By Ron Crawford A few days ago, Bill Leonard’s article, “Opinion: Will CBF make it another 20?” was published by Associated Baptist Press. As is always the case, Bill brings wonderful insight to the table; his article inspired me to…
Discernment and holiday giving
By Barry Howard As Christmas approaches, our mailbox seems to be stuffed each day with Christmas cards and requests for money. We love getting Christmas cards and letters. After reading them, my wife displays them around the living room with…
Review: Latest Narnia film worthwhile, if not exactly masterful
From left, Ben Barnes as King Caspian, Skandar Keynes as Edmund Pevensie; and Georgie Henley as Lucy Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. (Walden Media) By Meg Tully Liam Neeson seems to be in…
The ‘myth’ of Christmas
By Jim Denison I live in Dallas, often called the “buckle of the Bible belt.” You can imagine the stir caused by the Dallas-Fort Worth Coalition of Reason when it purchased signs on four Fort Worth city buses: “Millions of…
Making friends, not enemies
By Christopher Robertson Just the other day I made an unexpected friend. We began our conversation with the usual questions – “So, where are you from? What do you do?” We were only two questions in when my new friend…
Will CBF make it another 20?
By Bill Leonard “Will the CBF make it another 20 years?” That question is asked frequently these days as individuals inside and outside the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship consider its future. While the question is sobering, it need not be discouraging….
Giving thanks
By Bill Wilson Healthy Christians are people of gratitude and generosity. That is a clear biblical truth that has been lived out across the years in church history. If the gospel has not penetrated a person’s heart to the point…
Love, your favorite heretic
By Elizabeth Evans Hagan I got a thank-you e-mail the other day from one of my friends who does not regularly attend church. She signed the message: “Love, your favorite heretic.” This is a friend with whom I often talk…
Coming home for Christmas
By David Breckenridge For a lot of us, Christmas is about home. It’s about going home, if home is elsewhere. Its about others coming home, if home is here. It’s about reconnecting with those to whom we are connected —…