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First person: Leadership lessons I learned as a young leader

January 14, 2024

“I’m not nearly as important as I thought I was. Especially when you start leading at a young age, it’s easy to think you’re something. Life and ministry, though, have a way of teaching you otherwise.”

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First person: Navigating divisiveness as another presidential election nears

January 12, 2024

Is it really time for another presidential election, for heightened division and angry rhetoric and damaged relationships? Didn’t we just do this?

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First person: What can be done about the atrocities in Nigeria?

January 10, 2024

“Being a Christian — especially a Baptist — means standing with brothers and sisters around the world and demanding freedom of religion, religious expression and religious practice — without fear of reprisal or persecution or martyrdom.”

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Don’t wait! 3 ways to avoid being a procrastinator in 2024

January 4, 2024

Here are three things that ought not be waited on. Instead, these areas of life need our willingness to say, “No more putting this off. I’m not a procrastinator!”

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First person: Finding hope for new year

January 3, 2024

To press on, we must maintain faith in God’s promises and strive for the best, believing God’s ways produce positive results. The only problem is, sometimes they don’t – in the short run.

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Memories of a Christmas Classic — Football, family and joys of getting older

December 24, 2023

There was this particular year when we were confident that we’d win. It was our time, we thought. This was the year!

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First person: Reflecting on the glory of Jesus, our source of hope

December 24, 2023

Viktor Frankl experienced unspeakable horror during his years of captivity, yet during that time he was able to discern the reasons why some people survived the camps and others didn’t.

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First person: Mary is a model of character for all of us

December 21, 2023

Evangelicals rightly reject the way Mary is portrayed by the Catholic Church. But in doing that, we may also miss the powerful example of this young woman for all of us.

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First person: Regifting history’s first Christmas gift

December 21, 2023

If you have personally received history’s first Christmas gift, December is a great time to regift it.

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First person: The ultimate gift for a nonbelieving friend

December 20, 2023

Here are 7 things you can write to an unbelieving friend this Christmas season.

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