Sermon delivered by Bob Browning, pastor of Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, Ga., on Feb. 1, 2009. Mark 1:21-28 Have you ever interrupted a sermon or been in a service when one was? That’s a loaded...
Wherever He Leads, Will You Go
Sermon delivered by Bob Browning, pastor of Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, Ga., on Feb. 8, 2009. Mark 1:29-39 I had the finest mother-in-law a person could ever want. She was as good to me as my own...
“The Reader”
Shame is powerful -- so powerful it can cause people to do things far more harmful than the consequences of revelation. Shame and guilt lie at the heart of “The Reader.” This movie begins like a May-to-December romance...