While compulsive sports gambling begins as an individual issue, its “ripple effects” are felt throughout society, said RaShan Frost, director of research with the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.
For Jason Gibson, lunch was becoming a problem — a potentially “6,000 calories” a day problem.
Kentucky Today, news service of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, is launching a new podcast designed to give readers more insight into the stories that are published.
Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, released a statement on Wednesday (Feb. 5) in response to the sentencing.
“Associational mission strategists tend to come from pastorates or from church or denominational staff. Thus, they may believe the key to deep, meaningful fellowship is people like them. It is not,” writes George Bullard.
“I think when we don’t connect the Bible to people’s lives in real time, we miss opportunities for people to even think about their mental health,” said Jay Barnett.
Here’s the Bible Studies for Life Sunday School lesson commentary for Feb. 23, written by Bobby McKay, pastor of New Liberty Baptist Church in Morton, Mississippi.
GuideStone shared new research conducted last year among members that found pastors overwhelmingly wished they had started saving for retirement earlier.
