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First Person: Don’t ignore children in your sermons

December 18, 2022

Week in and week out, the same group of unconverted people come to our worship services — and we practically ignore them. We’d never treat

First Person: The implausible truth of the Christmas story

December 17, 2022

By William Perkins Editor of The Baptist Record in Mississippi “Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary

First Person: An Indiana statistic for which I’m grateful

December 12, 2022

Of all the statistics I could mention, I’m very thankful that 91 churches were represented in the messenger attendance at our State Convention of Baptists

First person: Giving generously toward the solution

December 12, 2022

“Will you make the first and most expensive Christmas gift this year a gift to our Global Missions Offering?” Sitting in the sanctuary of Calvary

opened musical book at Silent Night, Holy Night page

First Person: Reasons to sing at Christmas

December 2, 2022

Do you recall the scene from “The Sound of Music” when Captain Von Trapp is transformed from a tyrannical, overbearing father to a loving one?

First person: 5 ways parents can help kids navigate senior year

November 25, 2022

Countless students will graduate from public high schools across the country this year. Even more students will finish their coursework through homeschooling, private schools and

First Person: Giving thanks where it’s due

November 24, 2022

Among the original American holidays on our calendar, Thanksgiving for many of us harbors the warmest thoughts and deepest sentimentalities. The World Book Encyclopedia puts