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Our theme for the 2016 South Carolina Baptist Convention is Launch Out! This is based on Luke 5, where Jesus told Peter to launch out into the deep. When Christ saw a need, He acted. He was willing not... Continue Reading »
After an elementary teacher taught a science lesson on magnets, she gave her students a quiz to see how much they had learned. One of the questions read, “My name starts with M. I have six letters and I... Continue Reading »
About 300 years ago, George Whitefield and John Wesley led a great Evangelical Awakening in the United Kingdom. However, last month, on a study-abroad trip to England and Scotland, I was reminded of the need for change within churches... Continue Reading »
I remember my first try at reading through the Old Testament. The ancient text was a very different world from what I had expected. Its stories, poems and seemingly endless list of names proved hard to master and comprehend.... Continue Reading »
The salvation we have by God’s grace through faith in Jesus Christ is supernatural, but it is not merely something we add to our lives along with many other things — it is Jesus. It begins with the new... Continue Reading »
It seems increasingly as if the names of diseases originate from science fiction novels. This is certainly the case with one of our latest concerns, the Zika virus. First described in Uganda in 1947 and named for a forest... Continue Reading »
“I made that when I was a youngster,” my friend Marie said as we talked in the aisle of the supermarket where I had gone to buy ingredients for Joyce Tonroy’s Ugly Duckling Cake. The supermarket aisles are my... Continue Reading »
Last night I experienced a first on social media. A person claiming to follow Jesus Christ questioned my salvation. This individual did not know me nor anything about my beliefs — other than the fact that I differed with... Continue Reading »
Predictable. Routine. These words defined Simon and Andrew’s lives. They were working in the family fishing business, and every night they would attempt to catch enough fish to feed their family. On this particular night, they didn’t have much... Continue Reading »
Thinking Christians agree that believers are targeted by terrorists, threatened by political agendas and mocked by special interest groups. Increasingly, Christians are told to “have moments of silence rather than pray in Jesus’ name” or “go hang your commandments... Continue Reading »
Most of us gain a little weight over the holidays. Last year my New Year’s resolution was to lose some weight. Like most people, the second week of a diet is the easiest — because by then I’m off... Continue Reading »
Is Jesus the only Savior? Are there many paths to God and to salvation? These questions raise the issue of religious pluralism — the idea that all religions, at least the ethical ones, lead to God and salvation. Often... Continue Reading »
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