by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 12, 2014 | Opinion
It’s hard to go wrong when you get to spend half a day in Jerusalem and the other half in Bethlehem, as a group of traveling friends and supporters of Baptists Today learned today. We began with a visit to the Mount of Olives, where we could tax our camera...
by David Fitch | Nov 12, 2014 | Opinion
Why has following in “the way of Jesus” become a more popular descriptor of Christian discipleship than “following Jesus?” How did this happen and why? I’ve heard the phrase “the way of Jesus” used by people on all sides of...
by Alistair Brown | Nov 12, 2014 | Opinion
In a season of thanksgiving, am I the only one who finds it hard to be thankful for all things? Of course, I have plenty for which I am thankful. Some are big things – my salvation through Christ, my family, my calling, my colleagues, and food on my plate at mealtime....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 11, 2014 | Opinion
Friends and supporters of Baptists Today traveling in Israel and the West Bank worked their way from old to oldest today. We began with a stop at two relatively new churches (less than 100 years old) built over older sanctuaries or traditional sites. The German Church...
by Molly T. Marshall | Nov 11, 2014 | Opinion
The Gospel of Matthew devotes several chapters to Jesus’ prophecies and warnings about the coming reign of God. In Matthew 25:1-13, there is an amusing story of a late bridegroom, wise young women who had prepared for the unexpected, five who had not, and the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 10, 2014 | Opinion
Lucky (and still healthy) folks traveling in Israel and the West Bank with Baptists Today spent their last full day in the Galilee with a roundhouse road trip that began with such a traffic jam a half hour out that our driver made a skillful U-turn that took us...
