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You’ve probably heard that old story of the sailors who encountered a man stranded on an island, alone, for many years.

You’ve probably heard that old story of the sailors who encountered a man stranded on an island, alone, for many years.

Following a global search, the Baptist World Alliance names Jeff Peck its new director of communications and media.

In the face of an accelerating U.S. pressure campaign, deteriorating public utilities and economic inefficiency, Cuba’s communist government on Thursday (June 18) announced sweeping economic reforms, the largest privatization since before Fidel Castro’s revolution in 1959.

A Christian police officer in the UK has reached a settlement with a county police force who suspended him after he expressed concerns over radical Islam.

Former Truett-McConnell University President Emir Caner has filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against the Georgia Baptist school, claiming trustees wrongfully terminated him in September 2025 and seeking lost wages, speaking income, attorney fees and other damages.

Something has gone wrong with the picture of manhood in our culture. On one side, there is a version of masculinity that measures a man by his toughness, his conquests and his refusal to show weakness. On the other hand, there is an apologetic passivity that has little to offer a young man searching for a worthy vision of what he ought to become.

One afternoon, I heard my two-year-old’s voice crackling through the monitor after putting her down for a nap. At first, it sounded like the familiar chatter. But as I listened, I realized she wasn’t babbling.

Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School lesson commentary for June 28, written by Bobby McKay, pastor of New Liberty Baptist Church in Morton, Mississippi.

One hundred years old today, Alma Dean Hicks has served as treasurer of Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Leakesville for 65 faithful years, and she has no intention of retiring.

Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for June 28, written by Don Fugate, senior pastor of Foxworthy Baptist Church in San Jose, California.
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