Feature Article
A Scarcity of Hope
by Keith Bassham Easter is all about hope, and primarily hope connected with resurrection — Christ’s and ours. But unlike a human wish or mere optimism that things will somehow work out for us, hope […]
Year: 2009
Feature Article
Nothing small about shorter Fellowship meeting
Some would think it ironic the first national BBFI midwinter Fellowship meeting with the new shorter schedule should take place in the large expanse offered by Houston, Texas. But anyone attending would agree the schedule […]
Baptist History
Jeremiah Vardeman The Kentucky Evangelist
by Thomas Ray Jeremiah Vardeman was probably the most effective pulpit orator and the most successful preacher who ever lived in Kentucky. He was born in Wythe County, Virginia, July 8, 1775. In 1779, at […]
Church Planting
Church Planters school to feature growth track
by Wayne Guinn The highlight of our spring will be our Church Planter Candidate School. Hosting our spring school will be Pastor Mark Hodges and the good people of Winter Haven Baptist Church in Winter […]
Worldwide Missions
Healthcare for missionaries
by Steve Bender Healthcare for missionaries has been discussed for many years among those of us who serve the missionaries, those who send them, and the missionaries themselves. Because of the extremely high cost involved, […]
Urban Current
Sin in the City
by Charles Lyons Three teenage boys are shot to death in broad daylight and our city barely sighs.” (Chicago Sun Times, Tuesday, February 24) We’re still reeling from weeks and weeks of the Governor Blagojavich […]
AfterWords
Mailbox Blessing
R. Albert Mohler Jr. | President | Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Barack Obama Monday signed an executive order that reverses the Bush administration’s restrictions on federal funding for research that involves the destruction of […]
On the Table
Hope sure and stedfast
by Keith Bassham At the confluence of several need-based streams, I have settled on the subject of hope for thought and study for the next several days. With the current economic stresses, needs in my […]
President Perspective
A heart to give
by David Shaffer This is my first opportunity to thank you for the chance to serve the Baptist Bible Fellowship International as treasurer. I am humbled by your confidence. One thing has happened, though. My […]
Feature Article
Being Christians in a age of foreclosure
by Keith Bassham Until the Oxford English Dictionary was first published from the late 1800s into the early 1900s, for the previous 150 years there was really only one English dictionary, compiled by Samuel Johnson, […]