April 1, 2022 Stories

Double the return on your investment

The farmer puts seed in the ground to harvest a crop in return.  The financier puts money into a stock in order to gain a financial return. You remodel your house to produce a higher resale value. The desire to produce a return on our time, effort and money is common to all people. But what if you could get double the return?

Students encouraged to have ‘obedience in the unseen’ at REV7:9 kickoff

More than 400 students attended the kickoff of REV7:9 at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary on March 11 in conjunction with the Louisiana Baptist Convention’s Proclaim collegiate evangelism conference. REV7:9’s goal is to create a community of people who are committed to seeing the vision that God laid out in Revelation 7:9 realized.

Cape Girardeau’s Bethany Baptist church aims to serve, share Christ with their neighborhood

“We need to get out of the four walls of our church and take an active part of culture," Pastor Shawn Wasson told The Pathway. Bethany Baptist Church, Cape Girardeau, is doing just that in their neighborhood.

Listening as easy as pie

In every real way, I really am trying to learn to tune in better. Even without the pie chart. Or the pie. James 1:19 tells me that “Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak,” (HCSB). Boy oh boy, can I get those backwards.

Voddie Baucham to be 2023 SBC Pastors’ Conference presidential nominee

Voddie Baucham, dean of theology at African Christian University in Lusaka, Zambia, will be nominated for Southern Baptist Convention Pastors’ Conference president at the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim, according to a story published at the Daily Wire. The nomination was also announced in a statement posted at the Founders Ministries website.

Voice of the Martyrs film, ‘Sabina,’ displays power of forgiveness

Theologically, “Sabina” robustly displays the radical nature of Christ’s teaching. After all, does it really make sense, on a human level, to love one’s enemies? But this is precisely what Christ and the apostles demand of Christians: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink” (Romans 12:20).

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