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Five Reasons I’m A Southern Baptist

Written by Eric Fannin, pastor of Vansant Baptist Church, Vansant, Virginia 1. Southern Baptists Trust the Authority of the Bible Southern Baptists have not always trusted the Bible. In the 1970s, a drawn-out battle for the authority of the Bible,…

A Lifelong Mission

Serving in Crisis Situations Ernie Rogers first felt called to rescue ministry in the mid-1970s when he was flying Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopters in the High Sierra mountains of Nevada and California, where he made 32 rescues. That experience…

Missionary Number 7

On Monday, July 22, 2019, a member of Catalyst Church boarded a plane headed to Southeast Asia, where he would spend a year reaching college students with the Gospel. Having just defended his thesis, this young man was taking a year…

Serving God or Man?

The call to “choose” is yet again upon us as it was in the Prophet Joshua’s day, as God’s people had gone wayward. The state of our current culture continually forces Christians to stand at the crossroads of good and evil…

Two ultrasound machines, hundreds of lives saved

EDITOR'S NOTE: Sanctity of Human Life Sunday is Jan. 19, 2020, in the Southern Baptist Convention. NASHVILLE (BP) — Amory's life changed forever when she saw those two blue lines on the pregnancy test. Thinking it was a false positive,…

Disciples Are Not Alone

In 2019, we marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon Landing. Twelve astronauts would go on to walk on the moon. However, they did not do it alone. According to Virginia’s own NASA Langley Research Center, more than 400,000…

LifeWay trains thousands of Spanish-speaking leaders

By Art Toalston MEXICO CITY – It wasn’t that long ago the LifeWay Global team dreamed about ways to resource pastors and other church leaders around the world—those with extremely limited or no access to formal theological training. The vision…

Joy!!

Isaiah 9:1-6 On the eve, of the eve of the eve, of Christmas, I feel like a marathoner stumbling toward the finish line - at mile 20. I don’t know how many years I’ve felt this way, but it’s been…

Christmas Devotion

Every time I look at my youngest son, Deacon, I’m reminded of God’s miracle. You see, my little boy was born without either one of his brain ventricles working. This meant fluid could not drain from his brain. So, before…

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Five Reasons I’m A Southern Baptist

A Lifelong Mission

Missionary Number 7

Serving God or Man?

Two ultrasound machines, hundreds of lives saved

Disciples Are Not Alone

LifeWay trains thousands of Spanish-speaking leaders

Joy!!

Christmas Devotion

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