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Breaking the fourth wall

January 12, 2023 By Meredith Flynn

Meredith Flynn

A recent study by Barna had good news and bad news for increasingly polarized Americans. More than 90% of U.S. adults say they welcome different ways of thinking about important topics. But 51% also say their ideas are usually better than other people’s ideas, up from 31% who said so in 2015. And 36% say […]

Grateful words

January 10, 2023 By Nate Adams

Nate Adams

Recently Beth and I joined a group of Baptist pastors and leaders and their spouses for a tour of biblical sites in Greece. For a week we followed the footsteps of Paul from Philippi, through Thessaloniki and Berea, and on to the ancient world crossroads of Athens and Corinth. It would be difficult to briefly […]

The force is with us

December 13, 2022 By Meredith Flynn

Meredith Flynn

Our family’s recent Covid quarantine finally provided my husband an opportunity to introduce our daughters to Star Wars. Over several days, they dug into the space saga until we were all well-steeped in the story of good versus evil. A few days later, we were rushing around the house scrambling to leave for a much-needed […]

‘Respect’ and the marriage law we strongly oppose

December 1, 2022 By Michael Nave

Pastor Micheal Nave

Here’s another moment when we feel like Dorothy, convinced she’s not in Kansas anymore. We might say, “I’ve a feeling this is not the world it used to be, and I don’t like it!” This time it is passage of The Respect for Marriage Act by the U.S. Congress. It sure feels like another “nail […]

FIRST-PERSON: Simplify

November 24, 2022 By David Jeremiah

David Jeremiah

In Matthew 18, the Lord’s quarreling followers asked Him, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” The Lord beckoned to a little child, whom He placed among the disciples. “Assuredly, I say to you,” Jesus said, “unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom […]

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Featured Columns

Tammie Emerson

Journaling God’s goodness

Tammie Emerson

Many years ago, I was in a Bible study where an author discussed the spiritual practice of rehearsing our trust in God’s faithfulness. There haven’t been many learning moments in my life that were as completely transformational as learning to incorporate this single spiritual discipline into my daily walk with Christ. What does it mean […]

Pumpkin patch

Pumpkin disciples

Nate Adams

Prior to this fall, I hadn’t set foot in a pumpkin patch for many years. It’s not that doing so is inconvenient. Our neighbor Norm owns several acres adjacent to our subdivision, where he grows sweet corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, and sells them by the roadside. And in the fall, he invites everyone into a large […]

FIRST-PERSON: A once-feared tribe now spreads the Gospel

Jen Hagen

Only a few decades ago, the Bugkalot people were one of the fiercest tribes in the Philippines, known for beheading their enemies. No outsider who contacted the tribe survived, and the people around them lived terrified of them. Then, in the 1950s, the Gospel slowly took root in the tribe after some of the leaders […]

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What happens when church leaders encourage mentoring relationships with their team members

Ben Jones

If the church is going to have leaders tomorrow, it’s going to take a new wave of mentoring from existing leadership today. This reality drove organizers of the 2023 Illinois Leadership Summit (ILS) to ask those coming to the annual event, “Which younger leader will you bring with you?” The evidence that many pastors took […]

News

Miles Mullin

ERLC trustees elect Mullin as chief of staff

ERLC Staff

Veteran Southern Baptist academic Miles Mullin is the new chief of staff and vice president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. The ERLC’s trustees elected Mullin unanimously upon the recommendation of Brent Leatherwood, the commission’s president, in a special called meeting Thursday (Jan. 26). Mullin became the first addition to the ERLC’s senior staff […]

Why gambling is getting riskier in Illinois

Security training offered March 11

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Mission

Sallateeska baptism demonstrates SBC connections

Baptist Press

(Ed. Note—In our July issue, we reported that Illinois’s very own Sandy Wisdom-Martin told the story of her brother’s recent baptism during her WMU presentation at the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Anaheim. We thought we you would appreciate this longer account that shows God’s fingerprints through multiple SBC connections. It’s too good to miss.) […]

A first-time ministry to migrant workers is very fruitful

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering hits all-time high as Southern Baptists give record $68.9 million

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