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Gym Renovation Enables ‘Healing Through Fitness’ at Connie Maxwell

Connie Maxwell Children’s Ministries offers children a holistic approach to healing from trauma. The MaxFit Health and Wellness program — led by Lauren Boyd, an ACSM-certified personal trainer, in a newly renovated gym — is one way Connie Maxwell... Continue Reading »

Courier Hires New Social Media Manager/Reporter

The Baptist Courier’s staff continues to grow and expand as the historic paper seeks to adapt to present media realities while also laying the foundation for a healthy future in an ever-changing Christian publishing market. Mary Margaret Flook, 21,... Continue Reading »

Want a Miserable Life? Confuse Law and Gospel

What if your church’s elders passed down a fiat that members couldn’t take more than 1,999 steps on the Lord’s Day without facing church discipline? Just one more step would represent a long trip — a no-no on the... Continue Reading »

Biblical Typology: What Is It and Why Do We Need It?

In preaching a sermon a few years ago on Numbers 20, we ran into something known as typology. As it has been variously defined in church history, typology occurs in the Bible when an historical person, event, or institution... Continue Reading »

Christ in All of Scripture: How Do We Understand the OT? Jesus Tells Us on the Road to Emmaus

Jesus gave us an understanding of the Hebrew Scriptures Back in 2018, popular preacher Andy Stanley suggested we need to “unhitch from the Old Testament.” Stanley told his congregation: “Jesus’ new covenant, His covenant with the nations, His covenant... Continue Reading »

Anderson Senior Follies Performs Their 35th Show, “Bucket List” 

Anderson Senior Follies, a premier senior theatre performance organization, has showcased musicians, actors, dancers, comedians, and vocalists for 35 years. They will be performing “Bucket List” from March 7-10 at Anderson University’s Henderson Auditorium. Timmi Jernigan, a Follies member... Continue Reading »

New and Noteworthy Books — January 2024

America’s Book: The Rise and Decline of a Bible Civilization, 1794-1911 (Oxford University) by Mark A. Noll Noll’s exploration of the Bible in American history explains why Tom Paine’s anti-biblical tract “The Age of Reason” (1794) precipitated such dramatic... Continue Reading »

What We Believe About Scripture

Baptist Faith & Message 2000 Article I: The Scriptures The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction. It has God for its... Continue Reading »

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 »