FIRST-PERSON: Positive ministry implications of the SBC resolution on IVF
The messengers at the SBC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis have affirmed a resolution titled “On the Ethical Realities of Reproductive Technologies and the Dignity of the Human Embryo.” In doing so, Southern Baptists have given local churches a helpful tool for thinking biblically about the practical implications of in vitro fertilization (IVF).
FIRST-PERSON: Lessons on the way to becoming a seminary president
I love being a Southern Baptist. Southern Baptists have given me a denominational home, a world-class seminary education and a meaningful ministry for the past 14 years at an amazing seminary filled with godly and gifted servant leaders.
FIRST-PERSON: The collegiate mission field
Adam Groza writes about a mission field likely in your town or city. "You may even drive by one on your way to work," he writes, noting that college campuses are "a mission field ripe for harvest."
FIRST-PERSON: Global citizenship = global disaster
Adam Groza examines the pitfalls of the idea of "global citizenship" as an answer to the world's immigration issues. Even with "the cool-factor of star power," it would be a global disaster, he writes.
FIRST-PERSON: Spurgeon, personal integrity & beards
Adam Groza reflects on an analogy voiced by Charles Spurgeon on beards and personal integrity. A pastor's trust, Groza writes, is on public display and is "easy to lose and difficult to regain."
FIRST-PERSON: The problem of evil — for atheists
It is more difficult for atheists to deal with the problem of evil than for Christians, Adam Groza writes. "If there is no God … then moral outrage is reduced to collective emotionalism, social posturing or political maneuvering."
FIRST-PERSON: Gay men in the NFL
If the NFL gets its first openly gay player, Adam Groza notes that the culture may celebrate a new view of a "real man," but it will not change the biblical view of men who are faithful to Christ, to His church and to their wives and families.