On the Table

by Keith Bassham Last month in this column I spoke of the Shaking of the Nations, and I wondered what “shaking” might take place before I wrote again. I did not know the shaking would […]

by Keith Bassham A few days after the Egyptian protests, a friend asked me about a Noel Smith essay, “The Shaking of the Nations.” I remem­bered it just a little, and after checking the archives, […]

by Keith Bassham There is a reason why automobile windshields are so much larg­er than rearview mirrors — and the Fellowship’s forward look should always be correspondingly larger. That does not, however, mean we ignore […]

by Keith Bassham One of my favorite cartoons is a picture of a crowd standing around a newsstand, each person holding a newspaper with the headline, “EXTRA — Print Is Dead!” Despite what you may […]

by Keith Bassham I think I’ve mentioned this before, but working a month ahead on a magazine gives me a headache around the holidays. The Novem­ber election was just a few days ago, and we’ve […]

by Keith Bassham The last Sunday of October is traditionally Reformation Day among Protestant churches. We Baptists ordinarily take little note of the day, but we should not overlook the importance of the Reformation, and […]

by Keith Bassham One great advantage of being the editor of this magazine at this particular time is the legacy of words and thoughts of those who preceded me in the office. I profited from […]

by Keith Bassham About this time 60 years ago, preachers and church members were planning to take a trip to Springfield to celebrate the opening day of Baptist Bible College. For those excited founders, the […]

by Keith Bassham Last year, Fellowship pastors made a constitutional change that made our summer more interesting. The change moved the national officers’ election from September to early summer and elim­inated the mailed-out ballots. Ballots […]

by Keith Bassham Sixty years ago about this time, preachers and churches were ratch­eting up their efforts to open a new Bible college, to organize some type of rational and systematic approach to missions, and […]