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First person: God the Father and Father’s Day

June 14, 2024

How do you picture God the Father? As distant and wrathful? As needing Jesus to talk Him off the ledge of judging us?

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First person: A little advice for new graduates

June 5, 2024

The truth is if you want a meaningful, worthwhile life, you must work hard.

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‘The road not traveled’: An urgent plea for a brighter future for the SBC

May 31, 2024

“To truly understand and attack the problem of crippling decline looming large over the future of the SBC will require Southern Baptists to embrace two radical steps,” says Chuck Kelley, president emeritus of New Orleans Seminary.

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First person: Considering the Law Amendment from the pew

May 28, 2024

While the goal of the Law Amendment is to bring clarity, Dani Bryson insists that it will bring chaos instead, as it will expand the role of the Credentials Committee beyond any necessary use.

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First person: Why I support the Law Amendment

May 22, 2024

I love the Southern Baptist Convention because it tethers missional passion to confessional fidelity. Confessional fidelity is why I am in favor of the Law Amendment.

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First person: Why I’m against the Law Amendment

May 22, 2024

This summer, messengers from the Southern Baptist Convention will gather in Indianapolis to vote on an amendment to the Convention’s constitution which aims to more closely define the role of pastor …

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First person: Solutions likely more visible once we get out of our own way

May 18, 2024

What a nice relief to be removed from so many negative comments, disparaging remarks and mean-spirited conversations that naturally float around us each day. Are you sensing the same peace?

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Your Voice: What I wish I would have told my pastor husband sooner

May 18, 2024

First-person articles, comments, letters to the editor, blog excerpts, social media posts and more …

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First person: Does church attendance really matter?

May 16, 2024

It was an honest question from an unbeliever I’d known for years. Our recent discussion about following Christ turned to more pragmatic matters born out of his general observations about Christianity in general.

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First person: Is God calling you to ministry?

May 15, 2024

Without question, God is still calling individuals to offer their lives in ministry service to Him today. What is less frequent, though, are the regular appeals that used to be commonplace in the church.

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