Category: Guest Editorial

First person: Finding rest in the middle of busyness

by Amy Petersen | May 11, 2021 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

It’s hard to believe that summer is almost here. The months of June, July and part of August offer...

Local mission stations help advance the Gospel

by Ever Borunda | Apr 14, 2021 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

Baptists have been known for their evangelistic zeal and for their willingness to go to the...

FIRST-PERSON: Don’t take the bait

by Bob Bender | Feb 20, 2021 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (BP)—Paul Harvey spoke in a poignant, powerful and prophetic way in one of...

First person: There is no second string

by Michael Butler | Feb 10, 2021 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

My high school algebra teacher was a muscular man who wore a large, rather intimidating ring on...

First person: Jesus knows the way home

by Todd Fisher | Jan 28, 2021 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

These are certainly challenging—or some might even say chaotic—times in which we live. As I talk...

FIRST-PERSON: Prepare yourself and your church for the missionary task

by Todd Lafferty | Jan 25, 2021 | Feature, Guest Editorial, Missions & Church | 0

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)—We might not know what to expect for 2021, but we do know that God is still...

A New Year’s resolution: Keeping your sights set on the prize

by Scott Wengerd | Dec 27, 2020 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

If anyone had told you a year ago that 2020 would turn out like it has, you might have laughed in...

Engaging the culture for the Kingdom this Christmas

by Scott Wengerd | Dec 22, 2020 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

The Christmas season is upon us, and with it come all sorts of challenges and opportunities....

First person: How do we become peacemakers?

by Sarah Wooten | Nov 16, 2020 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

Over the past few years, and even more so in recent months, I have watched as the political debate...

‘BSU saved my life’

by Cris Lowery | Oct 20, 2020 | Feature, Guest Editorial, Missions & Church | 0

“BSU (Baptist Student Union) saved my life.” The first time I heard that phrase was in an...

FIRST-PERSON: America is in crisis: What do we do?

by Ronnie Floyd | Oct 19, 2020 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—The original goal of the secularization of America was to see religion...

Strengthen: Observations of churches in a pandemic

by James Swain | Sep 24, 2020 | Feature, Guest Editorial, Missions & Church | 0

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic (late in March, which seems likes years ago), author...

Movies, markets and murder: What Christians should know about the genocide of the Uyghur people

by Ryan Smith | Sep 21, 2020 | Feature, Guest Editorial, Word Slingers | 0

In the 1930s, the Nazis implemented measures to stigmatize, detain and prosecute those who they...

FIRST-PERSON: To this vision, I give my life. Will you join me?

by Ronnie Floyd | Sep 7, 2020 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

NASHVILLE (BP)—As Great Commission Baptists, we are compelled with the vision to reach every...

How are pastors really doing?

by Mark Dance | Sep 1, 2020 | Feature, Guest Editorial | 0

Recently, I watched a portly pony wade into the middle of the pond behind our house in Broken...