Don Kirkland

German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in his ?Letters and Papers from Prison? that it is 'so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others.? The single purpose of... Continue Reading »

I always will have a tender spot in my heart for Kenya and its people. For four years, the South Carolina Baptist Convention had a missions partnership with the Baptists in that African nation. In the summer of 1996... Continue Reading »

I am grateful for the places of service I have been given for most of my years on earth and for just about all of my professional life. And for a career in denominational service that has satisfied, inspired... Continue Reading »

How busy are you each day? I know how many of you ? and maybe most of you ? will answer that question. So many things to do. So many places to be. So many people to meet. It... Continue Reading »

Moses was chosen for the major human role of liberator and lawgiver in God's great drama of deliverance of his Hebrew people out of bondage in Egypt. His story as recounted in the Old Testament book of Exodus still... Continue Reading »

In 1995, the Southern Baptist Convention voted yes to a reconciliation resolution. It expressed sorrow for the convention's racial origin and past. It also contained a promise to seek reconciliation. Fred Luter, pastor of the Franklin Avenue Baptist Church... Continue Reading »

The 1970s hit musical ?Godspell? presented the story of Jesus in a lively and contemporary way that resonated with an entire generation of young people, many of whom had drifted away from organized religion. The struggle to somehow separate... Continue Reading »

I recently taught a Sunday school lesson on John 14:6. In that verse, Jesus responded to Thomas, ?I am the way, the truth and the life.? But what prompted this declaration by Jesus?... Continue Reading »

The Taylors Free Medical Clinic ? born in the hearts of community leaders who had been actively engaged in international medical missions work for years, primarily through the highly successful Mo-Med ministry of Taylors First Baptist Church ? held... Continue Reading »

?Oh, the Places You?ll Go.? That book title registers with many younger, and even older, readers. It is the name of the last Dr. Seuss book published before the renowned author's death. It came out in 1990. Our daughter... Continue Reading »

Incidents of bullying ? primarily in the nation's elementary, middle and high schools, and too often with tragic results ? are getting much needed media attention these days as this escalating menace tears at the fabric of our educational... Continue Reading »

Recently a band of Baptist pastors and laity from South Carolina introduced themselves to national pastors and other Christian workers in Delhi, India, on a ?discovery? visit to that nation's capital city, which is home to 30 million people.... Continue Reading »