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Losing a loved one is a traumatic event. Those who are left behind have several things to deal with, such as learning to live with the loss, settling the decedent's estate, etc. Add one more item to the list:... Continue Reading »

The letter was lingering in my 'stack? and discovered when I was trying, with varying degrees of success, to bring order to my cluttered desk. The table/desk is running over, and during the periodic straightening effort I found the... Continue Reading »

Dear Dr. Graham: I don't think we should try to convert people from one religion to another, because, in spite of our different labels, we all worship the same God. We may call Him by different names and have... Continue Reading »

Many people are looking for something, or someone, to make a difference in their lives. They try to fill an empty void with possessions, power, money and success. They do not recognize that Jesus is the only one who... Continue Reading »

God is at work in the former mill town of Pacolet, just outside of Spartanburg. For the last few years, Brown's Chapel Baptist Church has seen how God is breathing new life into the congregation through baptisms, new ministries,... Continue Reading »

On the eve of the giving of the Law to the nation of Israel, God told the people, through Moses, what He expected of them. Following up on the promises He made to Abraham many years earlier, God reaffirms... Continue Reading »

Don Kirkland, retired editor and president of The Baptist Courier, has been named editor emeritus of the state Baptist paper he served for nearly four decades. At their spring meeting March 1, Courier trustees voted unanimously to bestow the... Continue Reading »

A prominent attorney from Virginia once made a diligent investigation into the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus, asking himself the question: Can any intelligent person believe the resurrection story? After examining the evidence thoroughly, he came away asking... Continue Reading »

If Billy Graham has had a profound influence on your life, we want to hear from you. The famed evangelist will turn 95 in November, but he is not finished preaching yet. On his birthday, Nov. 7, thousands of... Continue Reading »

?Grow in Godliness? has been the theme for this unit of study in 1 Timothy. The term ?godliness? appears four times in the text for this lesson. In the Greek, this word describes an individual who, because of a... Continue Reading »

When Greg and Alice Whitetree first came to the Freeda Harris Baptist Center in eastern Kentucky nearly 30 years ago, they came reluctantly. Now they say they will likely never leave.... Continue Reading »

The 8.6 million who viewed the 2013 season premiere of ?Duck Dynasty? no doubt enjoy family patriarch Phil Robertson's antics, from his unkempt beard to promises of poor hygiene. But the fisherman and duck caller with a master's degree... Continue Reading »