Category: Encourage

Connect: Handling criticism

by Todd Fisher | Jun 17, 2023 | Encourage, Feature | 0

One of the joys of serving in this position is I get to talk with pastors. I talk with pastors...

Encourage: Keep on asking

by Hance Dilbeck | Jun 25, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

“Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to...

Encourage: Be mindful of the ‘Main Thing’

by Hance Dilbeck | Jun 10, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

This is my penultimate Baptist Messenger article—that is, next to the last. On June 25, I will...

Encourage: Remember or repeat

by Hance Dilbeck | May 28, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

The Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial commemoration will take place on May 31. Politics is...

Encourage: Pray for 3,000 professions of faith at Falls Creek

by Hance Dilbeck | May 16, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

Oklahoma Baptists, let’s ask God for 3,000 students to be saved at Falls Creek this summer. The...

Encourage: The value of children

by Hance Dilbeck | May 2, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

I am writing this article from a Best Western hotel room in a county seat town in southern...

Encourage: Reconciliation—the saving work of Jesus Christ

by Hance Dilbeck | Apr 16, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

Earnest Hemingway wrote a short story titled, “The Capital of the World.” A boy named Paco defies...

Encourage: He is risen indeed!

by Hance Dilbeck | Mar 30, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

This is the fourth Easter since I began serving Oklahoma Baptists as executive director-treasurer....

Encourage: Prepare for Easter Sunday

by Hance Dilbeck | Mar 14, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

As you read this article, Easter Sunday 2021 is less than a month away. Hard to believe. You don’t...

Encourage: Silly questions

by Hance Dilbeck | Feb 27, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

Salome woke up that morning with a problem. She was prepared to get to the tomb at sunrise to care...

Encourage: Focus and boldness

by Hance Dilbeck | Feb 13, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

I began 2021 reading Acts in my quiet time. I am struck by the focus and the boldness of the...

Encourage: A firm hand on the back

by Hance Dilbeck | Jan 31, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

“We encourage one another to advance the Gospel.” As Oklahoma Baptists, this is the mission that...

Encourage: Tithing provides perspective

by Hance Dilbeck | Jan 16, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

The year 2021 would be a great opportunity to begin tithing. This might seem odd to emphasize in...

Encourage: The importance of a manger

by Hance Dilbeck | Dec 12, 2020 | Encourage, Feature | 0

Luke tells us that he did careful research before writing his Gospel. Under the inspiration of the...

Encourage: Reaching the nations

by Hance Dilbeck | Nov 24, 2020 | Encourage, Feature | 0

Oklahoma Baptists, as we begin our Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LMCO) season, I wanted you to...