The Baptist Courier

?Blessed is the man ?? (Psalm 1:1). When January comes around each year, I love to read and meditate on Psalm 1. The reason for this is simply that I want to receive God's blessings. In this psalm, we... Continue Reading »

According to a poll conducted on USA Today's website, 80 percent of Americans will make at least one New Year's resolution. But research indicates that many of those setting New Year's goals will have broken them by March.... Continue Reading »

Even before Gary and I were married, we had decided that if and when we had children, I would 'stay at home? for the first few years. God did bless us with two daughters, and I did resign my... Continue Reading »

Frank Page, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, is asking Southern Baptists to repent of their 'self sufficiency? and plead with God for a spiritual revival during 2007. He also is calling upon the convention to seek reconciliation over... Continue Reading »

Big Barnacles. The name doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Megabalanus coccopoma. It's a barnacle. A big barnacle. Native to the seas off the Pacific coast, from southern California to South America, this bulky crustacean was recently discovered invading... Continue Reading »

John Richard McDuffie, of Aiken, a retired Baptist minister who helped start an equestrian ministry in South Carolina, died Dec. 24, 2006. He was 73.... Continue Reading »

Through their Cooperative Program gifts, South Carolina Baptist churches have exceeded the 2006 state convention budget goal of $32,150,000.... Continue Reading »

Kenneth A. Fugate, 66, of Easley, a pastor and church planter with the North American Mission Board, died Jan. 4, 2007, at Greenville Memorial Hospital.... Continue Reading »

Scholarships for South Carolina Baptist college/university and seminary students pursuing a church-related vocation are available through the state convention's collegiate ministry group.... Continue Reading »

First Baptist Church, Ridgeway, in cooperation with Southern Baptist Seminary Extension and Columbia Metro Baptist Association, will offer seminary courses beginning Feb. 5.... Continue Reading »

South Carolinians were among those receiving degrees at Southern and Southeastern seminaries during Dec. 15 commencements.... Continue Reading »

The headline on this week's column might lead one to believe I was talking about the practice of receiving gifts and filling stockings with fruit during the Christmas season. However, while those are wonderful parts of the Christmas season,... Continue Reading »