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Sometimes it's tough to concentrate during the Lord's Supper. Our minds tend to multi-task or even to zone-out when we sit in silence, during our safe, predictable observances of this ordinance. At the Lord's Supper (the real, actual one),... Continue Reading »

Americans are split on whether homosexual behavior is a sin, and many do not appreciate if a church teaches it is sinful, according to a recent survey conducted by LifeWay Research.... Continue Reading »

Chuck Colson, the former White House ?hatchet man? who became a modern-day prophet, was the first in the Nixon administration to be incarcerated for Watergate charges. He became an evangelical leader, author of 30 books, cultural philosopher, founder of... Continue Reading »

Sarah Edwards, wife of 18th century preacher Jonathan Edwards, wrote to her daughter shortly after her husband's death: ?What shall I say? A holy and good God has covered us with a dark cloud. O that we may kiss... Continue Reading »

The LifeWay Glorieta Conference Center is being offered for $1 to the Baptist Convention of New Mexico, according to both LifeWay and state convention leaders.... Continue Reading »

Jesus is being taken to the hill where He will be crucified. Completely undeserving of death, He is to be executed along with two others. Jesus has been sentenced to death unjustly. He has committed no punishable offense. Further,... Continue Reading »

Nearly eight in 10 Protestant pastors strongly disagree that eternal life can be obtained through religions other than Christianity, according to a survey by LifeWay Research.... Continue Reading »

A moment is a very short period of time, an instant. It can be a definite period or a point of time. Compared to eternity, moments are almost nothing. Compared to life, they are small and pass quickly. However,... Continue Reading »

He was comparatively small by height and weight, never made it beyond sixth grade, never owned a new vehicle and worked on an ice cream truck until he retired at 72. My paternal grandfather built a legacy, but not... Continue Reading »

Acting upon a recommendation from its properties committee, the South Carolina Baptist Convention's Executive Board unanimously approved a recommendation for the appointment of a task force to exercise an exchange of property, paving the way for a new Baptist... Continue Reading »

?Jesus: To the Neighborhood and the Nations? is the theme for the Southern Baptist Convention's June 19-20 annual meeting in New Orleans, SBC president Bryant Wright has announced. Drawn from Luke 24:47-48, the theme is worded to convey the... Continue Reading »

Prayer is a learned response to needs and problems. Our human inclination is to worry and stew, not to pray. We analyze, obsess, and try to tiptoe, maneuver, or steamroll our way through our difficulties. If we can get... Continue Reading »