The Baptist Home: Increasingly serving aging humanity
What began as a vision given to a young Baptist pastor and his wife more than a century ago has grown into a vibrant ministry with campuses
Gibson: Run the race with fellow believers
Recalling examples from his own life, Paul Gibson, early on realized that “we were running against” other denominations and sometimes even other Baptists, he told Fall Adult
CBF Heartland installs new leader Langford
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Heartland installed new coordinator Jeff Langford and celebrated the 25th anniversary of national CBF during its fall assembly Oct. 21 at First
Stay alert! (11-27-16 Formations)
In the magnificence of Salisbury Cathedral of England I discovered a quiet little side chapel that contains the martyrs’ candle. It is a place where you can
Prepare the way! (12-4-16 Formations)
As a young child my anticipation intensified as the time approached to go to my grandparents in Chicago for Christmas. Grandmother's unusual nativity scene included a lot
The heavenly banquet (11-20-16 Formations)
Forgive my sports metaphor, but last night as I write this, the Chicago Cubs won the World Series after 108 years. That's a long time and a
This Year’s Bad Burrito Awards
The Bad Burrito Awards annually recognize actions, products, and efforts on behalf of religion that could be the result of late night inspirational ideas caused by that earlier dinner.
Second class of journeymen notes 50 years
More than 40 former International Mission Board journeymen who were appointed in the second year of the two-year overseas missions program celebrated the 50th anniversary of
The heavenly multitude (11-13-16 Formations)
This world does not understand God's grace, even though its meaning is powerfully displayed in the cross of Christ. Thank God for his strange book called Revelation, that is so much more than a timetable or another “Da Vinci Code” novel. We are reading “the
The heavenly throne (11-6-16 Formations)
When the Apostle John experienced God’s revelation on Patmos, he was living in a world of despair. Society was divided between a small, powerful, wealthy class and an enormous impoverished and oppressed lower