Baptist Disaster Relief efforts in several states are underway today (March 17) following a weekend of devastating storms that hit communities across the country. More
Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for March 23, written by Mark Rathel, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.
“But see, here’s the thing: the normal experience of Christians throughout history, and normal today in most places, is that Christians suffer for their faith. It’s normally dangerous just to be a Christian,” Zane Pratt said.
“That’s what we go for. The food is secondary to the Scripture, to the gospel,” Nichols said.
We live in an age where people resist and even resent the idea of authority. A rugged individualism that says you cannot tell me what to do governs our thinking.
Attorney and international human rights advocate Emmanuel Ogebe called the ruling “horrendous miscarriage of justice.”
“We want this to be more than event,” said Sandy Wisdom-Martin, executive director of national WMU. “We pray those gathered to depart inspired and challenged to intentionally make disciples of Jesus who live on mission.”
This disaster not only comes after the region’s recent recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene but also amid severe winter weather conditions including snow and ice.
“Ministry is difficult, but it’s not complicated. It’s supposed to be simple. Share the gospel, make disciples, and build churches that send people to share the gospel, make disciples, and build churches,” Jeff Iorg said.
In one of several interviews with state Baptist publication editors, Jeff Iorg of the SBC Executive Committee chats with Jennifer Davis Rash about a few of the current situations happening in the business side of SBC life.
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