Christians have been using technology from the beginning. We were among the first to employ scribes to repeatedly copy the Bible. We were among the very first to use the printing press and later the radio. Our missionary organizations have been using airplanes for decades. And most churches I visit use...
I wrote this primarily for me, for I find it quite helpful for me to count my blessings. Nevertheless, I thought that some of you might find it helpful to read as a springboard for your own time of thanksgiving. This is by no mean an exhaustive list, for the more I...
Another major American leader had his career destroyed this week when an adulterous affair was revealed. And at this point, no one knows for sure just how far this investigation will go. Are there others involved? Has a culture of cheating invaded every aspect of American life? Even a cursory...
Like many other Southern Baptists, I read with dismay of the situation that occured at First Baptist Church in Crystal Springs, Mississippi. A black couple who had been attending the church wanted to get married. They scheduled the ceremony and even had the rehearsal on a Thursday night, just two days...
It’s a dirty little secret that really isn’t much of a secret, but our denomination (the Southern Baptist Convention) was formed in a region and in an era of extreme racial prejudice. Many of our churches openly practiced discrimination and segregation for years, and many of our churches were on the...
There is always something going on at FSBCA designed to help people, and we don’t always take the time to tell the success stories we hear. For example, in April, our church was the host site for Project Connect, a ministry sponsored by our church and the Valley of the Sun United Way to...
As soon as I walked into the church office, I could tell we had power issues. Some lights burned dimly; others wouldn’t come on at all. Computers wouldn’t turn on. Telephones didn’t work. The burglar and fire alarms were beeping, as were various back-up batteries. There was little on my “to-do”...
Some months ago, I blogged about a young man living in our dumpster. That was in January, and several of you have asked me for an update. The truth is that he has lived in our recycling dumpster for about 2 1/2 months. Our members made sure that he had food,...
I’m not a University of Kentucky fan. Those that know me best (or even know me casually) know that I am a fan of another group of Wildcats. Nevertheless, I learned some interesting things during March Madness about the University of Kentucky basketball team, and many of those things have...
1943 was a long time ago, and life was different in Avondale back then. Avondale (also known as Coldwater) was an unincorporated area, and the population was less than 2000 people. At the time, it didn’t have a High School. Litchfield Park High School had been founded in 1928, and it...
