Resources from 2011

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article first appeared in Baptist Press on Nov. 3 of this year. DALLAS (BP) — Floyd Woodard was 25 years old when he felt God calling him into a life of ministry nearly six decades ago. Married just five years, Woodard was teaching a Sunday School class when he was approached about […]

Columnist Erich Bridges tells how he misses his mother, who passed away 10 years ago. People always miss their family around Christmas, Bridges says, but a person's "true home" is with God, and Christ is the way to get there.

JACKSON, Tenn. (BP) — Nelda normally came to church, sat in the back and made her exit quickly with the final “Amen.” Having come to faith as a teen, this single grandma had seldom been nurtured and had yet to make a public profession of her faith in Christ. And although Nelda had been attending […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--La semana pasada asistí con mi esposa a la última presentación de la temporada del "Cascanueces" interpretado por la Orquesta Sinfónica y el Ballet de Nashville. Al terminar la función, me sorprendió ver a un empleado risueño y amable despidiendo a los asistentes con un sonoro: "Feliz Navidad." Y aunque esto es lo normal, ¡ahora resulta extraño!

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) -- Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's first full commencement in December was highlighted by two "firsts."

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — This Bible study appears in Baptist Press each week in a partnership with LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Through its Leadership and Adult Publishing team, LifeWay publishes Sunday School curriculum and additional resources for all age groups. This week’s Bible study is adapted from LifeWay’s YOU! Curriculum. Bible […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — This Bible study appears in Baptist Press each week in a partnership with LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Through its Leadership and Adult Publishing team, LifeWay publishes Sunday School curriculum and additional resources for all age groups. This week’s Bible study is adapted from the Explore the Bible […]

NEW YORK (BP) -- Travis Air Force Base in California has decided it will not remove or relocate a nativity scene and a Menorah in spite of a threat from The Military Religious Freedom Foundation.

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- In the first commencement ceremony in the new MacGorman Chapel, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary added 178 students to its alumni rolls Dec. 16. Southwestern President Paige Patterson addressed the graduates, expounding on John 1:14 which says, "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth" (NKJV).