When breaking news breaks our hearts

March 16, 2022

By Rick Lance Executive director, Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions You don’t have to be a news junkie to have been bombarded by the

First person: Beeson grad, Russia native offers guidance for praying for Ukraine

March 10, 2022

Anton Ivanov is a 2021 M.Div. graduate of Beeson Divinity School. He is Russian and his wife is Ukrainian. The Ivanov’s are members of Third Presbyterian Church (PCA) in

First Person: What does a just end to the Russo-Ukrainian war look like?

March 7, 2022

If justice were to prevail in Ukraine, Russia would cease military operations, withdraw from the country, return Crimea and Donbas to Ukrainian control, publicly apologize

First Person: Oppression and the Olympics

February 3, 2022

The opening ceremonies of the Beijing Winter Olympics are Friday (Feb. 4). Like many around the world, I love gathering with friends and family to

FIRST-PERSON: ‘Born on earth for us below’

December 24, 2021

By Rosalie Chesley Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware See, amid the winter’s snow / Born on earth for us below / See, the tender Lamb appears

FIRST-PERSON: Did Jesus come to bring peace?

December 18, 2021

By Aaron Wilson Lifeway Christian Resources “For a child will be born for us … he will be named … Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6

First Person: I’m asking for it

November 28, 2021

By Paul Chitwood IMB president In this season, when I am meeting with many state conventions and associations, God has directed me to Romans 10:8-15. Paul’s