First person: The secret of satisfaction

February 3, 2025

Rather than simply saying, “Seek to be as righteous as you can,” Jesus taps into the most basic of human needs in order to drive His point home.

Gilbreath: Give invitations at the end of services with compassion, urgency

February 2, 2025

Sammy Gilbreath said if a pastor woke up on Sunday morning and God told him, “Today is going to be Joe’s last Sunday,” he bets the message and invitation “would have a sense of urgency about it.”

Lass Words: Aches and pains

February 2, 2025

My father used to say, “Son, you’ll know you’re old when you get together with your friends and all you talk about is everybody’s aches and pains.”

SEBTS professor, former Brook Hills teaching pastor Shaddix dies

February 1, 2025

Jim Shaddix was a senior professor of preaching at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina, and served as pastor of teaching/training at The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham from 2012 to 2015.

First person: Removing humanity from others makes it difficult to love them

February 1, 2025

One way we all can help each other toward an effort of genuinely showing Jesus’ love to others is to avoid labels and harsh descriptions about those we might disagree with as well as the latest current events, writes Jennifer Rash.