Opinion: Technology and modern man’s Tower of Babel
September 22, 2026
In case you missed it, more than 2,000 humanoid robots representing 700 teams from 16 countries convened last month in China for the Second Annual
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First person: What do Christian funerals really communicate?
September 17, 2026
Something isn’t adding up. Nearly every Sunday we sing about heaven. We preach the resurrection. We quote Paul’s words that “to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.” But do we really believe it?
First person: Thinking about quitting ministry? Do this first.
September 16, 2026
Some days in ministry are really hard. God’s people can be troublesome, and few seem to understand the weight that pastors and church staff carry on their shoulders.
First person: Why I hate drywall and why you should too
September 15, 2026
Standing around with pastors during a break at an associational pastor’s conference, one pastor lamented that his church had stopped growing. When I asked why, he said his building could only hold so many people. When I asked him why a little thing like drywall would prohibit growth, it was like scales fell off his eyes.
Opinion: 25 years after 9/11, a lot has changed — and not much
September 8, 2026
By the time you read this, many people will be talking about where they were when the Twin Towers fell 25 years ago. Bells will toll. Long lists of names will be read. We will remember, and never forget.
Letter to the Editor: Family vacations build love
August 31, 2026
I just read the article, “First person: Blessings from family vacations” in the July 30 issue of The Baptist Paper. I thought about our family experience.
First person: The Kids Edition connecting ‘across the generations’
August 27, 2026
When the pastor asked our team to add “find the hidden objects” to The Kids Edition, I knew we had connected across the generations.
First person: Beware of ‘convenience-store’ Christianity
August 4, 2026
I’ve recently been with believers from another part of the world, and I was again reminded that our brothers and sisters around the world often pay a heavier price than we pay to follow Christ.
First person: God uses even the tiniest investment in others for their good, His glory
July 28, 2026
The teen seemed hesitant at first but then snatched up the Bible and held it carefully in her lap. A few seconds earlier, I rescued the faux leather-bound hard copy collection of God’s Word as she hopped in my car and almost sat on it.
First person: How this photographer found God in the birds
July 25, 2026
I never expected to begin a new life at 63. For years I was known as a landscape photographer. My work had been exhibited, published and recognized, and I assumed that chapter of my creative life would simply continue.
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