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Lass Words: Stressed? A few thoughts on who is ‘very happy’

November 2, 2024

“How can it be that the easier life gets, the more stressful it becomes? Clearly, peace is not connected to how much work you do,” Ken Lass writes.

Disaster relief work wrapping up in South Carolina, moving to North Carolina

November 2, 2024

Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are wrapping up their work in Clearwater, South Carolina, today (Nov. 1) and preparing to join the cleanup effort in western North Carolina.

Retired pastor Ron Butler dies at 79

November 1, 2024

Ron Butler – who died Oct. 29 – retired in May after 44 years of serving churches in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. He served as pastor of Pine Level Baptist in Chatom and Spice Pond Baptist in Eight Mile.

Huntsville church merger bears fruit across generations

November 1, 2024

“We have baptized more this year than any year I’ve been here,” said Ethan McCreary, pastor of Church on the Hill, which is averaging more than 300 people on Sundays.

Book Review: ‘Every Home a Foundation’ helps readers find purpose in mundane tasks

October 31, 2024

In the introduction to Phylicia Masonheimer’s new book, “Every Home a Foundation: Experiencing God Through Your Everyday Routines,” she shares ways that readers can be equipped to use their homes to “love others well.”

Theology 101 — Salvation as sanctification

October 31, 2024

This week we move on to think of salvation in terms of its continuation throughout a lifetime. The theological term for the progression of the Christian life is “sanctification,” notes Jerry Batson.