JACKSON, Tenn. (BP) — C.S. Lewis in The Problem of Pain says that God often uses the experiences of suffering as a megaphone to awaken us. Suffering and pain, Lewis said, are often the essential means by which God brings…
Wellsprings of centrist evangelicalism
Discussion of the concept of an emerging evangelical center (or some other label for an alternative to the Christian Right) has taken off in recent months — indeed, in recent weeks. Hardly a day goes by without some news article…
FIRST HAND: Persecution continues in India’s Orissa state
Loving greetings in the name of Jesus Christ from the Kandhamal, Orissa, where your brethren are undergoing much persecution and need your prayer and encouragement. The effected brethren are still in fear and despair in their own villages. Several of…
On her own
Virginia Pilcher Provence, pushing 90 at the time, went on her own to the Baptist World Alliance's Centennial Congress in Birmingham, England, in the summer of 2005. She investigated and learned that dorm rooms were available at a college. She…
Thanks for partnership
I am glad to know that you are safely back to home and at your place of work. I do not want to say just a thank you. It is more than that. Your presence, message in the mission week…
Former Virginian shows God’s love in Hell’s Kitchen
NEW YORK — Walking along the streets of New York, Amanda Hambrick is reminded that life can be unfair. She passes people sleeping in doorways and alleys — fixtures of the city's sidewalks — and she asks herself, “How do…
Regain respect by rejecting exclusion, Grisham urges Baptists
ATLANTA (ABP) — The name “Baptist” is not widely respected in America “because for so long so many Baptists have worked so hard to exclude so many,” best-selling author and Baptist layman John Grisham said Jan. 31. Grisham told a…
Fredericksburg church funds Bluefield project
BLUEFIELD — Thanks to a generous donation from Fredericksburg Baptist Church in Fredericksburg, Bluefield College recently completed renovations to a guest cottage on campus. The church offered a $10,000 gift that enabled the college to completely restore the exterior portion…
SECOND OPINION: Torture is the bone caught in America’s throat
It is clear to me that the problem of torture is like a bone caught in our national throat. We can't swallow it, but we can't quite spit it out. And so we are choking on it. The sound of…