Urban Current
A tale of two mayors
by Charles Lyons It was the worst of times, it was the worsening of times. “Chick-fil-A doesn’t belong in Boston,” Mayor Thomas Menino told the Boston Herald on Thursday, July 19. “You can’t have a […]
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Baptist History
Baptists and the Bible societies
by Thomas Ray In 1793, William Carey, the man recognized as the father of modern missions, arrived in India. He found a society enslaved by idolatry, superstition, and cruelty. He knew if India was to […]
On the Table
The reason we are here
by Keith Bassham Drought, fires, and violence have fueled news headlines this past month. All we need is a swarm of locusts to make our day near-apocalyptic, and the political noise may be a reasonable […]
President Perspective
Perspective
by Linzy Slayden I read something the other day that was surprising. You blink 25 times every minute. Each blink takes one-fifth of a second. So if you take a 10-hour automobile trip, averaging 40 […]
Worldwide Missions
Why are fewer going
by Jon Konnerup This month concludes the series on why I believe fewer young people surrender to full-time ministry, especially foreign missions. 11. Short-term missions. Many feel a first-hand, short-term experience on the mission field […]
Church Planting
Joplin church benefits from BBF cooperation
by wayne Guinn On my way to a consulting appointment in Tulsa with a church in financial distress, I stopped by Joplin, MO, to visit the worksite of the BBF Builders and NCPO Construction Consultation […]
Baptist Bible College Update
Boston Baptist College Update
Of maps and apps
by David Melton I live in a city of more than five million people. That city grew long before city planning had ever been given much thought. Many of Boston’s roads were old oxen trails […]
Feature Article
An untold story from the Civil War
There is a lot we don’t know about prayer and other things by Keith Bassham One hundred and fifty years ago, in the summer of 1862, our nation was in the throes of civil war. […]
Feature Article
An excerpt from “The Weapon of Prayer”
by E. M. Bounds “Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the […]