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Boy gifts baby Jesus with football, teddy bear at Nativity

December 19, 2025

First Baptist Church in Mountain Pine received a sweet surprise on their security camera recently when a young boy stopped at their manger scene.

First person: Holding fast to Jesus amid miscarriage

December 18, 2025

The present grace that we rest in is often constructed from the mountainous ache of years past.

Saint Nicholas, compassion and the persecuted church

December 18, 2025

When people think of Santa Claus, they often think of the jolly old fat guy with rosy cheeks and the red suit who gives presents

Gifts and the gospel: Church celebrates 40 years of meeting needs at Christmas

December 17, 2025

The Christmas Store, a ministry of First Baptist Church, Sevierville, celebrated 40 years of helping Sevier County residents in need during its annual event Dec. 12-13 at the church.

‘Santa Marc’ points to real reason for the season

December 17, 2025

Marc Hooks wears a lot of hats these days — and one of them is a Santa hat. Every Christmas season for the past few years, Hooks has worked as a professional Santa Claus.

Christmas festivities, tourism slowly returning to Israel after ceasefire

December 17, 2025

In 2023 and 2024, David Ha’ivri, an Israeli tour guide, didn’t offer his popular English-language Hanukkah or Christmas tours. Tourism had plummeted after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre and the start of the Hamas-Israel war, when nearly every international airline canceled flights to Israel.

‘Pressing the gas’: Ford’s $19.5B EV shift won’t alter TN Baptist plans

December 17, 2025

Although the Ford Motor Co. ended production of the all-electric F-150 Lightning this month as part of a broader shift away from large electric vehicles, the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board isn’t backing away from its evangelism efforts in BlueOval City.