by Stephen Suffron | Jun 21, 2016 | Leadership, Ministry
Messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention approved a resolution last week in St. Louis to call for Christians to no longer display the Confederate battle flag. Here is the actual text of the resolution: RESOLVED, That we call our brothers and sisters in Christ to...
by Chris Sims | Jun 16, 2016 | Leadership, Ministry
This week my blog takes a turn to a near rant. However, the rant comes out of a heart of healing from the damaging statement ‘We aren’t being fed’. You never hear this from a new follower of Christ but you may often hear it from those that have spent a lifetime...
by Walter Norvell | Jun 14, 2016 | Faith & Heritage, Leadership, Ministry, Scripture
Principle #2: The Where-and-When Principle of Bible Interpretation Imagine walking along your favorite beach. You find a bottle half-buried in the sand. Sure enough, there is something inside. You work out the rolled up paper and discover a letter. You can read it but...
by Stephen Suffron | Jun 7, 2016 | Leadership, Ministry, Missions
Some time around the last Sunday of my second grade year, I went to church, excited about the start of summer, when I read a poster propped up in the foyer of our church announcing “Vacation Bible School.” I was too young to know the term...
by Wade Berry | May 27, 2016 | Leadership, Ministry
Two weeks ago, we used Psalm 137 to talk about those times when we desperately need God’s help and yet no help seems to come. Last week, we used Exodus 33-34 to talk about those times when we doubt God’s care for us. These can be very different experiences, but what...
by Stephen Suffron | May 24, 2016 | Leadership, Ministry
In Bible story books, the story of Jonah usually ends with the “happy ending” of Jonah finally obeying the Lord, preaching to the Ninevites, and the city turning from their sin. So it’s sort of a shock when you read the story in the Bible, and it...
