JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention’s Ministry Wives Network (MWN) this year is launching a teaching cohort, as well as webinars that will discuss topics requested by ministry wives. The 2025 teaching cohort will take place online on Feb. 4, 11, and 18, and it will end with an in-person meeting on Feb. 28. Ministry wives can register for the cohort or learn more at https://mbcministrywives.org/cohorts/. The registration cost for the cohort is $20 per person. The 2025 live … [Read more...]
Christmas presence
Presents, presents, presents! Big, little, in-between—gimme all ‘dem presents! Yes, I’m that person. I openly tell people I’m that person, and I’m not even sorry about it. Know why? Because I get all the presents, and I love presents. You know those friends who “don’t really want a gift” around Christmas? I feel like those people don’t get me at all. And whether they get me or not, they highly disapprove of me and my present-want-y ways. They’re mostly justified and completely right to … [Read more...]
Three ways Christmas calls us to the nations
by Marissa Postell Sullivan/Lifeway Christian Resources Each year, Southern Baptists kicked off December by observing a Week of Prayer for International Missions before the annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering emphasis. As believers learn about missionaries serving around the world, the call is to pray for those faithfully sharing the gospel through international missions. The church’s call to pray for missionaries spreading the gospel to the nations and give through the Lottie Moon … [Read more...]
Trusting God’s plan
Recently, my friends and family in Mayfield, Ky., commemorated the third anniversary of the tornado that devastated our little town. As I looked back through my notes, I found the message I shared on Christmas Eve, just two weeks after everything was destroyed. It was a difficult time – things seemed very bad – and many were asking, “God, how can this be part of your plan?” In a context of difficulty, I was studying the well-known Christmas story, and I was reminded that God provided … [Read more...]
Does archeology shed light on the Nativity story?
Earlier this month, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Museum of the Bible and Archaeology. NOBTS President Jamie Dew rightly told Baptist Press that the museum and its resources “strengthen the Christian witness in the world that we live in.” I’m thankful that NOBTS is striving to strengthen Christian witness through archaeology. As mentioned in a previous editorial, I’ve had a longtime fascination with biblical archaeology, handed down … [Read more...]
Bible sales growth reflects multi-year trend, desire to explore Truth
NASHVILLE (BP) — A rise in Bible sales coincides with reports by Lifeway Christian Resources and reflects a growing desire to learn more about God’s Word, say Bible study leaders and those in the industry. “It’s an interesting time,” said Andy McLean, publisher of Bibles and Reference for Lifeway. “We’ve seen a general increase in the last two or three years with the Bible market. There are a lot of unique types of Bibles out there helping people in different ways understand the meaning … [Read more...]
Eight diagnostic questions for soul searching
In pastoral counseling, I have learned that people can be very complex. As I learned to navigate through such matters, I would often say, “Questions prick the conscience, statements harden the heart.” That has served me well as I walk alongside people in their struggle with sin! “The purpose of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out” (Prov 20:5). Scripture indicates that we can draw out the deep, heart-level issue by soul searching. Charles Spurgeon … [Read more...]
Praying to get things done
Do you pray to get things done? Do you believe some things will only occur if you pray, or that God can refuse to act until someone prays? How Jesus sees prayer An event in the life of Jesus clarified the relationship between prayer and God’s activity. Mark’s gospel tells the story of Jesus and three of His disciples who, along with Moses and Elijah, gathered on the Mt. of Transfiguration (Mark 9:2-8). In His absence, the other disciples at the base of the mountain were overwhelmed by a … [Read more...]
All who are in graves …
This is another in a series of excerpts from What Every Christian Should Know About the Return of Jesus, released by High Street Press and available at Amazon.com. No matter how people consider death, we can’t escape the truth that one day we breathe our last. But what then? Everyone who’s thought seriously about this question has an answer – or at least an opinion. Those who embrace a naturalistic worldview say death is the end of our existence. We may live on in the memories of loved … [Read more...]
Live untangled
I’m about to set you a little free. Get ready. Here it is: That drawer with all the random cords? You can let that whole thing go. The whole drawer-full. Do you even still have the devices, appliances, and various machineries that go with those cords? I didn’t think so. If you happened to actually need one of them, you know what you’d do. You would search on the internet, not in the drawer. You would order a new one, right? Most of us would do just about anything to not have to sort … [Read more...]
Albert Mohler delivers Spurgeon lectures on biblical preaching at Midwestern Seminary
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (MBTS) – Midwestern Seminary welcomed R. Albert Mohler Jr. to campus, Oct. 29-30, to deliver the annual Spurgeon Lectures on Biblical Preaching. Mohler, who serves as president of Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, preached from two Old Testament passages, drawing out their applications for expositional preaching. President Jason Allen expressed his gratitude for Mohler’s friendship over the years and his service to the Church, saying, “Dr. Mohler is one who … [Read more...]
Your kingdom come
This is another in a series of excerpts from What Every Christian Should Know About the Return of Jesus, released by High Street Press and available at Amazon.com. In previous columns, we looked at the nature of Christ’s return. He’s coming personally, physically, victoriously, powerfully, and suddenly. Now, we turn our attention to the reasons for his return. First, Christ returns to establish his kingdom in fullness. So, what is the kingdom of God? Simply stated, the kingdom is God’s … [Read more...]
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