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Even though accurate data is unavailable, it is still obvious to many Southern Baptist leaders that bivocational ministry makes up 50 percent or more of our total profile — and it is growing. The statistics don’t show the full... Continue Reading »
In 2002, Barna Research released the results of a poll regarding the use of mass media by American citizens. The results were eye-opening. At the time, 50 percent of adults said they had tuned in to a Christian radio... Continue Reading »
There was a time when Americans associated America with freedom. Today, we have lost touch with the concept of real freedom and have begun to think of it as the right to do as you please rather than the... Continue Reading »
Scripture teaches us that it is good for brothers to dwell together in unity. Different races should be able, by God’s grace, to live with mutual respect for each other. I don’t see racial reconciliation as the goal, but... Continue Reading »
In the wake of Perry Noble’s termination as senior pastor at South Carolina’s largest church, NewSpring Church’s leadership wasted little time extending a call to Clayton King as the interim senior pastor. The move has been lauded by many... Continue Reading »
In 1974, I was working as a young sports writer for the Anderson Independent and was given the assignment to do a full-page feature on Bobby Richardson, head coach of the University of South Carolina’s baseball team. It was... Continue Reading »
Bobby Richardson played baseball for the New York Yankees during the golden years of the dynasty. He retired from baseball at age 31 and shortly thereafter became the first full-time baseball coach at the University of South Carolina, establishing... Continue Reading »
One of Bobby Richardson’s good friends during his playing days with the New York Yankees was the legendary Mickey Mantle. Mantle was an extremely popular player and regarded by many baseball observers as the best switch-hitter ever to play... Continue Reading »
On June 17, 2015, a 21-year-old white man sat for an hour with 14 African-American worshipers in a Wednesday-night Bible study at Charleston’s historic Emanuel AME Church. Suddenly, he pulled out a .45 caliber semi-automatic weapon and began firing.... Continue Reading »
When dads are not present and involved with their children, the negative consequences touch nearly every level of society. Speaking to fathers and their responsibility to disciple their children, Deuteronomy 6:7 says: “You shall teach [God’s truths] diligently to... Continue Reading »
May 8 is Mother’s Day. It had many precursors in American history before Anna Jarvis created it in 1908 and worked to make it a national holiday in 1914. The idea of Mother’s Day creates an array of responses... Continue Reading »
Most of us were shocked when we saw the video of orange-clad Coptic Christians kneeling in their last moments just before being beheaded by ISIS. We were alarmed when we heard about the Muslim terrorist group Boko Haram kidnapping... Continue Reading »
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