Lass Words: Missing the message
August 26, 2025
I recently was asked to preach at one of our area Baptist churches. I worked hard on the sermon and was convinced it was going to be great.
Harmony Baptist honors 98-year-old Lola Owens for 87 years of membership
August 25, 2025
In July 1938, Lola Owens walked down the aisle of Harmony Baptist Church in Andalusia, gave her life to Christ and became a church member. And 87 years later, she’s still there. Church members say she’s a “role model” in how to love others.
Gardendale FBC member says God answered prayers to relocate St. Vincent’s Hospital cross to Arizona church
August 24, 2025
An unusual text disrupted Richard Bradley’s workout one morning at the family life center at Gardendale First Baptist Church — someone had a 16-foot cross from the former St. Vincent’s Hospital and didn’t know what to do with it.
Lass Words: God’s holy name
August 24, 2025
I guess, in the moment, it is human nature to want somebody else to blame. We don’t want to blame ourselves. We can’t blame other people — they’d get mad at us.
First person: The calling of a pastor
August 23, 2025
Since a calling that came at age seventeen, the joy of my life has been training for and working in the local church in order to build up the body of Christ.
Weekend review: James Dobson dies; Ten Commandments in TX blocked; Mike Dance named exec. dir. of Arkansas Baptists
August 22, 2025
Check out these recent headlines, reported by The Baptist Paper.
Chaplain Matt Bostic offers ‘church that never sleeps’
August 22, 2025
Many might think chaplains only work in hospitals or the military. But what is mostly unknown is a rapidly growing field — marketplace chaplains.
Frank Jones offers listeners refreshment, renewal on Oasis tour
August 21, 2025
Each summer and fall, many senior adults in the Birmingham area as well as in other states in the Southeast look forward to spending an afternoon full of entertainment and inspiration, courtesy of Frank Jones.
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