by Jon Kuhrt | Dec 13, 2013 | Opinion
Last Lent I took a break from Facebook, Twitter and blogging. It did me good. I like to think that I am not addicted to social media, but there is no doubt that checking updates, posting comments and engaging in discussions take up time and mental space. My...
by Larry Greenfield | Dec 13, 2013 | Opinion
We have to assume, I think, that they didn’t come as a cohort – the Pharisees and Sadducees, that is. Just some, maybe only a few, of each group appeared out there in the wilderness of Judea, where John the Baptizer was dipping people in the Jordan River – those...
by Lucas Land | Dec 12, 2013 | Opinion
As I wade into Advent, the days of waiting, expectation and longing, I think about Mary, the mother of Jesus. I have been reflecting on Mary’s reaction to Gabriel’s announcement about the conception of her son in Luke 1:26-38 and have been influenced by...
by Larry Eubanks | Dec 12, 2013 | Opinion
We don’t normally think of babies as dangerous, and certainly not the baby Jesus, but that’s exactly how Matthew portrays him. He’s a dangerous baby, a threat to the most powerful man on earth at the time – the Roman Emperor, Caesar Augustus. True,...
by Wissam al-Saliby | Dec 12, 2013 | Opinion
A few weeks ago, I had driven a woman and her children to my church service. She had escaped to Lebanon from a North African country following persecution. She had come to faith in Jesus Christ and became a Christian, but her family could not accept this. On the way...
by Israel Olofinjana | Dec 11, 2013 | Opinion
In recent years, London has been blessed with many new Baptist churches, which have brought fresh energy, cultural diversity and bore much fruit. Many have members who have come from a Pentecostal or charismatic background and have a different attitude toward the...
