9+ hour, 9+ min ago   (1134+ words) NICEVILLE, Fla. – Bob Huisken was a deacon and youth leader in rural Minnesota when suddenly he realized that though he knew the Bible “very well,” he did not have good answers when someone asked why they should believe the Bible....

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1409+ words) CARY, N.C. — Sept. 11, 2001, began as an ordinary workday for Richard Brunson. That morning, he and some colleagues were gathered in a conference room on the fourth floor of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina’s office building in Cary for a…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (545+ words) The Christian Index Lessons learned: Keeping things in perspective I was saved in the early 70’s - about the time “the Jesus movement” started gathering steam. Not too long after, the church I grew up in went through an ugly split…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1409+ words) There’s nothing insignificant about losing an arm, both legs, and the tips of several fingers. Yet when North Carolina pastor Steve Mathews reflects on the ordeal that nearly claimed his life, he describes it with a surprising word: “light.” Not…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1409+ words) There’s nothing insignificant about losing an arm, both legs, and the tips of several fingers. Yet when North Carolina pastor Steve Mathews reflects on the ordeal that nearly claimed his life, he describes it with a surprising word: “light.” Not…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1114+ words) On his final journey to Jerusalem — “constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to [him] there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies to [him] in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await [him]” — Paul gathered the Ephesian elders…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (911+ words) When it comes to helping a new president acclimate to their position, this isn’t Joe Walker’s first rodeo. Walker recently served as interim president at Lifeway Christian Resources while the entity of the Southern Baptist Convention searched for its new…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (601+ words) Recently, Mark Karki, who served with me as minister of worship at Fayetteville’s McDonough Road Baptist Church for many years, appeared on WATC TV’s “Atlanta Live” show. ​The host and hostess asked Mark about worship, and as he shared his…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (974+ words) ALPHARETTA, Ga. — When storms left hundreds of Indiana homeowners requesting help, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers from multiple states came together to do what one state could not do alone. Dwain Carter, director of Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief, said the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (751+ words) SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. – The Scripture verse printed on the front of a resource from the Fortify Initiative may not seem the most obvious choice for an effort focused on protecting the vulnerable. One might expect a verse about children or sheep....