
Explore the Bible Sunday School Lesson for August 18
Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for August 18, written by Mark Rathel, professor at the Baptist College of Florida in Graceville, Florida.

Responding to the Texas school shooting: Helping children process tragedy
Parents and other adults helping children process the recent mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, have quite

BSU missionaries spread gospel in Thailand
This summer, 120 Mississippi Baptist Student Union students served in 20 countries, 14 states, and two U.S. territories. This is one in a series of articles from The Baptist Record illustrating what the summer missionaries experienced.

Carter condemns division in SBC during Pastors Conference sermon
Colossians 3:12–14 addresses one of the biggest issues in the Southern Baptist Convention today, Texas pastor Matt Carter said to

Ukraine’s bill banning Russian-linked faith groups risks US aid
On Aug. 20, the Ukrainian Parliament passed long-threatened legislation meant to ban the country’s Moscow-linked Orthodox Church and any faith groups supporting Russia’s invasion.

Explore the Bible Sunday School Lesson for August 21
GOD HEARS 2 Kings 19:10–19, 32–34 The Taunt (10–13) Here in Alabama, we take our sports rivalries seriously, and trash

MBTS establishes partnership to publish Spurgeon’s sermon volumes
The Spurgeon Library at Midwestern Seminary has established a partnership with Reformation Heritage Books to republish Charles Spurgeon’s 63 volumes of sermons.

Christian family stripped of citizenship rights after refusing to renounce faith
A Hmong Christian and his family have been stripped of citizenship rights in Vietnam because of their faith. The rights