I got infected with a bad case of “buck fever” this past fall. I had heard about individuals getting so amped seeing horns that they couldn’t shoot straight; but I honestly thought that could never happen to me. I grew up in the country shooting squirrels and skeet. I wrongly assumed that that experience would […]
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Common ground
Years ago as my father was leaving his final pastorate and moving to a director of missions role, one of my fellow teenagers told me why he would miss my dad, his pastor, so much. Steve hadn’t grown up in a Christian home but started attending our church with his girlfriend. Not long after he […]
Family discipleship: Outreach to students can lead parents to Christ
Early in my ministry, a young lady from an unchurched family accepted Christ. The family dynamic was unusually complicated by divorce and remarriage. However, after reaching this young lady, she in turn shared the gospel with her biological and step families. As a result, both her father and his new family, along with her mother […]
Praying to satisfy a deeper hunger
Editor’s note: Pastor Doug Munton posted this column on his website just as the first COVID-19 restrictions were implemented. Now, many months later, it seems an even more vital word as we contemplate life after the pandemic. Personal revival is a challenge in isolation; now our churches—and we ourselves—need a fresh wind of the Spirit […]
‘Sanctity’ beyond the unborn
Ahead of each January issue, our editorial team asks, “How will we report on ‘sanctity’ this year?” The Sunday before the anniversary of the 1973 decision legalizing abortion in the United States is observed as Sanctity of Human Life on the SBC calendar. This year it falls on January 17. For many Southern Baptists, that […]
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