FIRST-PERSON: Here’s how you can help Ala.
The situation in Alabama is tragic, but with help, Alabamians will pull through, columnist Rick Lance says.
FIRST-PERSON: Let’s emphasize stewardship from the pulpit
Columnist and state exec Rick Lance says churches need to emphasize biblical stewardship.
FIRST-PERSON: Let’s revitalize Christmas
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP)--Christmas is falling on some hard times. No, I am not referring to the economic downturn ...
FIRST-PERSON (R. Lance): No doubt about it
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP)–Alabama Baptists are a Great Commission people. There is no doubt about it. The Across Alabama effort in relationship to the national GPS strategy (God’s Plan for Sharing) is just one case in point. I cannot recall a time when so many churches in our state were involved in a major endeavor to […]
FIRST-PERSON: Helping the Haitians
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP)--The breaking news out of Haiti breaks our hearts. The images of unimaginable suffering continue to be seen on television and via the Internet.
FIRST-PERSON: Whatever happened to old-fashioned respect?
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP)--Since I began blogging as a ministry tool, I have felt that my subjects for readers should be about the missions and ministries of Alabama Baptists and Southern Baptists.
Are we in a Southern Baptist recession?
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP)--When I served as a pastor, I was sometimes criticized for emphasizing numbers ...
The meaning of the 4th in 3 words
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP)--A silly story is told about a little boy asking his father a question, "Dad, do they have the Fourth of July in England?"
FIRST-PERSON: I can still see and smell the smoke
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP)--Approximately one year ago, there was an infamous series of church fires which claimed national and some international attention. For days and weeks, national news outlets descended on rural Alabama to cover the terrible acts of arsonists, who months later were apprehended by authorities and are now facing the justice system.
FIRST-PERSON: Why give money and not food?
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP)--The scenes of destruction in Louisiana and Mississippi are harrowing, heart-rending and deeply troubling. Virtually no one could fail to be moved by the devastation of human lives and property we see in television coverage.
