From the monthly archives:
…are you the cause? I was reading Ephesians and it said, “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God [do not offend or vex or sadden Him], by Whom you were sealed (marked, branded as God’s own, secured) for the day of redemption.” Eph. 4:30. Preceding that verse there is a list of things [...]
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My family grew up watching Billy Graham specials around the television. The nights that he was preaching were the only nights that the children were allowed to stay up late on a school night. My husband and I have continued that tradition with our own children. If Rev. Graham is on, we watch him. Several [...]
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Les Puryear is not president of the Southern Baptist Convention. He’s just an ordinary pastor who God has been using in an unusual way over the last year to encourage other ordinary pastors. Les is the kind of SBC voice that we want to amplify in the life of the denomination. >> Download Mp3 here [...]
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I was excited to learn about a new podcast for Southern Baptists being produced by the Baptist 21 blog. Their first interview is with SBC president Johnny Hunt is now online, you can listen to it here. Also, I have several original podcast in production for SBC Voices – watch for the first one later [...]
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I am grateful for the strong tradition of social conscience among Southern Baptists. This is seen clearly in nearly every state Baptist convention, NAMB and globally in our World Hunger Fund. It’s even written into our Baptist Faith & Message, in article XV The Christian and the Social Order: All Christians are under obligation to [...]
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In my last post I talked about how we ought to celebrate the diversity within the SBC when it comes to philosophy of ministry. In this second post I am going to talk about the theological diversity of the SBC. Again, we must approach this with great humility. There is always going to be theological [...]
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My family, along with our church, recently participated in an annual song service held by the Atlantic Baptist Association. Each church choir or praise team presented two of their favorite songs as a musical gift to the rest of us. The host church and the association quartet did several specials in between the other groups. Oh, [...]
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