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Charleston Southern breaks records again with Christmas shoeboxes

Charleston Southern University has packed the most Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes of any college or university in the nation for the fifth year in a row, with a total of 13,601 boxes in 2023. “Every area of campus participated... Continue Reading »

Five Reasons You Should Read Through the Bible This Year

I vividly recall two pivotal conversations with pastors shortly after I surrendered to gospel ministry in the late-1990s. The conversations were pivotal because in them I was exposed to two divergent approaches to ministry, and the Lord used them... Continue Reading »

Bible Reading Plans and Tips

How a person approaches reading through the Bible will vary from person to person, depending on their daily schedule and personality. Some will want to read the Old Testament from Genesis to Malachi and the New Testament Matthew to... Continue Reading »

Grace and Truth: Read Through the Bible With Us in 2024

I was recently asked what one thing had most spurred my spiritual growth over the years. The answer was easy: I read the Bible every day, and I read it in its entirety every year, and it’s a non-negotiable... Continue Reading »

Peace on Earth and Mercy Mild: A Reflection on Our Glorious Hope

Dr. Viktor Frankl was an Austrian psychiatrist who lived as a prisoner in Auschwitz and other concentration camps during World War II. Dr. Frankl experienced unspeakable horror during his years of captivity, yet during that time he was able... Continue Reading »

CSU announces tuition promise program, first private university in S.C. to cover tuition

Charleston Southern University announced the launch of Buc Promise, a new renewable scholarship for Pell-eligible South Carolina residents with a minimum 3.5 high school GPA. The only private university in South Carolina making this tuition guarantee, Charleston Southern will... Continue Reading »

New and Noteworthy Books: December 2023

God’s Not Done with You: Encouragement from the Bible’s Greatest Comeback Stories (Good Book Company) by John Meador We all experience setbacks and disappointments in life. Sometimes those setbacks become entire seasons of life. Businesses fail, relationships falter, discouragement... Continue Reading »

Grace and Truth: Thank You, Lord, for Another Year of Preserving Grace

I clicked on her Facebook page with eager anticipation of seeing her husband again — an old friend — and their two children, now grown and likely with families of their own. Our two families had been among the... Continue Reading »

2023 SCBC Resolutions

APPRECIATION WHEREAS the messengers of the 2023 annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention have once again enjoyed the generosity of the staff and members of Shandon Baptist Church; and WHEREAS Hebrews 12:28 says, “Therefore let us be... Continue Reading »

Lost people facing hell is the world’s greatest problem, Chitwood tells SCBC

The digital numbers on the video screen counted upward in half-second intervals like an out-of-control speedometer: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, as IMB President Paul Chitwood preached from Revelation 20 before messengers of the 203rd annual South Carolina Baptist Convention... Continue Reading »

New and Noteworthy Books: November 2023

Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age (Crossway) by Rosaria Butterfield Modern culture is increasingly outspoken against a biblical understanding of what it means to be a woman. Even some Christians, swayed by the LGBTQ+ movement, have rejected God’s Word... Continue Reading »

Uncomfortable Grace on Stormy Seas

The phrase “uncomfortable grace” may be unfamiliar to you — as it was to me — but that doesn’t mean we haven’t experienced it. In the past few weeks, I’ve become increasingly aware of its presence upholding us in... Continue Reading »