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Let’s do 2014 well
by Keith Bassham The start of 2014 got here quickly. That is inelegant syntax, but it carries my thought well enough. And to mark the event on the calendar, I have a couple of things […]
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Christmas bells
by Keith Bassham On Christmas Day 1863, American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow had little to cheer his own heart.
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Fellowship
by Keith Bassham When I lecture students and others about the Baptist Bible Fellowship, I begin with the language of fellowship itself. You may safely ignore anyone implying that the word fellowship derives from the […]
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Forty years in the ministry
by Keith Bassham It just dawned on me a few days ago that I have been “officially” in the ministry 40 years. I spent the summer between my first and second year at BBC with […]
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Risky behavior
by Keith Bassham I was moved several times reading over the Global Partners section of this magazine, as I am sure you will be. The stories of courage and endurance, along with the spiritual warnings, […]
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A tribute for Mr. Combs
by Keith Bassham I was enjoying some vacation downtime when word came that former Tribune Editor James Combs had been taken by the Lord. As readers will note, Mr. Combs had been with the Fellowship […]
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Fellowship works
by Keith Bassham I had intended to use this space to reflect some on the May Graduation Fellowship Week (see pictorial in this issue) when word came about the massive tornado in Moore, OK. We, […]
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World-changers
by Keith Bassham We sometimes promote ourselves as potential world-changers, but we forget we are also competing with other world-changers. Since we last went to press, the world changed in major ways without my efforts. […]
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Easter faith
by Keith Bassham Easter is upon us, so I was already thinking about resurrection themes, and that is fortunate for me today, since I must officiate a funeral tomorrow.
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Lessons from founders
by Keith Bassham Someone not well acquainted with the Baptist Bible Fellowship may well misunderstand the coverage of the passing of John Rawlings in this magazine. Hagiography is not the intent, but since Mr. Rawlings […]