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Dignity for India’s Destitute and Dying

A child died during the night. The next morning, Auto T. Raja lays a clean white sheet on the floor of an empty room in the children's hostel and places the frail, lifeless body on it. He cleans dried... Continue Reading »

Why We Should Rein in Payday Lenders

The debt trap. Millions of Americans are caught up in it. It's easy to get in debt and often very hard to get out. This is especially true if you live on the edge of poverty. People on the... Continue Reading »

Kermit Gosnell and the Gospel

Last week I was typing the name ?Kermit Gosnell,? and my phone auto-corrected the name to ?gospel.? I shuddered momentarily. After all, what could be more contradictory than the name of a notorious abortionist on trial for child murder,... Continue Reading »

CSU’s Beck receives teaching award

Peter Beck, religion professor at Charleston Southern University, has earned the 2013 Excellence in Teaching Award from South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities.... Continue Reading »

South Carolina Showcase for April 25, 2013

A former cottage parent who has maintained strong ties with Connie Maxwell Children’s Home was honored recently at the Greenwood campus on her 90th birthday. Gladese Parsons served as a cottage mother for 29 years on the main campus... Continue Reading »

Crossing Carolina for April 25, 2013

MICHAEL and NATLIE BOYER of Easley will soon move to Cuenca, Ecuador, to begin language and cultural studies in preparation to serve as full-time missionaries to the peoples of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador and Peru. The Boyers are... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Arthur Pruitt Martin Sr.

Arthur Pruitt Martin Sr., 86, of Columbia, died Feb. 25, 2013.... Continue Reading »

Big Creek to celebrate big anniversary

Big Creek Baptist Church, Williamston, will celebrate its 225th anniversary in the coming months, capped with a homecoming service on Aug. 4.... Continue Reading »

Sunday School Lessons: April 28, 2013, Bible Studies for Life

As the title of this lesson says, we will be looking at the blessings of living a life of obedience. The results of disobedience are found in this same chapter. ?Do not make idols ? .? While you may... Continue Reading »

Sunday School Lessons: April 28, 2013, Explore the Bible

Isaac Newton said that, if all the great books of human history could come to life and be gathered in a convention hall, when the Bible walked in the other books would all fall on their faces in reverence.... Continue Reading »

Sunday School Lessons: May 5, 2013, Bible Studies for Life

The lessons this month all relate to extraordinary relationships. For Christians, the most important relationship, and the one that affects all others, is the one we have with Jesus Christ. That one relationship is fundamental and foundational to every... Continue Reading »

Sunday School Lessons: May 5, 2013, Explore the Bible

?Keep on keeping on? is an expression we often use to encourage one another to be faithful. Paul senses that the end of his earthly life is near and it is time to pass the mantle of leadership on... Continue Reading »