The Bible teaches that all people are created in God’s image (Genesis 1:27). This truth gives every person inherent dignity and value, regardless of life’s situations. As Christians, we are called to reflect God’s heart by defending the life of the unborn, protecting the vulnerable, healing the wounded, and restoring the broken. These priorities demonstrate […]
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The winds of 2025
Somehow 2025 seems a more consequential new year than usual. Maybe it’s because it feels like just yesterday that people were simultaneously hyping the year 2000 and dreading Y2K. Now, suddenly it seems, we’ve reached the quarter century mark. And a generation of young adults weren’t even born at the turn of the century—a phrase […]
The Southern Baptist President—more or less
Editor’s note: Former President Jimmy Carter died on Dec. 29, 2024, at the age of 100 after spending more than a year in hospice care. Rosalynn, his wife of 77 years, preceded him in death at the age of 96 on Nov. 19, 2023. Jimmy Carter put a new face on Southern Baptists, one that […]
Watching our Christmas words
When my sister and I were in elementary school, she was given a solo in our church’s Christmas program. Each verse was sung from the perspective of an animal present for the birth of Jesus—the wonder of the nativity story extended even to the non-human creatures who were there. I, being a few years older […]
Get-up-and-go
Having attended Southern Baptist churches all my life, the Christmas season always brings to my mind the name of Lottie Moon and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. Lottie, of course, gave her life as a missionary to China and as a passionate advocate for international missions. Last year when our family gave to international missions […]
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