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Everyone is in need of consolation. Everyone drags behind them the silent and invisible bags of past failures, loved ones lost, and the deep secrets of insecurity, fear, and anxiety. Often times when approaching the grieved we attempt to talk them back to freedom, as if our words can blanket the despair. Troy Organ once wrote that “grief is a helplessness that does not cry for help. One cries and hopes that help will come unbidden.” Hardy Clemons, in Saying Hello to Your Life After Grief, offers a few suggestions for relating in a helpful manner to those who have recently experienced a major loss.
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When it comes to the Bible, how do you do your picking and choosing? When you’re picking the parts of the Bible by which you will actually live, how do you make those choices? Now, there’s not much point in wasting time protesting that we don’t pick and choose. It’s a nice thought, but it won’t stand up to the hard light of day. It is an inarguable fact that people interpret Scripture.
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I’m a huge college basketball fan and I have to admit that I succumb to March Madness in a big way each year. And for good reason…the team I follow is Duke. When you pull for Duke, you’re used to watching your team play well into the month as they make their way to their inevitable position in the Final Four.
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New! It’s been almost ten years, but I still remember their faces. I’d just finished teaching the first of a five-part series on 1 Corinthians to an adult class at my home church. The first session had been a preparatory study titled, “Paul, the Letter Writer.” As I recall, here’s how that class ended…
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New! BaptistNet is looking for your church’s summer stories. Stories of mission trips, children’s or youth camps, special projects; anything your church is doing that might be of interest to other Baptists…
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New! Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Shawnee, Kan., and Bacone College, Muskogee, Okla., will continue their partnership in offering Central’s Master of Theological Studies degree this coming fall, 2008…
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Recovering in bed following surgery, my spirit was refreshed by the skillful voice and hands of a master musician…
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It started out just like any other man-date. I won two tickets to see Arlo Guthrie in Lexington, Kentucky, and my wife was unable to go with me, so I invited my good friend Daniel Bailey. We met up at Mellow Mushroom, enjoyed a pre-concert dinner that couldn’t be beat, and talked about Jesus and his mandate—you know, to care for the poor, the neglected, the “least of these.” Then, we made our way on over to the performance hall to be serenaded by the legendary folkie…
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