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Baptist Bible College Update

It’s a wonderful life

by Mark Milioni Christmas is coming! BBC students have decorated, worn their ugliest sweaters, eaten every cookie their grandmas have sent, and quoted their favorite Christmas movies — “The best way to spread Christmas cheer […]

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Boston Baptist College Update

The “gift-look”

by David Melton We all know that look when someone receives a gift they could never have imagined — the unspeakable, over-the-top joy of receiving. I saw that look the other day. Esther, a Boston […]

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Feature Article

The spirit of Thanksgiving

by Rob Walker In his work The Fast and Thanksgiving Days of New England, 19th century author William Love documents how the Separatist Puritans viewed religious occasions as a time of solemn reflection and fasting.

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Baptist History

John Rippon — 63 years a London pastor

by Doug Kutilek The mortal remains of Baptist pastor John Rippon (1751-1836) repose in Bunhill Fields cemetery, London, the burial site of many famous and faithful names in English Non-Conformity (non-Anglican Christians), some 120,000 souls, […]

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November

The pastor and the witch

by Charles Lyons “Bring drums, rattles, whistles, and noise makers of all types. Dress to shock and/or impress. Come in costumes and show your rage.” So trumpeted the handbill promoting what was being called a […]

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AfterWords

Annual preaching calendar

by Randy Harp I try to live by this simple principle: begin with the end in mind. I am sure it has something to do with my engineering background. As a senior pastor, I applied […]

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November

I am thankful

by Randy Harp My wife thinks I am crazy, but I absolutely love the fall. She doesn’t mind fall; she just really doesn’t like what comes after it. But I love the warm days and […]