by Dean Miller | Mar 15, 2017 | Opinion
Short-term mission teams are often criticized. Those who question this approach can cite plenty of evidence: projects left undone, harmful things said or done by volunteers, concepts of superiority and privilege that ooze from team members, undue stress created when...
by David Harding | Mar 15, 2017 | Opinion
The United Nations General Assembly established March 22 as World Water Day in 1933 to promote the wise stewardship of this most precious natural resource. The theme for 2017 is wastewater, but, with a twist, we can make the theme even more meaningful by urging...
by Angela Sudermann | Mar 14, 2017 | Opinion
God has been using health professionals to advance the mission of Christ through American Baptist International Ministries (IM) since 1821 when Dr. Jonathan Price arrived in Burma. Today, long- and short-term missionaries continue to express the gospel in ministries...
by Jonathan Davis | Mar 14, 2017 | Opinion
What are some temptations that small-town pastors face? I’ve been reflecting on this question while working on a sermon series based on Jesus’ three temptations in Matthew 4. For Jesus, the first temptation was the temptation of sustenance – relying...
by Mark Tidsworth | Mar 14, 2017 | Opinion
Jesus was not even slightly interested in the personal preferences or comfort of his disciples, according to the Gospels. Frequently, his disciples tried to convince him to tone it down. They urged him to modify his call to deny self and follow and to offer a more...
by Bill Wilson | Mar 13, 2017 | Opinion
I met Robert Parham when he was my grader in an ethics class at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, 40 years ago. He didn’t like a paper I wrote and told me so, in no uncertain terms. I really didn’t appreciate someone...
