December 9, 2024 Stories

National

Incarnation ‘essential to saving work of God,’ Allen declares during MBTS commencement

More than 300 graduates of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS) and Spurgeon College received their degrees on December 6 during the seventy-sixth commencement exercises. In addition to awarding diplomas, President Jason Allen presented several special recognitions and delivered the commencement address, celebrating the incarnation of Christ for salvation.
Ethics

Judge hears motions in Planned Parenthood suit on Missouri’s Amendment 3

For nearly 4½ hours on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 4, Jackson County Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang listened to detailed legal arguments from New York attorneys for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, regarding various motions in their lawsuit to strike down two dozen Missouri statutes regulating abortion providers, based on the newly enacted Amendment 3.
International

Great Pursuit in South Asia: IMB missionary explorer seeks unreached people groups

When I’m searching for an unengaged, unreached people group, I ask the Holy Spirit to show me someone open to the Gospel. One day, that simple prayer led me to the water’s edge, where an old man fished from strings tied to his hand. He asked why I was there.

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