Altarego: Hey, Pewboy, look at the mess you’re making. Pewboy: I know, but it’s got to be done. I don’t know why calendars have to designate a day to clean out our fireplaces, but there it is plain as day:…
EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida tells Bluebell to focus
Dear Jimmy, Since you know all about Bluebell Baptist and some of the tricks we’ve pulled through the years, you won’t be surprised by this letter except in how it ends. It all started when Brother Bobby announced this mornin’…
Columbia Church challenges members to ‘Spend Yourself’
Jim Baucom Although many pastors would be content if their churches met in three different congregations with 14 separate services using seven different languages, Jim Baucom, pastor of Columbia Baptist Church in Falls Church, challenged the church leaders to “take…
Columbia Church challenges members to ‘Spend Yourself’
Although many pastors would be content if their churches met in three different congregations with 14 separate services using seven different languages, Jim Baucom, pastor of Columbia Baptist Church in Falls Church, challenged the church leaders to “take it to…
EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida tells Bluebell to focus
Dear Jimmy, Since you know all about Bluebell Baptist and some of the tricks we've pulled through the years, you won't be surprised by this letter except in how it ends. It all started when Brother Bobby announced this mornin'…
EDITORIAL: Truth may be delayed, but it won’t be denied
America the one and only! There simply isn't anyplace else in the world like it. I'm not proud of some parts of our past, of course. Even while they were crafting the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution which followed,…
EDITORIAL: Will we blow out the candles or let them burn?
For the most part, I love parties. I'm not talking about political parties. I'd rather not think about those for a while. No, I'm talking about the kind of parties that feature ice cream and cake. And presents. That's why…
Baptists celebrate past with an eye to the future
In 400 years, the Baptist movement has grown to 200,000 churches with more than 50 million members in countries around the world. But even though Baptists globally continue to show statistical growth, the largest Baptist group in the United States…
Baptists celebrate past with an eye to the future
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — In 400 years, the Baptist movement has grown to 200,000 churches with more than 50 million members in countries around the world. But even though Baptists globally continue to show statistical growth, the largest Baptist group…
EDITORIAL: Unto us a child is born
In some sense, I can relate to Mary the mother of Jesus. Luke records that after the birth of Jesus “Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart” (Luke 2:19). We can almost imagine the young physician,…
EDITORIAL: Being a contented pastor’s wife
Dear Jimmy, I'm writing to tell you about a conversation I had this afternoon when we were over at Dolly Mayhew's that I think might make a good article for the Religious Herald. Her daughter Kelly and her new husband…
Supreme Court rules in favor of Virginia Baptist Homes’ Glebe
Ordinarily Halloween is not the holiday most associated with gift-giving, but for the trustees and administrators of the Virginia Baptist Homes it was like Christmas. On Oct. 31, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled in favor of VBH, ending a three-year…