Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Bob Burroughs

A recipe for blended worship

Bob Burroughs

Oil and water, obviously, will never mix. I have come to the same conclusion in these recent years of music ministry: that contemporary and traditional worship never mix -- well.  

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Monday, June 17, 2013 Miguel De La Torre

The illogical politics of abortion

Miguel De La Torre

Poor women are collateral damage in a war that anti-abortion activists launched against Planned Parenthood.

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Marv Knox

A modest proposal for a fractured Baptist family

Marv Knox

Various Baptist groups spun off during the Southern Baptist Convention inerrancy battle 30 years ago aren’t going to reunite, but they all share one common need.

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Monday, June 10, 2013 J. Duane Bolin

Honoring the real Lottie Moon

J. Duane Bolin

Lottie Moon concluded she must listen to God rather than the traditionalists of her day.

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Friday, June 7, 2013 Miguel De La Torre

May God deny you peace

Miguel De La Torre

A charge delivered June 5 to the 2013 graduating class at Iliff School of Theology.

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Thursday, June 6, 2013 Will Campbell

What happened to the Baptists?

Will Campbell

Will Campbell, a farmer, author and social activist who died June 3 at age 88, brought characteristic wit and wisdom to these remarks to directors, staff and friends of Associated Baptist Press on Oct. 27, 1994.

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013 Merrill Hawkins

Son of Amite County, child of God

Merrill Hawkins

A professor who wrote his doctoral dissertation on Will Campbell reflects on the passing of the maverick preacher and Baptist prophet June 3.

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Monday, June 3, 2013 Miguel De La Torre

Shaming women into silence

Miguel De La Torre

The early church provided equality to women for church leadership, only to have -- within a short time -- the gospel message distorted to justify women’s subordination to men.

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013 Terry Maples

Recovering spiritual vitality

Terry Maples

The greatest impediment to congregational spiritual vitality is the belief we know how to do church.

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Friday, May 24, 2013 Mike Smith

Where was God in Okla. twister?

Mike Smith

Such questions are natural in difficult times, but victims must realize God doesn't punish through such calamities.

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Mark Wingfield

'Lord, bless these graduates'

Mark Wingfield

The church must provide youth eternal truths throughout the stages of life -- including graduation.

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Jim Somerville

Why must children suffer?

Jim Somerville

The twister in Moore, Okla., killed at least nine children, but there is something Christians can do about the suffering of innocents.

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Monday, May 20, 2013 Miguel De La Torre

Evading their fair share

Miguel De La Torre

How some corporations and the rich use loop holes and other tricks to get out of their tax obligation to the nation.

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Joe Phelps

God too big for one religion

Joe Phelps

Must other religions be wrong in order for Christianity to be right?

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Monday, May 13, 2013 Luke Smith

Partisan solutions no way to fix social ills

Luke Smith

Rather than being co-opted by politicians in debate over gun control, Christians should seek common-ground solutions that unite rather than divide.

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