It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season…
LEADERSHIP LINK: Are you sure you want to grow?
If deacons were surveyed, they would almost universally say they want people to join their churches. After all, reaching new people is one of our basic tenants as Baptists. We give much effort and even more lipservice to reaching new…
EDITORIAL: The hope of glory vs. the demons within
The music world was stunned by the death of 48-year-old Whitney Houston, whose voice inspired millions with its range and purity. Her greatest hit, arguably, was I Will Always Love You, her version of which became the top hit in…
EDITORIAL: Frappuccino Fellowships
Some Christians suffer actual persecution. Most Americans welcomed the news last year that an “Arab Spring” was sweeping through the Middle East. The governments of Tunisia, Libya and Egypt were overthrown. Governmental changes, some of them major, were affected in…
EDITORIAL: Frappuccino Fellowships
Some Christians suffer actual persecution. Most Americans welcomed the news last year that an “Arab Spring” was sweeping through the Middle East. The governments of Tunisia, Libya and Egypt were overthrown. Governmental changes, some of them major, were affected in…
Leonard installed in Baptist chair at Wake Forest
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Amid academic pageantry, Baptist historian Bill Leonard was officially installed Jan. 24 as the first Dunn Professor of Baptist Studies at Wake Forest University School of Divinity. James Dunn and Bill Leonard recessing after the divinity school’s…
EDITORIAL: Principles are sometimes hard to hold
For Baptists of old, freedom of religious thought and practice was more than an academic hold-over from previous generations. Being sent to jail for proclaiming your beliefs tends to make it personal. To them it was a right granted by…
EDITORIAL: The source of Pewboy’s depression
Pewboy slouched and stared at his blank computer screen. He was attempting the dangerous practice of psychological self-diagnosis when his thoughts were interrupted by his constant companion and friend, Altarego. Altarego: You know, they have come up with incredible speech…
Virginia church helps India seminary start music school
VINTON, Va. — Two years ago, when Chris Monroe visited the Precious Children International Village near Kottayam, India, it was not with the intent of starting a school of music in cooperation with the India Baptist Theological Seminary there. Nevertheless,…