by Wade Berry | Aug 29, 2017 | Leadership, Ministry, Scripture, Theology
The events that rocked Charlottesville, Virginia this month, and the deep and abiding tensions that they exposed, have dominated the national consciousness in recent weeks. After everything that our country has been through in the last two or three years, the last...
by Stephen Suffron | Aug 18, 2017 | Ministry, Scripture, Theology
It’s been a rough week. The events in Charlottesville have saddened, angered, and embarrassed us as a nation. Many Christian leaders have been quick to issue statements condemning the white nationalist ideals of the alt-right as antithetical to the gospel vision...
by Stephen Suffron | Oct 27, 2016 | Ministry, Scripture
Since my first half-marathon in 2011, late October has been “race season” for me, with a couple of months of whipping myself back into shape culminating in a 13.1-mile run through the streets of Conway, Arkansas, on the last Saturday of the month. This...
by Wade Berry | Oct 25, 2016 | Ministry, Theology
Creating a just society is always a challenge. It seems to be even more so in the present political and social climate. Animosity between ethnic minorities and law enforcement has long been a fact of life in America’s urban centers, but that animosity has recently...
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...
