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In response to Mr. Reeves? question questioning the need for all the prerequisites for pastors (?Your Views,? Feb. 2), the answer is that it may be because of past experiences with ?men of God.? While many churches do want... Continue Reading »

Since Watergate, we have been inundated with a parade of politicians, entertainers, sports personalities and religious leaders apologizing publicly and seeking redemption for a variety of wrongdoing. It has almost become the norm rather than the exception. I am... Continue Reading »

Emerson Rose Smith spent only 76 days on earth, but during that brief time she touched countless lives, and her experience will likely save other babies in the future.... Continue Reading »

The LifeWay survey on evolution and the age of the earth should wake up believers. Six thousand years was posited because of clear teaching in Genesis. Ussher calculated the creation to be around 4,000 B.C. The millions of years... Continue Reading »

Jesus is the center of our lives, and his presence changes our identity and behavior. Thus, Paul commanded the Colossian believers to put off and kill their old lives (vv. 5 and 8). The old self did whatever it... Continue Reading »

Burk and his wife Sherri want to help the disabled find dignity and independence. With a grant from Baptist Global Response, the Burks opened a welding shop called Hope Haven in Dharan, Nepal, to build tricycles especially designed for... Continue Reading »

Faced with spiritual forces in their own living room, the Yorks had no recourse other than prayer.... Continue Reading »

Let"s be thankful, then, that love does not always require understanding.... Continue Reading »

>Religious organizations opposed to the Obama administration"s contraceptive/abortion mandate may have found another ally in about a dozen state attorneys general who are threatening to file a lawsuit in an attempt to reverse the rule.... Continue Reading »

Michael Catt, senior pastor of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga., spoke to the Florida Baptist Witness about his church"s new movie "Courageous" during a visit to the Pastors" Conference at First Baptist Church in Jacksonville.... Continue Reading »

The Southern Baptist Convention's ethics entity has joined in an effort to strengthen a South Carolina law against cockfighting. Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, appears in a new video produced by the Palmetto Family... Continue Reading »

The Southern Baptist Convention"s benefits entity has joined the growing chorus of evangelical and Roman Catholic voices publicly protesting the Obama administration"s mandate that health insurance plans cover contraceptives, including ones that can cause abortions.... Continue Reading »