BRIDGETON – Sometimes you look for opportunities to minister, and sometimes the opportunities seek you out. In recent days three new opportunities to expand the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home’s (MBCH) reach have knocked on MBCH’s door, and were discussed at the agency’s trustee meeting Oct. 13 at the main Bridgeton campus. The first is the Branches at Brookline, a residential facility for developmentally disabled adults in Republic. The board of Southwest Special Cares, which operates … [Read more...]
Religious liberty challenge facing Missouri Baptists, faith groups
JEFFERSON CITY – It is coming to Missouri and if its citizens do not act soon, religious liberty for everyone will likely face an unprecedented threat. Last month the Oregon Department of Labor ordered Melissa and Aaron Klein, owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa bakery, to pay a $135,000 fine because they refused to bake a “wedding” cake for two lesbians. It is not because they hate homosexuals. In fact they have repeatedly stated and demonstrated their love for homosexuals. The state is … [Read more...]
‘Moral emergency’: Mohler’s new book responds to reality of sexual revolution
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (SBTS) — In the span of three months in the summer of 2015, three headlines marked historic events that generations of Americans past could never have imagined. First it was former “world’s greatest athlete” Bruce Jenner debuting his gender transition on the cover of Vanity Fair. Next the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states. Within a few weeks Americans witnessed the horrors of abortion in a series of undercover videos purporting to show Planned … [Read more...]
Christian colleges affirm biblical marriage
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities announced resignations, Sept. 21, of two schools that sparked dissension – and prompted other schools to withdraw from the council – after expanding their hiring and benefits policies to embrace same-sex marriage. The pro-homosexual policy changes at these two colleges – Goshen College of Goshen, Ind., and Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisburg, Va. – left Bible-believing institutions with CCCU membership, like … [Read more...]
Christian colleges affirm biblical marriage
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities announced resignations, Sept. 21, of two schools that sparked dissension – and prompted other schools to withdraw from the council – after expanding their hiring and benefits policies to embrace same-sex marriage. The pro-homosexual policy changes at these two colleges – Goshen College of Goshen, Ind., and Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisburg, Va. – left Bible-believing institutions with CCCU membership, like … [Read more...]
The Worth of a Child
Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. – Psalm 127: 3-5 A little boy named John was born into a family that did not attend church. When he was old enough to go to Sunday School, a Sunday School teacher picked him up each Sunday and took him with her to Sunday School and church. When the church had picnics, the teacher always took the … [Read more...]
Missouri Attorney General Koster’s Planned Parenthood report ‘incomplete’
ST. LOUIS (St. Louis Review) – Several critics are calling a new report on Planned Parenthood in St. Louis “incomplete,” adding that it raises questions about how Missouri law holds the abortion provider accountable for its handling of human remains from abortions. Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced in a report Sept. 28 that Planned Parenthood in St. Louis is complying with Missouri law in how it disposes of human tissue from abortions. As part of the review, Koster’s office … [Read more...]
Conversation with a gay friend: Biblical answers with ‘gentleness and respect’
This is the last in a series of columns about same-sex attraction, adapted from the new MBC resource, “What Every Christian Should Know About Same-Sex Attraction,” available in print at mobaptist.org/apologetics and in Kindle format at Amazon.com. A few years ago I joined leaders of a Christian non-profit organization in a meeting with executives of a Tennessee TV station. They were preparing to launch a new program catering to the LGBT community. We asked them to reconsider. Among the TV … [Read more...]
Conversation with a gay friend: Biblical answers with ‘gentleness and respect’
This is the last in a series of columns about same-sex attraction, adapted from the new MBC resource, “What Every Christian Should Know About Same-Sex Attraction,” available in print at mobaptist.org/apologetics and in Kindle format at Amazon.com. A few years ago I joined leaders of a Christian non-profit organization in a meeting with executives of a Tennessee TV station. They were preparing to launch a new program catering to the LGBT community. We asked them to reconsider. Among the TV … [Read more...]
Jason Allen: Pastor, guard your heart
Discouragement is not an emotion with which I am very familiar, but over the past several weeks I have felt it acutely. My sadness has been induced by the steady drip of ministerial sex scandals and the destruction they have wrought. In fact, I have found myself not wanting to check social media, dreading to learn about the next scandal. Most prominently, the Ashley Madison expose has shaken church after church, ministry after ministry, and family after family. And, as Russell Moore has … [Read more...]
Jason Allen: Pastor, guard your heart
Discouragement is not an emotion with which I am very familiar, but over the past several weeks I have felt it acutely. My sadness has been induced by the steady drip of ministerial sex scandals and the destruction they have wrought. In fact, I have found myself not wanting to check social media, dreading to learn about the next scandal. Most prominently, the Ashley Madison expose has shaken church after church, ministry after ministry, and family after family. And, as Russell Moore has … [Read more...]
Views on divorce divide Americans
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Pastors believe not all divorces are created equal, but for many Americans any reason is as good as another according to new research from Nashville-based LifeWay Research. “Pastors make a distinction about the rightness of a divorce based on the reasons behind it,” says Scott McConnell, LifeWay Research vice president. “They want to account for the parts of Scripture that speak of possible rationales.” However, Americans view virtually all reasons for ending a marriage … [Read more...]
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