There are around 400,000 churches in the United States and very few of these file any kind of tax return but there are some who think it would be beneficial to congregations if they were brought under the protective wing of the Internal Revenue Service. While I’ve known a couple of IRS folks over the […]
Cancer… Just Another Bump in the Road
by CJ Adkins It’s the thought in the back of every cancer survivor’s mind. What if it comes back? None of us who have come through life threatening battles with cancer want to even think about going down that road again, but sometimes it happens. It appears it has happened to me – again. As […]
George Washington, Political Parties, and Why I Am Now Independent
My wife and I watched the Amazon Prime hagiography on George Washington, “The First American,” guided by the hand of Newt Gingrich, whose political views were imprinted on the show from start to finish. But it was well put-together and demonstrated both the strength of character of George Washington and the unique genius of the […]
Particle physics meets the SBC and other noteworthy items
Clever Voices commenter Karen asks, Does your church culture allow gracious truth-telling and facing real issues & problems? Or are sin issues deemed personal and private, so everyone goes about like free electrons minding their own business rather than as integral, interdependent parts of a living body? Free electrons? You bet there are scads of […]
How to Easily Implement a Baptist Catechism in Your Children’s Ministry
The biggest hole in SBC children’s ministries is the neglect of using a Baptist catechism. How to Easily Implement a Baptist Catechism in Your Children’s Ministry.
If I Could Travel in Time…
Young Dave and Jenni At age 60, with something pretty close to a clean bill of health from my doctor, I have no intentions of dropping out of ministry any time soon. I don’t know if I have five years, or fifteen, or twenty-five left in active ministry. I am planning to keep preaching and […]
An “SBC Voices Miracle”
I will never forget the Tuesday back in late March or early April when my friend, Dr. Janice Galli, called me just after suppertime. I had been sick since I returned from Senegal at the end of February and she finally said it was time to check things out. We ran about 4 million tests […]
Christians Facing Serious Crisis in California (Greg Davidson)
The California Statehouse certainly has the reputation of passing legislation that is extreme and activist against Christians and their Biblical worldview. Recently the Supreme Court struck down AB775, a law passed by the California Assembly and Senate and signed into law by the Governor, that would have forced pro-life clinics to post notices, and tell […]
NAMB establishes an evangelism team
You’ve seen the tweets from NAMB: We are launching a new Evangelism and Leadership team that will equip and mobilize pastors and churches for evangelism. More news coming this weekend on who will be leading.1:30 PM – 10 Aug 2018 Steve Gaines’ Evangelism Task Force recommended that “senior level leadership” be hired in this area. […]
What I Learned from John Bisagno (Dean Stewart)
My week began with the news that John Bisagno, longtime pastor of First Baptist Houston, had died. Knowing that Bro. John lived a long, full life and had honored our Savior all along the way I celebrate his passing. I am certain in glory he echoes God’s Word, “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, […]
Encouragement for Churches?
Statistical data among churches is on an up-swing. Yes, you read that sentence correctly. There are many key statistics that should encourage beleaguered churches and pastors. The focus of this post is a summary of Dr. Thom Rainer’s podcast interview with Tony Morgan, head of The Unstuck Church Group. You can find The Unstuck Group here, […]
Law profs: Cash clergy housing allowance is unconstitutional
A federal district judge has already ruled that the cash housing allowance paid to ministers is unconstitutional (the HA that includes a parsonage is a separate section of the tax code and was not challenged). This is the case brough by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The case is on appeal with the Seventh Circuit […]