The Baptist Courier

Our lesson today focuses on adoption. To develop a proper appreciation for our ?adoption? into God's family, let's get a better understanding of what Paul was talking about when he spoke of ?adoption.? Ray Scott writes, ?Paul is writing... Continue Reading »

A family-owned restaurant in Pennsylvania is under a state discrimination investigation for offering a 10 percent discount for diners who present a church bulletin on Sundays. The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission confirmed there is an investigation against Prudhomme's Lost... Continue Reading »

Conflict in a family often brings about broken relationships, greed, jealousy, selfishness, and other heartaches. Gideon, now called Jerubbaal, had a very large family. A conflict arose from the selfishness and greed of Abimelech, his son by a slave... Continue Reading »

In 2000, while a student at the College of Charleston, Brandon Bowers experienced Christ for the first time and committed himself to serving wherever God might use him. ? On Aug. 1, Bowers will leave behind a thriving ministry... Continue Reading »

Lois Jane Kilgore started life on this earth just on the next ridge from where she ended it. She came and went in the very same bed (when Granny Kilgore died in 1963, mom got the ancient high-poster bed,... Continue Reading »

I could sense that something was stirring in my husband's heart a few years ago. It was evident in his preaching. I could hear it in his voice. The pieces came together when Ben asked me to pray about... Continue Reading »

London's Borough of Harrow, located in the northwest corner of the city, is an important suburb known for education and industry, and it is one of the city's top 10 office centers. It is also available for adoption through... Continue Reading »

The U.S. trials for the London 2012 Summer Olympics are showcasing not only premier athletic talent but also faith. Many team hopefuls have been pointing to the heavens and citing their reliance on God.... Continue Reading »

Recently, I had to take a taxi to catch an early morning flight. At the ridiculous hour of 4:15 a.m., the driver was unfortunately quite chatty. After discovering I lead a ministry to pastors? wives, he asked me, with... Continue Reading »

At the midpoint of the fiscal year, contributions through the Cooperative Program continue to run ahead of budgeted goals for the South Carolina Baptist Convention, although giving slowed in June.... Continue Reading »

Although it may not look like it from the streets of Upstate South Carolina ? where there seems to be a church on every street corner ? the church in America is declining in proportion to the population. Gallup... Continue Reading »

John Boyers? gig at the Summer Olympics might seem sensational until you see his normal digs. His ?office? ? the home of the Manchester United football (soccer) club ? is nicknamed the Theatre of Dreams. For 20 years, he's... Continue Reading »