On March 28, the self-proclaimed faith-based gay rights group, Soulforce, showed up at Oklahoma Baptist University for the second time in five years. The group is on a nation-wide “Equality ride,” which seeks to draw attention...
Read MoreWhile many people’s favorite holiday is Christmas or Thanksgiving, mine is Easter. I can remember from a very early age the excitement surrounding it. The first neck tie I ever wore was for Easter Sunday, and I loved seeing...
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It was more than five years ago when Rick Gettins, pastor of the now-established Lawton, Mind of...
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Nearly 700 people from the petroleum industry gathered for the Second annual Oilfield Prayer...
Read More“Prepare to believe.” That is the motto of the Creation Museum located in Petersburg, Ky., a stop our family recently made on a tri-state (Indiana-Ohio-Kentucky) vacation. Founded in 2007 by Answers in Genesis ministry leader...
Read MoreOne hundred and fifty times. That is how often the average American looks at his cell phone each day, according to new studies. The Apostle Paul, in his first epistle to the Thessalonians, instructs them to “pray without...
Read MoreAs a parent, there is a long list of topics of conversation that I hope never come up in front of my children. In fact, “boyfriend” is the scariest term in the English language to this father of daughters. At the same time, I...
Read MoreLike many others, I breathed a sigh of relief when the Task Force to study a possible name change for the Southern Baptist Convention reported that it would leave intact our legal name. My relief was followed by some degree of...
Read MoreOn May 15 this year, the Baptist Messenger will reach a milestone that few publications do. We will celebrate our 100th anniversary. In anticipation of this important moment, we are launching a series focused on the Messenger’s...
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