Evangelical Manifesto reclaims definition
Leading evangelicals release manifesto to reclaim a theological definition of the term. Beeson Divinity[Read More]
Voting counts today
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It isn't just Hump Day
Posted at The Way I Hear It By NCBaptistSupermanAnyone know why we call Wednesday night church services "prayer meetings"? OK, I know some folks call it Bible Study, maybe a few combine the titles, perhaps a few others even personalize it with something like the Pastor's Bible Study. But having driven all...
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Evangelical Manifesto reclaims definition
Posted at Editor's Journal By jamesonWhat do you do when someone changes the definition of the words you've been using all your life to describe yourself? Evangelicals have lost control of how their own identity is defined and now a high profile group of them is trying to get it back. On...
Mormon Answers pg 2
Posted at Mormon Answers pg 2 By rickereksonThis is page 2 of answers by myself, an active Mormon, to the excellent questions regarding Mormon beliefs posed by Michael W. Hodges on May 2, 2008 Questsion 2. What is Kobol where is it and what is its purpose? Answer: I think you mean Kolob. As a...
Mormon Answers
Posted at Mormon Answers By rickereksonAs an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I will try to answer some of the questions respectfully posted by Michael W. Hodges on May 2, 2008. Question: 1. Why do Mormons not use the cross as a symbol? Answer: Jesus...
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Voting counts today
Posted at Editor's Journal By jamesonWhen the voice on the radio alarm this morning said the polls open at 6:30 I jumped out of bed and started the coffee pot. I was going to be first in line. I should have gone without the coffee. Although I was in line before 6:30, I was 19th. I love...
As NC Baptist as It Gets?
Posted at The Way I Hear It By NCBaptistSupermanWhat does it mean to be a North Carolina Baptist? Well there is a "technical definition" from the Convention. If you are a member of a participating Baptist church then you are a NC Baptist. That leads to a need to understand what it means to be a...
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Winning RAGBRAI lottery
Posted at Editor's Journal By jamesonThe RAGBRAI , which stands for the Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa, is the oldest, largest and longest bike tour in the nation. It's been going since 1973 and annually attracts 8,500 registered riders for a 450-550 mile meander through the corn...
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Dear Church describes disillusioned generation
Posted at Editor's Journal By jamesonChurches discouraged by a generation disillusioned with the church could take heart in the words of its loving critic Sarah Cunningham. Cunningham, the twentysomething author of Dear Church: An Introduction to a Disillusioned Generation, told members...
My Final Entry
Posted at A Disciple's Journey By WadingIn less than two weeks I will take the final steps of a four year journey to complete the Baccalaureate degree that I started sixteen years ago. In 1990 I committed a sin which came with consequences that are with me to this day. By God's grace, four years...
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Williamses make good company
Posted at Editor's Journal By jamesonIf you're known by the company you keep, the Biblical Recorder improved its reputation in April by recognizing the contributions of Eddie and Martha Williams during Baptist Heritage Day. As covered in the Recorder in the April 26 issue, 13 North...
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Need a nice, clean DNS server?
Posted at Casting Light By adminWhen last sighted here I promised Brother Wade I would come back with a recommended way to avoid being juked into the badlands by a greedy Internet Service Provider's DNS moneymaking scheme . This is especially important to churches and small...
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Message from Dad's Bible
Posted at Editor's Journal By jamesonAfter the flurry of tears, plans, memorial service then a return home to reestablish normalcy, children of a parent just departed start the melancholy task of going through items they've retrieved that mean the most to them. This morning I received a long...
Does blogging really serve a purpose?
Posted at A Disciple's Journey By WadingNot long ago my friend and fellow blogger Buster and I exchanged comments regarding one of my posts. In that exchange I shared with him my desire to write about the significance of blogging and the Baptist Blogosphere, an idea in which he expressed...
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Calendars collide in conflicting dates
Posted at Editor's Journal By jamesonIf you're a fan of Woman's Missionary Union's Missions Extravaganza; Baptist Men's missions conference and annual meeting; and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina's spring meeting you will have to decide which one you want to attend in March...
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My Reply to Scott Schuyler: Thoughts on the Priest...
Posted at A Disciple's Journey By WadingAs is my practice on A Disciples Journey, when one of my readers confronts me with something I have written, I try to bring the issue to the forefront and give them a chance for their opinion to be heard. Comments are always welcomed, and that is the most...
ISP moneymaker was a problem
Posted at Casting Light By adminThe editor was up past midnight in Israel a few months ago, trying to post an Editor's Journal blog. Here in Raleigh I watched through an encrypted shell connection as the blog server smoothly delivered services to users somewhere, while on the same machine...
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Who knows you by name?
Posted at Editor's Journal By jamesonKathryn Carson heard her name called seven times during the awards banquet for the national Baptist Communicators Association in Phoenix April 18. The first time you hear your name is mostly relief because no one wants to get shut out during the event...
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Is it time to reclaim the SBC? Part 2
Posted at A Disciple's Journey By WadingIn recent weeks I have been mulling over some of the different doctrinal positions of the Southern Baptist Convention, and asking myself which positions I believe, which positions I reject, and why. It is important to me to know that what I believe has its...
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Lewis hits road for children
Posted at Editor's Journal By jamesonHelping children is more important to Lewis Smith than the callouses, sore muscles, wind, hills and crazy drivers he will encounter this summer as he rides a bicycle 400 miles across 19 western counties to raise money for Baptist Children's Homes of North...
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Excited for Operation Inasmuch
Posted at Editor's Journal By jamesonI'm taking a red eye flight Friday night from Arizona so I can be in North Carolina Saturday to help cover the April 19 Operation Inasmuch statewide community ministry event. I know I'm not alone in my excitement for this event because at least 805...
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Is it time to reclaim the SBC?
Posted at A Disciple's Journey By WadingI grew up old school Southern Baptist in the farmlands of West Texas. Think, little white country church, literally, out in the middle of no where set in the middle of acres and acres of pristine white cotton. Row upon row as far as the eye could see there was...
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Wash away the mental leper's mark
Posted at Simple Country Boy By BusterLike you , I either am now or may soon be crazy, psycho, sicko, whacko, a nut case, headed for the looney bin and if you're a member of Active Minds you're with me. Those terms mean only that each of us has a living, organic brain which is prey to...
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WMU Offering Demonstrates Selfless Work
Posted at Editor's Journal By jamesonA special offering received during the Woman's Missionary Union Missions Extravaganza April 5 demonstrates the heart, purpose and commitment of this dedicated cadre. WMU staff resigned their positions with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina...
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Picking out funeral clothes
Posted at Editor's Journal By jamesonYou know when the phone rings before the sun rises that news on the other end will not brighten your day. We learned this morning a giant spirit broke free and his body fell to earth. It was not unexpected, just too soon. My wife's father has gone on ahead...
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