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Feature Article

Swaddling Clothes

by Noel Smith Excerpted from his editorial, December 22, 1950 Nothing that men ever imagined, nothing that men ever thought, nothing that men ever said, nothing that men ever did, nothing that men ever recorded […]

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Feature Article

Apologetics for Christmas

Tenth article in the series “With Good Reason” by Keith Bassham The Christmas story is a fitting conclusion to the apologetics series, for in that story I see at least four apologetic strains of thought, […]

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AfterWords

The imperfect gift

by Eddie Lyons Pastor, High Street Baptist Church, Springfield, MO It was going to be a big day for us. Our youngest child, James, had been selected to throw out the first pitch to famed […]

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Feature Article

Minister’s Instruction Manual available

by Keith Bassham The Minister’s Instruction Manual By Mel Brown Published by Guidance House Publishing 308 pages – $29.95 I was so happy to receive W. A. Criswell’s Guidebook for Pastors not many years after […]

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Baptist History

Lewis Lunsford

The Wonderful boy by Thomas Ray Lewis Lunsford was one of the most distinguished and suc­cessful Baptist ministers of the 18th century. He was born about 1753 in Stafford County, Virginia. His youth was marked […]

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Urban Current

Christmas changes everything

by Charles Lyons Bob, lanky, with a kind of “aw shucks” demeanor, coked his way through Columbia University in New York City. His father had died. He had to pay his mother’s mortgage while working […]

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On the Table

Is it time to celebrate Advent?

by Keith Bassham I think I’ve mentioned this before, but working a month ahead on a magazine gives me a headache around the holidays. The Novem­ber election was just a few days ago, and we’ve […]

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Worldwide Missions

Geographically different, spiritually needy

by Jon Konnerup The Baptist Bible Fellowship International has had a missionary presence in Argentina since 1960. Throughout the years, more missionaries arrived and built strong ministries — planting grow­ing churches and training dedicated leaders. […]