FIRST-PERSON: The funeral I most dreaded
Seminary professor Hershael York writes of the redemption that marked his father-in-law's funeral. "For 32 years of our marriage, I dreaded this terrible task because he was not a believer," York writes. Then, in a nursing home, after years of witness, things changed.
BAPTIST FAITH AND MESSAGE: Article 8: The Lord’s Day
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Because God is our Creator and Redeemer, he deserves and demands the first of all that we possess. This principle is given and reiterated throughout Scripture. We are to give the Lord the firstfruits of our increase. We should give him the first minutes of our day. We should seek first his reign and rule in our lives.