by Robert Parham | Dec 2, 2016 | Opinion
If you think you are too small to make a difference, you haven’t spent a night with a mosquito. A well-known truth is that small things, insignificant things, can have a huge impact. Growing up in Nigeria, we slept under mosquito nets in the early years. Later,...
by Sara Powell | Dec 1, 2016 | Opinion
One of the songs in the cantata our choir is singing this year is about Joseph promising Mary that there is an inn awaiting their arrival in Bethlehem. Of course, we know that when they arrived, there was no room for them. Perhaps if Joseph had used an app on his...
by Bill Wilson | Dec 1, 2016 | Opinion
Our grandchildren discovered sea glass on our family beach trip this past summer. For our five preschoolers, it was like finding treasure. In fact, that’s what they called it. “Let’s go find some more treasures!” You probably know that the...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 30, 2016 | News, Opinion
By John D. Pierce “It will be a year of remembering and celebrating God’s faithfulness to this church,” said Janet Hudson, chair of the 200th anniversary committee, as First Baptist Church of Augusta, Ga., readies for a yearlong celebration of its history spanning two...
by Barry Howard | Nov 30, 2016 | Opinion
The holiday season is here once again, and with the festivities come multiple invitations to give to worthwhile missional causes. Determining which ones to give to can be painstaking and time consuming. Because of the multiple opportunities and solicitations that come...
by Mark Tidsworth | Nov 30, 2016 | Opinion
We are constantly declaring what we actually believe it means to be disciples who follow Jesus and gather as a church. Every time we make a move, every time we make a decision, every time we gather, every time we speak and every time we are silent, we do so. Every...
