The Baptist Courier

Stranger: Which one is yours? Me: The one right there. Haskins No. 44. Stranger (looking at me to make sure I am white): Which one? Me: The black kid right there. Stranger: Oh, really? Awkward silence ensues.... Continue Reading »

It was a miracle as far as Jamie and Kelley Murphy are concerned. Their son, Micah, who is autistic, could not speak until he was 6 years old. He didn't say ?Mama? until he was 11. But at the... Continue Reading »

?When the church is just simply religious and not truly Christian, bad things can happen, such as what happened in Nazi Germany.? Eric Metaxas, speaker for the 17th annual John Hamrick Lectureship, returned to the theme again and again.... Continue Reading »

Most of us have heard the statement, ?We can do more together than we can do on our own.? Our Cooperative Program was founded and guided by this statement for decades, but I wonder how many of us really... Continue Reading »

I believe I speak for thousands of South Carolina Baptists and for our institutions and churches in saying that the Courier has been a blessing and a tool in the hand of God, helping us in so many ways.... Continue Reading »

A name change for the Southern Baptist Convention would be a superficial correction. What needs to be corrected is the image. The Mormons have become the second-fastest growing denomination by doing it. Maybe we need to spend some media... Continue Reading »

If Southern Baptists are willing to compromise on the name of the denomination, what else are they going to compromise on? When you compromise on anything you stand for, it puts into jeopardy everything you stand for. If we... Continue Reading »

I find value in history, and there is much in Southern Baptist history to be proud of. I remember a few years ago that many rural Southern Baptist churches were calling themselves ?Missionary? more so than 'southern.?... Continue Reading »

In the Jan. 5 edition of the Courier, Dr. Jim Austin wrote a piece about ?Employing Evangelistic Events in 2012.? I would like to address the strategy of ?Evangelistic Events? and the North American Mission Board's GPS (God's Plan... Continue Reading »

As I think on Southern Baptists ? my conviction is not a need for a name change, but for us to get back to our roots. Southern Baptists have stood for many things. Mostly, we have been people who... Continue Reading »

We wonder why so many churches are having trouble keeping pastors. By reading the want ads and all the restrictions we put on candidates, we might understand why.... Continue Reading »

I was dismayed to read that 17 percent of those who claim the calling of God in their lives are so unwilling to believe his Word ? specifically, those who do not believe in a literal Adam and Eve... Continue Reading »