No tithe required

Are we required to pay a 10 percent tithe to the church? No. In the Old Testament, tithes were a form of taxation for the

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Engraved by Grace

Esther Burroughs. Birmingham, Ala.: New Hope Publishers, 2005. 221 pp. (Paperback). Subtitled “Creating a Legacy of Faith for Your Children” and very largely autobiographical in

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Living the Extraordinary Life

Charles F. Stanley. Nashville: Nelson Books, 2005. 240 pp. (Hardback). In his latest production, the famous and popular Atlanta preacher addresses this question: “If an

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Get Off My Honor

Hans Zeiger. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005. 196 pp. (Paperback). An effective response to the assault on the Boy Scouts of America, this remarkable

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Thanks for WMU news

I want to thank you for your informative editorial concerning Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) and the Southern Baptist Convention, which appeared in the Aug. 3

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Church bell memories

When I was a child, there was a church less than a block from my house. Every Sunday, an hour before the service started, the

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TIm Surrett

Tim Surrett Paradigm Records Tim Surrett’s second solo project (his first was 1999’s “Mountain Home”) finds him sliding between styles on tracks, from bluesy to

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