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Outside the Walls – by Lee Clamp

?Can I talk to you?? asked Lindsey with tears in her eyes. She was a teenager who approached me following one of the worship services at Summersalt, a student camp sponsored by the Cooperative Program of the South Carolina... Continue Reading »

Sunday Dinner: Crisp Pickle Slices

If I were not a Christian (which I am) and if I believed in reincarnation (which I don’t), I would want to come back as a rich woman’s cat. I would sleep most of the day on her bed... Continue Reading »

Next for U.S. archers: fall weddings

"I want to be able to turn the devotion and the commitment that I"ve had to archery fully into my family and my marriage," Nichols said.... Continue Reading »

Aurora victim: God’s light outshines dark

In the aftermath of the Aurora, Colo., theater massacre, an injured victim stands out as a beacon of forgiveness. He is Pierce O?Farrill, one of 58 moviegoers injured July 20 when a heavily armed masked gunman, now in police... Continue Reading »

Baptist group pulls ‘weeds of injustice’ from Jewish cemetery

His hands trembled when Benjamin* saw a letter his son-in-law received, stamped with the letterhead of the government offices of Paris? fourth administrative district. In fact he trembled all over, so much that he had to sit down. It... Continue Reading »

Chick-fil-A Day: Thousands pack restaurants to show support

"Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day," as organizer Mike Huckabee called it, may have been more successful than even he envisioned.... Continue Reading »

D.C. late-term abortion ban fails in House

In a roll call Tuesday (July 31), the House voted 220-154 for the District of Columbia Pain-capable Unborn Child Protection Act, but fell short of the two-thirds majority required for passage.... Continue Reading »

ERLC’s Land announces retirement effective Oct. 2013

Richard Land, who led the transformation of the Southern Baptist Convention"s ethics entity during the denomination"s conservative resurgence, has announced he will retire next year after a quarter of a century of service as its head.... Continue Reading »

550,000-plus ready for Wed.’s ‘Chick-fil-A Day’

More than 550,000 people have signed up on Facebook to take part in Wednesday"s Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, an event that has no official ties to the company.... Continue Reading »

Luter: Graham excited about future of SBC

Graham was really excited about the future of the Southern Baptist Convention, and he was real excited that the convention had elected an African American president," Luter said.... Continue Reading »

In London, Ohioans & Ethiopian church partner

(Terri) Frasure is one of 11 volunteers from churches in the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio ministering in London as the city hosts the Olympics.... Continue Reading »

State church amid ‘snow-white missions field’

There"s no separation of church and state. This is seen as a blessing by some and as a curse by others, Baker said.

She chooses to see it as a blessing.... Continue Reading »