Category: Encourage

Encourage: Keep on asking

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

You are likely reading this article a few days after the 2020 election. For reasons related to the...