Look Back | How to Prepare for Your Advent Journey

Look Back | How to Prepare for Your Advent Journey

Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Dec. 2, 2002. At the time of publication, Howard was senior minister of First Baptist Church in Corbin, Kentucky. What is Advent? When does Advent begin? How is Advent to be observed? Advent is a Latin word meaning “to...
Nothing ‘less than the truth’

Nothing ‘less than the truth’

By John D. Pierce Walker L. Knight (in The Struggle for the Soul of the SBC) recalls the day after Thanksgiving 1982, when he met near the Atlanta airport with theological educator Larry McSwain and other thoughtful Baptist leaders seeking to counter the rise of...
The Secret to Gratitude Even When Life Hurls Hardships

The Secret to Gratitude Even When Life Hurls Hardships

Healthy Christians are people of gratitude and generosity. That is a clear biblical truth that has been lived out across the years in church history. If the gospel has not penetrated a person’s heart to the point that they are profoundly grateful, a key ingredient in...
When US Christians Slam the Door in Jesus’ Face

When US Christians Slam the Door in Jesus’ Face

My church journeyed to El Paso, Texas, to meet with people from Ciudad Nueva and ABARA, organizations doing all they can to serve the immigrant community. We went across the border to help make improvements to a shelter that is now housing asylum-seekers sent back to...