Messenger Insight 349 – This Beautiful Book
Hear Hobby Lobby President Steve Green talk about his new book that shares the big picture behind the Bible. https://media.blubrry.com/messengerinsight/p/cdn.baptistmessenger.com/2019/10/14163650/Messenger-Insight-349-Steve-Green.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (18.7MB) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | TuneIn | Spotify |...
Oklahoma Baptist DR blesses Beaumont, Tex. after floods
BEAUMONT, Tex.—When Tropical Storm Imelda hit recently, during a period of two days that led to some 40 inches of rainfall in Southeast Texas, areas of the state experienced devastating flooding. Among the most impacted communities was Beaumont, Texas. Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) was asked to serve in the wake of flooding, according to Don Williams, state director of Oklahoma Baptist DR. “We were assigned to Calvary Baptist...
Caleb’s ‘incredible week’ inspires, makes national news
NEWCASTLE—The second week of October was full of surprises—truly inspiring ones—for Caleb Freeman and his entire family, church and community. Surprises so big that state and national media sources took notice. Baptist Messenger readers have been closely following the story of Freeman, who was seriously injured in a near-fatal automobile accident in December of 2017, and has been on a long road to recovery. Reflecting on Caleb’s...
Sword & trowel: Suicide watch & 13 reasons why (to choose life)
People in Evangelical Christian circles expressed heartbreak, shock and sadness at the recent news of the apparent suicide of Jarrid Wilson, a young pastor and advocate for mental health. The suicide epidemic is real. Everyone from mental health experts to Christian leaders who know God’s Word forward and backward, seem perplexed as to what is accelerating this trend. Contrary to Netflix’s damaging series “13 Reasons Why,” today I am...
Oklahoma Baptists support See You At The Pole
Every year, across the world, students gather around their school’s flagpole to pray, observing See You At The Pole (SYATP). Oklahoma Baptists make a strong effort to keep this annual occurrence across the state. On Sept. 25, countless communities had students meet early at their schools to pray at the flagpole. Brian Baldwin, student missions and evangelism specialist for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, was excited to...
Messenger Insight 343 – Transgender to Transformed
Hear from Laura Perry, who lived for nearly a decade as a transgender man before being transformed by the Gospel. https://media.blubrry.com/messengerinsight/p/cdn.baptistmessenger.com/2019/08/21124959/Messenger-Insight-343-Laura-Perry-1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (40.4MB) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | TuneIn | Spotify |...
