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This Bible study appears in Baptist Press each Thursday in a partnership with LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.... Continue Reading »

Since Christmas falls on Sunday this year for the first time since 2005, some churches have decided to close their doors that morning.... Continue Reading »

Public schools throughout New York, Vermont, and Connecticut (the states under jurisdiction of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit) can refuse to let churches meet in their facilities on weekends ... even if they still extend... Continue Reading »

Great Commission equals greater stewardship ? this summarizes the heart of the GCR report. Like most South Carolina Baptist Convention pastors, I say amen to that. Our institutions have been called to give. Our churches have been called to... Continue Reading »

Believe the unbelievable. Sometimes that is what obedience to God demands. It challenges us to face fears that are overwhelming and to trust God. We celebrate the coming of Christmas with joy and expectation. The experience was different for... Continue Reading »

The study found that 44 percent of Americans indicate knowing a church is Southern Baptist would negatively impact their decision to visit or join the church; 36 percent say it would have no impact; and 10 percent say it... Continue Reading »

Talk to Army chaplain (Col.) Brent Causey long enough and you?ll learn his ultimate hero is not Gen. David Petraeus, retired commander of forces in Afghanistan, now CIA director and his boss as they served in the war-torn country... Continue Reading »

The head of the federal health department has surprisingly rebuffed a plan by a subsidiary to permit the sale on store shelves of a "morning-after" pill that can cause abortions.... Continue Reading »

Faith Hill. Steve Jobs. Babe Ruth. They all have one thing in common. They were adopted. There are an estimated 107,000 children and youth waiting in the United States? foster-care system to be adopted, according to the U.S. Department... Continue Reading »

My wife and I love to decorate our house with nativities and even put one in our yard. They are all wrong because they depict the Magi at the stable when Jesus was born. Matthew 2 begins, ?Now after... Continue Reading »

Healing takes time. That is especially true with life-dominating addictions. Proverbs 20:1 states, ?Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is intoxicated by it is not wise.? The truth of God's Word is often confirmed by... Continue Reading »

Though their circumstances have hardened them, the same difficulties that drove these women to prostitution -- loneliness, hunger, poverty and desperation -- are also drawing them to the Gospel.... Continue Reading »