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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 »

Summit Helps Students ‘Catch a Glimpse of God’s Glory’

Event encourages participation in the Great Commission Seeing God’s glory inspires obedience to the Great Commission. Many students caught that vision by attending Summit. Summit is a four-day missions and evangelism intensive that encourages mature high school students to... 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 »

Stories of faithfulness highlight WMU board meeting

From Alaska to Maine, nearly 200 missions leaders from across the country gathered on Missionary Ridge in Birmingham for WMU’s January board meeting, Jan. 6-8. Sandy Wisdom-Martin, executive director of national WMU, said often when you hear mission speakers,... 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 »

Election year expected to impact legislatures as pro-life advocacy continues

Tony Beam, a policy consultant with the South Carolina Baptist Convention, had not been able to enter the room for the overflow on the South Carolina Legislature’s opening day as a subcommittee considered a bill to protect minors from... Continue Reading »

Legislative Update: 2024 Legislative Session Preview

The 2024 legislative session will begin Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. As we look to the beginning of the session, there are several bills I will be monitoring as the session moves forward. Before we dive into some of the... Continue Reading »

SCBaptist Unveils Historic 10×10 Plan

On Dec. 7, 2023, the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention voted unanimously and enthusiastically to release $10 million in unrestricted cash assets into the mission and ministry model of the convention over a 10-year period. The... 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 »

A Conversation with Our New President

Wes Church, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Columbia for the past five years, assumed the role of president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention following the annual meeting in November. He will preside at next year’s annual... 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 »