Category: Guest Editorial

First person: Christmas Eve – The big opportunity

by Chris Doyle | Dec 4, 2023 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

The holiday season is demanding. Pastors and church leaders must move from one event to the next...

Lifeway Research: How to get ahead on sermon planning for the new year

by Mark Dance | Nov 29, 2023 | Church Toolbox, Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

The pressure of sermon planning never lets up for pastors. Some weeks have more margin than...

First person: An urgent plea for churches

by Chuck Lawless | Nov 28, 2023 | Church Toolbox, Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

I admit it: I’m pleading with church leaders with this post. I’m pleading on behalf of 19 million...

Greetings from Bison Hill: Renewal: The greatest opportunity in OBU’s 113-year history

by Heath Thomas | Nov 17, 2023 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

We stand at the forefront of one of the greatest opportunities in Oklahoma Baptist University...

FIRST-PERSON: Is it best to fund missionaries independently or cooperatively?

by Michael Cabell | Nov 8, 2023 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

Above: A couple prepares to be sent overseas to share the Gospel with those who’ve never...

Lifeway Research: Preparing for retirement: what will your last lap look like?

by Mark Dance | Sep 30, 2023 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

Pastors seem to cringe when they hear the word “retirement.” And the most prevailing reason seems...

Praying through disappointment

by Kie Bowman | Aug 30, 2023 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

A decade before the Revolutionary War in the American colonies, English explorers were...

Lifeway Research: 4 dimensions of loving God

by Mark Dance | Aug 28, 2023 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

Some believe people have three distinct natures: body, soul and spirit (tripartite view). Others...

Falls Creek 2023: Grateful for the goodness of God

by Todd Sanders | Aug 10, 2023 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

“But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great...

Lifeway Research: The contemporary challenge to religious liberty

by R. Albert Mohler Jr. | Jul 3, 2023 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

In decades past, a consensus in America undergirded religious freedom—we knew what it meant, why...

Greetings from Bison Hill: From wreckage to renewal: Shaping the future of OBU

by Heath Thomas | Jun 13, 2023 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

Briefly we stood in disbelief of the damage an EF-2 tornado inflicted on nearly every building on...

FIRST-PERSON: When you step up to the mic

by Luke Holmes | Jun 7, 2023 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

Above: Messengers line up at microphone 4 to address the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim,...

Charles Stanley, pivotal SBC president, TV preacher, dies

by Art Toalston | Apr 18, 2023 | Feature, Guest Editorial, Missions & Church | 0

Editor’s note: This story was updated after initial publication to include memorial information....

Greetings from OBHC: Three guiding principles

by James Swain | Apr 18, 2023 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

A few weeks ago, I began serving as the president of Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children (OBHC)....

Called to serve: Larry Nigh, dedicated and faithful

by Bob Nigh | Apr 8, 2023 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

Believers all know that God doesn’t call the equipped into ministry; rather He equips those He...