The Baptist Courier

Bodies of the deceased are carefully washed, then wrapped in preparation ? not for burial, but for burning. Dozens each day are ceremonially prepared, then consumed by the flames of the local outdoor crematorium fires. Belief in countless incarnations... Continue Reading »

According to Time magazine online, researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Arizona gathered census data in nine countries ? Australia, Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland ? and found a... Continue Reading »

John 20:10-18 records the first encounter between the risen Lord Jesus and a human, Mary Magdalene. When she sees Jesus, she cries out, 'teacher,? and then clings to him. More than 2,000 years later, people are still encountering the... Continue Reading »

Paul Jimenez, pastor of Taylors First Church, has been named chairman of the Resolutions Committee for the June 14-15 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Phoenix. Jimenez was appointed by SBC president Bryant Wright, who also named the other... Continue Reading »

A former World Series MVP and an All-American college football player will be on hand May 12 for a ?Go to Bat for Children? event at Fluor Field in Greenville to raise awareness and support for Connie Maxwell Children's... Continue Reading »

Adrian Rogers once said, ?If you are wrong about Jesus, it doesn't matter what else you are right about.? Believers must grasp essential truths about the Lord Jesus Christ to give a ready defense against heresy. Chapter one of... Continue Reading »

It was a secret Ishaq* held close for 13 years ? one that caught journeyman missionary Craig Evans* by surprise when the young man revealed it. In 2007, Evans began visiting a Central Asian village where he befriended Ishaq.... Continue Reading »

The fifth annual Christian Worldview Conference at North Greenville University, held March 21-23 and sponsored by the school's Christian Worldview Center, featured speakers, breakout sessions and music.... Continue Reading »

?Why are you crying?? That is an unusual question to ask at a graveside. Yet, that is the question Mary was asked twice on Resurrection Sunday morning. Mary did not believe Jesus was going to rise from the dead.... Continue Reading »

Over spring break, North Greenville University sent six student mission teams to points across the globe. ?We had teams in Ecuador, Mexico, Greece, Israel, Thailand, and Romania,? said Allen McWhite, director of global missions at NGU.... Continue Reading »

  Myanmar quake claims Baptist worshippers A three-day Baptist meeting in eastern Myanmar turned fatal March 24 when an earthquake struck near the Laos and Thailand border. Twenty-three people were killed and 50 others injured when a Baptist church... Continue Reading »

Paul Callicutt Sr., 90, of the Colston community near Bamberg, died March 15, 2011. He served in active pastoral ministry for 53 years.... Continue Reading »