Baptist News Global
Sections
Search Search this site

How can we protect vulnerable members from cyberfraud?

“They stole $77,000. And that was all of my savings.” Her voice was so soft I (Doug) had to lean in to hear her. “I’ve talked with the local police, the FBI and the Federal Trade Commission. The money is...

Analysis

Featured

LEADERSHIP LINK: Larry Leader feels fenced in

Larry Leader has had a rough day at work. He and his construction crew are in the middle of remodeling an old home. Nothing is going smoothly. The old home’s floors aren’t level, its walls aren’t straight and its foundation…

OUT LOUD

 “The other thing I tell people — because in New York it’s like a total catastrophe, it’s an epidemic — I always say always have a prenuptial agreement. But I won’t say that because you people don’t get divorced, right?”…

OPINION: Purifying the source

The recent YouTube clip denigrating Muhammed can’t really be called art or legitimate film in my opinion, but the questions surrounding it about responsibility are particularly interesting to me. What is the responsibility of the artist? I do not believe…

VITAL SIGNS: Boundaries 101

The headlines are relentless. I wince every time I hear of a minister violating sexual or moral boundaries. I listen sadly as clergy describe unrealistic demands placed upon them by their congregation. Over the years I have seen the great…

WINN RECOMMENDS

Noticing God, Richard Peace (IVP) The noise in our world is incessant, relentless. The clamor during November every four years hits a new fever pitch. Amid all the ominous drumbeats, Peace invites us to notice God all around us, in…

HERITAGE: Heap o’ livin’

Edgar Guest, the poet laureate of the common folk in the first half of the last century, said it best in his sentimental verse: “It takes a heap o’ livin’ in a house t’ make it home, a heap of…

EDITORIAL: Celebrating what never happened

Dear Jimmy, Well, it’s Sunday afternoon and I am bone-tired and the cause of my weariness was the big doin’s at our little Bluebell Baptist on Saturday. Jim White You might remember Boney and Vera Mae Taylor who have been…

OPINION: What about the poor?

Jesus said the poor “always” will be with us. Was he talking about all the people who don’t have much money, or just the ones we call the “deserving poor” or the “poor in spirit”? How should Christians treat this…