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Michael Haykin, professor of church history and biblical spirituality at Southern Baptist Seminary, was the guest speaker March 8 at the Staley Lecture Series on the campus of Charleston Southern University. The event was hosted by the university's religion... Continue Reading »

Dr. Brad Whitt's article raised two concerns: What tool should be used to determine if one is a bona fide (definition: genuine; real) Southern Baptist, and who are the SBC leaders that are leading the convention astray?... Continue Reading »

Encouraged by her pastor, Sunday school teacher Mary Carter wrote lessons for her class on the parables of Jesus that grew into a recently published book, a ?Layman's (Laywoman's) Study of the Parables of Jesus.?... Continue Reading »

I am not young, and I am Southern Baptist. However, I do know that our forefathers are not men like Jerry Vines and Adrian Rogers. Our forefathers are men like Basil Manly Sr., Basil Manly Jr., J.P. Boyce and... Continue Reading »

For Jared and Lacy Taylor, the fall of 2008 seemed full of promise. They were expecting their first child when their season of blessing seemed to slip through their hands. Without warning, they found themselves in a season of... Continue Reading »

I would like to share an experience I witnessed in my Sunday school class last Sunday. It may be able to help family members and loved ones of people serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.... Continue Reading »

Deep Branch Baptist Church, in the Allendale-Hampton Association, celebrated its centennial Feb. 20. The church was organized Feb. 19, 1911, near Cummings.... Continue Reading »

Christians should not ? in fact, must not ? view themselves as 'second-rate? believers because they ?feel defeated in their prayer lives.? ?If you are indwelled by the Holy Spirit and generally seeking to live in obedience to God's... Continue Reading »

If a Christian strives to live for Christ in this life, it is only a matter of time before he suffers persecution. Persecution may come from various sources. A Christian secretary may receive pressure from her boss to alter... Continue Reading »

Joe Mack has joined North Greenville University's Christian Worldview Center as director of public policy, effective Feb. 1. Mack held a similar position with the South Carolina Baptist Convention from 1999 until his retirement in December 2010.... Continue Reading »

Persecution can discourage even the strongest believer. Elijah, Jeremiah, and Paul, among others, each learned this painful truth (1 Kings 19:3-4; Jeremiah 17:15-18 and 18:18-23; 1 Corinthians 2:3; and Acts 18:6-11). Though all were great men of God, their... Continue Reading »

CONCLAVE, a worship and training event for student ministry workers, was held Feb. 3-5 at the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Convention Center and involved several South Carolinians. One-third of all full-time youth workers in South Carolina, as well as many volunteers,... Continue Reading »