The Purpose of the Church
# 8: “What Is Baptism?”
The Trinity Baptist Church in Athens, Greece, has been a congregation made up of U.S. military families and a rather large group of internationals from all over the world. Many in this church have no church background. This became humorously evident [...]
The biggest insult that could be hurled at the church is to say that we’re ‘quiet and unobtrusive,’ that we ‘keep to ourselves’ … If we’re serious about what we believe ‘in here,’ let’s make sure we take it ‘out there’ as well!
Key verses: Acts 2:4 “All of them were filled [...]
Acts 1: 15 In those days Peter stood up among the believers (together the crowd numbered about one hundred twenty persons) and said, 16 “Friends, the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit through David foretold concerning Judas, who became a [...]
One of the hymns that rings most brilliantly with the sounds of God’s incredible, indescribable grace is “Grace Greater Than Our Sin,” penned by Julia H. Johnston:
Marvelous grace of our loving Lord,
Grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt,
Yonder on Calvary’s mount outpoured,
There where the blood of the Lamb [...]
ESPN now sponsors an “alternative Olympics” known as the “Extreme Games,” or “X-Games,” for short. Instead of competing in traditional Olympic events like skating, gymnastics, and track and field, athletes vie for gold medals in contests like aggressive in-line skating, bicycle stunt riding, downhill in-line skating, skateboarding, [...]
Occasionally we are privileged to read a story about how God has worked in some individual’s life in a powerful and stirring way. For instance, consider this story which appeared in the Louisville Courier-Journal on March 17, 1998:
“Miracles can come in a blue Malibu, too”
By Bob Hill / reprinted by Baptist [...]
In our local association of twenty-five or so Southern Baptist churches, we have an annual meeting every October. One committee that operates each year in our association has a peculiar name—the “Time, Place & Preacher Committee.” This committee’s sole responsibility is to decide upon the date and time of [...]