Don Kirkland

Last week, an important packet came in the mail to my wife and me from our church, Earle Street in Greenville. It contained a copy of the 2009 budget approved by the congregation and commitment cards to be returned... Continue Reading »

In Matthew's gospel, as part of his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said to his followers, ?You are the light of the world.? Our Lord could not have paid Christians a higher compliment. For he also said in John's... Continue Reading »

A Defining Moment, the philanthropic initiative of LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville 'to touch the nations for Jesus Christ,? held its third annual meeting Oct. 9 at the Westin Poinsett Hotel in downtown Greenville.... Continue Reading »

In this edition of The Baptist Courier, most of our readers will meet for the first time a new columnist, Edwin Leap, who practices emergency medicine in the Upstate and is a deacon and Sunday school teacher at College... Continue Reading »

The campaign for the White House is picking up steam. The November deadline is drawing closer, and as it does, the term ?attack dog(s)? has come into wider use by the media. The term describes the often hostile attacks... Continue Reading »

Two Southern Baptist Convention entities ? the North American Mission Board and the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission ? have issued a joint call for Southern Baptists to pray for repentance, revival and spiritual renewal in our nation.... Continue Reading »

The August edition of Church Staff Digest published by the South Carolina Baptist Convention emphasizes in its lead article that building the kingdom of God is a 'team sport? and that ?everything rises and falls on leadership.?... Continue Reading »

During our 41 years of marriage, my wife Linda and I had suffered few illnesses of any kind and none that affected both of us at the same time. I say had. Now we have.... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptists always have dreamed large, and we are no different today. The new North American Mission Board's national evangelism initiative, ?God's Plan for Sharing,? attests to our denomination's tenacity in keeping the spread of the gospel at the... Continue Reading »

In his book with the provocative title, ?Jesus Mean and Wild,? Mark Galli provides a portrait of Jesus whose personality has its sharp edges.... Continue Reading »

When the Boeing 747 cargo plane lifted off the runway of Charlotte's Douglas International Airport carrying 90 tons of emergency aid from Samaritan's Purse to cities in China devastated by the recent earthquake, no one was more pleased with... Continue Reading »

The headline in my hometown newspaper, The Greenville News, immediately caught my eye and just as quickly gained my undivided attention. ?Autobiographical memory haunts woman? was the headline above the article on May 13.... Continue Reading »