by Trevor Barton | Jan 10, 2012 | Opinion
Every school day just after 2 p.m., Sandra pushes her cart into my classroom to clean the bathroom and empty the trash cans. She is the school custodian, and my students love her. When students hear her squeaky wheels in the hallway outside our door, they listen for...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 9, 2012 | Opinion
The Barna Group has released a new study on what church attenders say they get out of the experience, and folks who plan worship could profit from giving it a look. Church should be about relating to God, right? The survey found that 66 percent of respondents said...
by Robert Parham | Jan 9, 2012 | Opinion
Southern Baptist Convention and Baptist World Alliance leaders met Dec. 19, 2011, eight years to the day that an SBC committee recommended that the SBC withdraw membership in and defund the BWA. A BWA press release said the recent meeting was a follow-up to a 2004...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 7, 2012 | Opinion
By John Pierce My entry into blogging a couple of years ago was primarily a push from Bruce Gouley, the online editor for Baptists Today. Another friend and colleague, Tony Cartledge, was less reluctant. Soon, however, I found a groove and Tony (my blogging partner)...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 6, 2012 | Opinion
I learned from Associated Baptist Press (since I no longer receive unsolicited review copies) that LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention has published a two-volume Bible commentary (for the Old and New Testaments) that’s marketed to...
by Bill Wilson | Jan 6, 2012 | Opinion
If there is one recurring theme to the conversations I have regularly with clergy, lay leaders and denominational employees, it is viability. In a myriad of ways, people are asking viability questions about ministry, congregational life, finances, staff models,...
