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First Person: The beatitudes for pastors

January 24, 2023

In so many ways, pastoring is the greatest job in the world — mostly because it is not a job, but a calling. We have

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First Person: Reasons why your family should eat together

January 21, 2023

It may be that the best thing you can do for your kids is to sit the whole family down and have dinner together. Research

First Person: Worship at all levels to know, trust God more fully

January 19, 2023

As a former airline pilot based in Phoenix, I have flown over the Grand Canyon many times at high altitude, 30,000 feet or higher. Being

First person: Living out the real meaning of Christmas

December 25, 2022

America’s largest Christmas tree is no longer found at Rockefeller Center in New York City. America’s tallest Christmas tree now resides in Enid, Oklahoma, standing

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First person: Make the most of your Christmas traditions

December 24, 2022

One of our favorite Christmas traditions is listening to Christmas music. During the holiday season, we enjoy a remarkable Christmas program at our church, hymn

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