During our family devotion time, I recently read aloud to my kids, Foxe’s Christian Martyrs of the World. I read the book nearly 20 years ago, but was able to re-experience it with my four kids (15, 13, 11, & 8). The Barbour edition, from which we read, is an abridged version of the lengthier [...]
I recently heard a message delivered by our new SBC President, Bryant Wright, speaking in a chapel service at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. His audience was primarily seminary students, many of whom were already serving as pastors and leaders, and others who would do that at some point.
Florida Pastor Terry Jones made world-wide headlines last week as he planned a ceremony in which copies of the Quran (Muslim holy book) would be burned. The burning was to be on Saturday September 11, to commemorate the nine-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America. A firestorm of protest ultimately led Pastor Jones to [...]
Last month Christendom said goodbye to Avery Willis, affectionately known as “Mr. Master Life” in honor of the program of discipleship he produced, taught, and lived out so notably. The making of “disciples” is one of the most elemental tenets of Christianity, however it is not emphasized to the degree that it once was in [...]