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Christmas arrived on Thanksgiving for sure this year. Oh, it might have seemed like it in previous years. After all, about the same time the turkey goes into the oven in the wee hours of Thanksgiving each year, someone needs to run

2012 Archives

Moment-by-moment gratitude

November 28, 2012

author: Administrator

For believers, true gratitude is an attitude and a discipline to be cultivated day by day, even moment by moment. It is integral to actually living a Christian life. Thanksgiving is a way of life -- and a way of living life

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MBU vice president realizes dream with book release

November 21, 2012

author: Administrator

Andy Chambers, senior vice president for student development at Missouri Baptist University, saw an 18-year-old dream realized with when Broadman and Holman Academic released his first book Exemplary Life: A Theology of Church Life in Acts on Nov. 1.

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Fort Worth professor elected Richmond seminary dean

November 21, 2012

author: brandon

Timothy D. Gilbert, longtime professor at Tarrant County College in Fort Worth, has been elected dean at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, a post he will assume July 1.

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Obama emphasizes religious liberty in Burma

November 20, 2012

author: brandon

President Obama stressed religious freedom in a historic speech in Burma, a country long beset by military conflict and regarded as one of the world’s worst oppressors of minority faiths.

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Hobby Lobby must cover morning-after pills

November 20, 2012

author: Administrator

A federal judge ruled that the Christian owners of Hobby Lobby cannot be exempted from providing emergency contraceptives in their group health plan on religious grounds.

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Assistance sought for displaced people in Congo

November 20, 2012

author: brandon

Baptists in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, appealed to the Baptist World Alliance to help people displaced by the conflict in their country.

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Strong religious families less involved in civic activities, researcher discovers

November 20, 2012

author: brandon

Blending religion with a strong commitment to lifelong marriage and childbearing dampens secular civic participation, according to research by a Baylor University sociologist.

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“I’m taking my ball and going home!”

November 14, 2012

author: Bill Webb

When I was a kid, my father set up a small basketball court in our backyard just off the alley running behind our little house. He “planted” a pole, secured a backboard brace, constructed a rectangular backboard from wood and, of

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Congregationâs shawl ministry making spiritual impact far beyond churchâs community

November 12, 2012

author: Jennifer Harris

One stitch at a time, the prayer shawl ministry at First Baptist Church of Madison, N.C., has created a network of love and blessing that has touched more than 1,250 people since its modest beginnings six years ago.

Dangerous Dogma

170. Tony Campolo on Faith as Babylon Falls

This episode features a conversation originally recorded in May 2020 for the podcast Baptist Without An Adjective. In it, Word&Way President Brian Kaylor interviewed author and sociologist Tony Campolo. The author of 35 books and a longtime professor at Eastern University, Campolo died on Nov. 19 at the age of 89. This conversation is being…
169. Grace Ji-Sun Kim on When God Became White

Grace Ji-Sun Kim, a professor of theology at Earlham School of Religion, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about her new book When God Became White: Dismantling Whiteness for a More Just Christianity. She also discusses issues of racism, patriarchy, and Christian Nationalism. She previously appeared on episode 145. She writes a Substack newsletter and…
168. Drew Strait on Strange Worship

Drew Strait, a New Testament professor at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about his new book Strange Worship: Six Steps for Challenging Christian Nationalism. He also discusses issues of strategic nonviolence, empathy, and suspicion of state power. Note: Don't forget to subscribe to our award-winning e-newsletter A Public Witness that…
167. Bekah McNeel on This is Going to Hurt

Journalist and author Bekah McNeel talks with Word&Way President Brian Kaylor about her new book This Is Going to Hurt: Following Jesus in a Divided America. She also discusses addressing issues of immigration, education, and guns. She previously appeared on episode 70. Note: Don't forget to subscribe to our award-winning e-newsletter A Public Witness that…

Merry Thanksgiving or Happy Christmas!

Moment-by-moment gratitude

MBU vice president realizes dream with book release

Fort Worth professor elected Richmond seminary dean

Obama emphasizes religious liberty in Burma

Hobby Lobby must cover morning-after pills

Assistance sought for displaced people in Congo

Strong religious families less involved in civic activities, researcher discovers

“I’m taking my ball and going home!”

Congregationâs shawl ministry making spiritual impact far beyond churchâs community

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