Following is another in a series of columns on the Baptist Faith & Message 2000. Article VIII of the Baptist Faith & Message 2000 reads: “The first day of the week is the Lord’s Day. It is a Christian institution for regular observance. It commemorates the resurrection of Christ from the dead and should include exercises of worship and spiritual devotion, both public and private. Activities on the Lord’s Day should be commensurate with the Christian’s conscience under the Lordship … [Read more...]
Do Christians and Mormons worship the same God?
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was first published in 2016, but the question has been raised recently by ongoing controversy regarding Mormonism and the popular show, “The Chosen” (Read more here). See another column about Mormonism and biblical Christianity here. Do Christians and Mormons worship the same God? The question may irk our LDS friends, who insist that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the restored Church and therefore cannot be distinguished from orthodox … [Read more...]
King David’s reign confirmed in text on ancient stone, scholars say
PARIS (BP) – New readings of text on the Moabite Stone studied for 150 years give new evidence that the stone includes an extra-biblical reference to King David, scholars have announced. The latest reading reveals previously illegible characters to complete the phrase “the House of David” on the 31st line of the 34-line inscription written in the ninth century B.C., scholars assert in the current issue of the Biblical Archeology Review. Southern Baptist archeologist and theologian Jim … [Read more...]
‘Yes, God Is Real’: Apologist gives kids real answers in new resource
KANSAS CITY – Children often ask direct questions that go to the heart of the Christian faith: “How do you know God is real?” “Is the Bible a fairy tale?” “How do you know Christianity is true?” Hanna Sims, a member of Red Bridge Baptist Church in Kansas City, and a member of the Missouri Baptist Apologetics Network, has been teaching God’s Word to kids and teens for almost 15 years and has heard these questions on a regular basis. “Many of them can give ‘church answers,’” she says, … [Read more...]
BFM article VII: Baptism, Lord’s Supper
Following is another in a series of columns on the Baptist Faith & Message 2000. Article VII of The Baptist Faith & Message 2000 reads: “Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the believer’s death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a … [Read more...]
High Street Press launches Audible version of Phillips’ book about Satan
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention’s publishing imprint, High Street Press, has just released an audio version of its popular printed resource, What Every Christian Should Know About Satan. Published in 2021 in print and e-book editions, the 400-page resource is now available through Audible, the premiere audio-book platform, which may be accessed at Audible.com. Written by the MBC’s Rob Phillips, the book explores more than a dozen biblical names and titles that reveal the … [Read more...]
Article VI of the BF&M: The Church
Following is another in a series of columns on The Baptist Faith & Message 2000. Article VI of the Baptist Faith & Message 2000 reads: “A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is an autonomous local congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the two ordinances of Christ, governed by His laws, exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the gospel to the … [Read more...]
Article V of BFM: God’s purpose of grace
Following is another in a series of columns on The Baptist Faith & Message 2000. Article V of The Baptist Faith & Message 2000 reads: “Election is the gracious purpose of God, according to which He regenerates, justifies, sanctifies, and glorifies sinners. It is consistent with the free agency of man, and comprehends all the means in connection with the end. It is the glorious display of God’s sovereign goodness, and is infinitely wise, holy, and unchangeable. It excludes boasting … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist pastor collects resources on biblical gender, sexuality
OZARK – After noticing the struggles in his congregation with contemporary gender and sexuality perspectives, as well as from talking with other pastors struggling with the issues, a Missouri Baptist pastor has assembled resources to help ministry professionals and laypeople deal with LGBTQ+ issues from a biblical viewpoint. M. Lane Harrison, lead pastor of LifePoint Church in Ozark, says, “While historically Southwest Missouri has been a bastion of conservatism…, in the last decade many … [Read more...]
Our glorified bodies: Baptist Faith & Message, Article IV-D
Following is another in a series of columns on The Baptist Faith & Message 2000. Article IV-D of The Baptist Faith & Message 2000 reads: “Glorification is the culmination of salvation and is the final blessed and abiding state of the redeemed.” As we learned in the last column, glorification is the means by which God fully reverses the effects of the Fall, purging sin and its stain from the created order. It involves the return of Jesus, the future resurrection and judgment of … [Read more...]
Article IV-C of BFM: Sanctification
Following is another in a series of columns on the Baptist Faith & Message 2000. Article IV-C of The Baptist Faith & Message 2000 reads: “Sanctification is the experience, beginning in regeneration, by which the believer is set apart to God’s purposes, and is enabled to progress toward moral and spiritual maturity through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit dwelling in him. Growth in grace should continue throughout the regenerate person’s life.” Sanctification is the work … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist apologists debate ‘end times’ views
ST. CHARLES – Few topics bring as much passion and differing positions as eschatology – the theological field that deals with the end times. Thus four of the most common views of the end times made a perfect topic for a pre-annual meeting debate hosted by the Missouri Baptist Apologetics Network, Oct. 23. Moderated by David Van Bebber, pastor of Linn Valley Baptist Church in Linn Valley, Kan., four Missouri Baptist apologists took positions (that were not necessarily their own personal … [Read more...]
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