Thank you for your article, “A Life Conceived Through Rape Is Still Worth Saving.” It really describes my life also. I was born in Penn Yan, N.Y. My birth mother was also raped. When she found out she was pregnant, she tried to commit suicide and she wanted an abortion, but God had other plans […]
Letter: Thanks for recognizing social workers
I wanted to express my appreciate for an article in the August 2021 edition of The Baptist Courier, “The Unsung Hero of the Hospital” by Edwin Leap, M.D. I have spent most of my career in hospice social work and counseling, and his thoughtful reflections about the role of the medical social worker are so […]
Letter: More Grace and Humility Needed
Once again, I found myself sitting in worship privately grieving that the pastor of the church would give his forced resignation at the end of the service. Please, God, not again! While the secular world “fires” people, I do not give up hope that His Church will do this differently. After all, this pastor was […]
Letter: Tenn. editor sends congratulations
As a native of South Carolina, I can remember The Baptist Courier coming into our home. I didn’t realize the significance then, but as I grew older and became a journalist myself, I realized the importance of the state paper. God called me into Christian journalism and I worked at both North Greenville College (which […]
Letter: We want to be an Acts 1:8 church
A couple of months ago, a retired minister filled in for our pastor. He began his message with a review of the differences he had seen between the 1950s and 1960s and now. He remembered how, during the ’50s and ’60s, people were being saved in most churches each week, and there was a lot […]
Letter: Upstate church sharing historical info
Standing Springs Baptist Church in Simpsonville will be 200 years old on Oct. 18 of this year. Individuals may have a connection to our church and not realize it. If they had a family in the area in the 1800s and early 1900s, it is very possible they were a part of our church. We […]
Letter: Spiritual Power of Congregational Singing
Thank you for the “Last Word” column, “The Power of Congregational Singing” (October 2017). Your words are timely and so needed in our churches. We have focused on the “up front” worship leaders and teams and have forgotten the spiritual power of God’s people singing to glorify God. I have placed my order for “Sing!” […]
Letter: Is ‘Nashville Statement’ necessary?
I just read the Nashville Statement and I agree with its 14 articles. I simply ask: Why is this necessary? In June 1997, the Southern Baptist Convention (the denomination to which I belong), voted to boycott Disney — its theme parks, its films, and its TV channel (they own ABC and ESPN). How’s that working? […]
Letter: Eclipse a Beautiful Gift from God to the World He Loves
Like everyone else in South Carolina, I was staring into the mid-afternoon dusky sky on Monday, Aug. 21. The Great American Eclipse was a remarkable and awe-inspiring event. That evening, as I listened to the news commentators share people’s reactions to the eclipse, I was disappointed that nobody gave credit to God for the heavenly […]
Letter: Biblical truth leads to healthier churches
I just read Rudy Gray’s article, “The Importance of Biblical Truth” (April 2017). Amen, amen! In many churches, what brings in the crowds is often emphasized more than spiritual health. Some of our advertisements for conferences are overtly about how to increase baptisms rather than how to reach souls destined for eternity without God. I […]