By Jim Barnette, Ph.D. Samford University and Brookwood Baptist Church, Mountain Brook I Am a Priest 1 Peter 2:4–10 We are a priesthood of believers
What’s New? By Jerry Batson, Th.D. Special to The Alabama Baptist In this New Year, Theology 101 is exploring aspects of the newness toward which
Terrence Jones asked a question during the recent State Evangelism Conference that deserves an answer. Speaking during the Tuesday morning session, Jones asked why Alabama
By Jay T. Robertson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Christian Studies, University of Mobile THE TESTIMONY Acts 22:3–8, 15–22 While at the temple in Jerusalem, Paul
Tallapoosa Ben Hayes is the new pastor of First Church, Dadeville. He previously served as pastor of Southside Church, Decatur. Hayes holds a bachelor’s degree
TEL AVIV — In Tel Aviv, a Bible Society bookshop is under threat of being shut down. The owner of the bookshop’s building alleges that
OTTAWA, Canada — Churches and other Christian groups in Canada are concerned about a new rule that denies summer job funding for organizations that express
Fifty years ago in fall 1967, the late Audrey Lattimore Gaston Howard became the first African-American to enroll full time at Samford University in Birmingham.
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