By Buck Burch Chances are that you have recently experienced conflict, are experiencing conflict, or will experience conflict with someone soon. People typically deal with conflict in one of four ways: 1) Circumvention (avoiding any confrontation) 2) Competition (fighting to see who “wins”) 3) Compromise (giving in by at least one side losing something) 4) […]
By David Jeremiah EL CAJON, Calif. (BP) – Caitlin McNeil, a 21-year-old Scottish singer, and her friends couldn’t agree about the color of a dress they saw on the Internet. Some in their group saw the dress with blue and black horizontal stripes while others saw the stripes as white and gold. To settle the […]
By Paul Baxter The idea of God “punishing the children for the fathers’ iniquity to the third and fourth generations” seems utterly unfair and certainly unchristian, but we find these words not only in Exodus 20:5 but also Exodus 34:7, Numbers 14:18, and Deuteronomy 5:9. When we read Exodus 34:6-7a we have a clear and […]
By Paul Baxter The above question arises out of the apparent conflicts and contradictions between the Jewish Old Testament and the Christian New Testament. As Christians who accept the Old and New Testaments as the inspired and inerrant Word of God, let us say that the New Testament is not so much contradictory as complementary […]
Bible Studies for Life Psalm 31Matt Ward, associate pastorFirst Baptist Church, Thomson A recent Gallup poll has been making the rounds (including on the Baptist Press site): “Most Americans still consider their mental health as excellent (34 percent) or good (42 percent).” That might not seem too bad, but it’s actually a significant drop from the same […]
“There is nothing we can experience that God does not already know the outcome; there is nowhere we can go where God is not already and always with us.”
Bible Studies for Life Psalm 91:1-6;9-16Craig Bowers, pastor Wynnbrook Baptist Church, Columbus Fear can grip you like gorilla glue! It can fester inside you and grow beyond your wildest imagination. There is a difference between healthy, godly fear and unhealthy, ungodly fear. Our world inflames fear. The enemy seeks to paralyze us through fear, but the Lord has […]
“Be willing to be uncomfortable with silence. Your goal is to minister. Your silent prayers and helpful presence will deeply minister to someone on the journey of grief.”
Bible Studies for Life Colossians 3:1-12 David Kirkland, campus minister Georgia College and Georgia Military College, Milledgeville When I was in college, I served on a BCM summer missions team for two of weeks to the Baxley Children’s Home. I was assigned to the older boys’ house. That first day was jammed full of activity. We played basketball, ping pong, swam, […]