On the morning of July 27, 2024, at 11:17, a message appeared on Mary’s screen: “It’s hard.” The next evening at 9:08, Mary got another message, this one more desperate than the first. “My hope is dying. I’m giving up now.”
Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for September 15, written by Mark Rathel, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.
The board of trustees of the SBC’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission are set to meet in person Tuesday and Wednesday for the first time since that 24-hour “destabilizing … flurry of activity” in July.
Forty-seven years ago today, Melissa Ohden was born alive in Sioux City, Iowa. The abortion failed. She recently celebrated her birthday, a day that wasn’t celebrated when she took her first breath.
The Spurgeon Library at Midwestern Seminary has established a partnership with Reformation Heritage Books to republish Charles Spurgeon’s 63 volumes of sermons.
Sarah Crowther spent part of her summer vacation from college exploring Porto, the second-largest city in Portugal, which has been described as “a vibrant European city [where] tradition fuels creativity.”
“Struggling associations need intervention from outside the association. Their director or strategist may easily burn out and need personal support,” writes George Bullard.
“Whatever the reason we are putting off a specific task, it likely comes down to a sense of being overwhelmed — that we aren’t sure where to start or we dread the actions required,” writes Jennifer Rash.
The IBSA student missions event, held annually in late July, provides middle and high school students one week of rotating service opportunities alongside Illinois Baptist church plants and Christ-centered non-profits in Chicago.
Worship, praise and prayer rang out as usual on a recent Sunday at Eastside Baptist Church in Claxton, Georgia, but with a big difference …
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