The Baptist Courier

Despite the South Carolina Baptist Convention's nearly $1 million budget shortfall in 2011 ? marking the third consecutive year of dwindling receipts from the convention's 2,100-plus churches ? SCBC executive director-treasurer Jim Austin says he is ?hopefully optimistic? better... 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 »

One of my most vivid memories of childhood is seeing my mom and dad at the kitchen table on Sunday mornings preparing their tithe before we left for church. Through good times and bad, the picture never changed. They... Continue Reading »

?Prayer with Expectancy? kicked off the spring semester at Charleston Southern University Jan. 11.... 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 »

Paul made a statement in verse 24 of this passage that is not easily reconciled with the gospel or Paul's own writings: ?Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up... Continue Reading »

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 »

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 »

When my children were small, my wife took every opportunity to teach fairness. When there was a candy bar to share, one child would get to divide it, but the other one got first choice of the two halves.... 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 »

Last year, more than 111 million people watched Super Bowl XLV to see the Green Bay Packers defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers. That's a lot of people in one place at one time. This year, the NFL has given its... 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 »