
First person: ‘Oh, how we need Easter’
Easter is the day death died. If the Jerusalem Times ran obituaries, the passing of death’s sting would have been listed in the next day’s edition.

Easter is the day death died. If the Jerusalem Times ran obituaries, the passing of death’s sting would have been listed in the next day’s edition.

The Moores led a Wednesday evening session on “God’s design for sexuality” — and Satan’s “war on sex” in his hatred of God — at First Baptist Church Gatlinburg, Tennessee, where Nick is the lead pastor.

Two years ago, Marshall Road Baptist Church in Jacksonville began a partnership with Murrell Taylor Elementary School, offering additional support for students and teachers.

Easter Sunday is coming. Your online presence plays a role in who walks through the church doors to hear a message of salvation. Will you maximize its potential this year?

Jeff Iorg on being elected the next SBC Exec Comm president: “I am thankful to God for the privilege of leading in this new capacity and for paying back in some way for what Southern Baptists have been to me for now more than 50 years.”

Jeff Iorg, retiring president of Gateway Seminary, is the new Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee president/CEO. He was elected during a special-called trustee meeting in Dallas today (March 21).

Elections have consequences for the community and your congregation. Therefore, our churches need to contribute prayerful guidance leading up to elections but with cautionary communication fences.

Legends of bluebloods and dreams of Cinderella captivate our imaginations during the Big Dance like no other competition … and the spiritual lessons in the background of each hardwood matchup are even more valuable and enduring.

Pastors are comfortable with artificial intelligence for graphic design and marketing but not for preparing sermons, the Barna Group found a survey done earlier this year.

“When they want you silent, speak louder,'” said 23-year-old Riley Gaines, who was the featured speaker at Truett McConnell University in Cleveland, Georgia, which recently hosted Friends and Family Weekend.
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