“We don’t want people to come away with a new love for people in third-world countries, we want them to see their neighbors across the street and their co-worker in the next cubicle with more loving and understanding eyes,” Sisney said.
Missouri
A year after Hurricane Florence, Missourians still at work in NC
WALLACE, N.C. – It’s been nearly a year since Hurricane Florence left the North Carolina coast water-logged and battered, but the survivors of the storm are still in the process of getting their lives back to normal. A
National
‘A watershed moment’ – SBC’s 1985 meeting in Dallas drew 45,000 messengers
For pastor’s wife Ritchie Hale, attending the 1985 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting meant sleeping in a 1960 popup camper with her husband and four children amid 100-degree temperatures and thunderstorms. For Conservative Resurgence leader Morris Chapman, that meeting occasioned one of the clearest personal directives God had ever given him. For moderate leader Cecil Sherman, it was the first time he contemplated losing the battle for the SBC.
Columns
What we’re missing about mass-shootings: Young men are in crisis
The state of our national discourse is, to put it mildly, discouraging and unhelpful, and the reaction to the recent shootings only amplified how bad it is. Once again, everyone took their place along partisan battle lines to pound the same old drums, but it’s past time we admit that there’s something deeper going on in America than too many guns, or too few guns, or violent video games, or the President’s rhetoric, or even the evil of white supremacy.
Apologetics
What is baptism in the Holy Spirit?
Baptism in the Holy Spirit is the means by which God places new believers into the body of Christ. As the Holy Spirit regenerates and indwells our human spirits, bringing us new life and ensuring our everlasting fellowship with God, the Spirit also immerses us into the universal church.
Global
Men in the Middle East delve into God’s Word
These men all grew up following the teachings of Muhammad, but now they have made the life-altering decision to follow Christ. They face persecution and discrimination because of their choice.
Culture
‘America’s Got Talent’ singer hits high notes of faith
PINEVILLE, La. (BP) – “America’s Got Talent” contestant Robert Finley paid a visit to the Zion Hill Church Family on Sunday, (Aug. 4) to share a simple, yet profound musical message of hope.