‘He taught the Bible every Sunday from World War II to COVID’

Guest Editorial for September 15, 2005 By Lacy Thompson If there is a word for what has happened in New Orleans-and elsewhere along the Gulf Coast-during the last 10 days or so, only God knows it. It does not exist…

Heritage Column for September 15, 2005 By Fred Anderson History is full of persons whom you might have known if you had lived during their time. Dear Readers, if you had lived a century ago and had been active in…

Thanks to Virginia Baptists I just wanted to write a brief note from here on the island of Manhattan to thank the Virginia Baptist Mission Board and all Virginia Baptists for their support of collegiate ministry in the Northeast and…

Horizons Column for September 22, 2005 By Bob Dale 2005 will go down in history as a “bookend” year, a year bounded by two massive crises-the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. Amid such horrific human needs, our faith is always…

Heritage Column for September 22, 2005 By Fred Anderson Land of our birth, O gem of God's earth, O Island so strong and so fair; Built firm as Barool, Thy throne of Home Rule Makes us free as thy sweet…

Editorial for September 22, 2005 By Jim White Some of you have been kind enough to ask if I've heard recently from my fictional Aunt Ida, WMU director extraordinaire from Bluebell Baptist, and Uncle Orley, a deacon. It so happens…

Another View for September 29, 2005 By Christopher Harbin Her name is Maria, but that was a while in coming. I tried to talk with her, but was unable to communicate at first. She did not expect Spanish to come…

Heritage Column for September 29, 2005 By Fred Anderson For a century or so the word “sabbatical” has meant “absence from duty for the purposes of study and travel.” Even earlier there was the connotation that it referred to an…

Editorial for September 29, 2005 By Jim White In his preface to The Shepherd of the Hills, Harold Bell Wright wrote, “In the hills of life there are two trails. One lies along the higher sunlit fields where those who…