On the Table
Christmas bells
by Keith Bassham On Christmas Day 1863, American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow had little to cheer his own heart.
Month: November 2013
Feature Article
Embracing hope on the edge of the abyss
The second in a series of studies from the Book of Jeremiah By Keith Bassham Jeremiah 33 12 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without […]
AfterWords
The Incarnation
by Noel Smith, founding editor of the Baptist Bible Tribune Excerpted from “The Incarnation,” published in the Tribune December 25, 1953 When I first heard this exalted term, Incarnation, many long weary years ago, my […]
Feature Article
Typhoon Haiyan
Just a few days before the Tribune went to press, Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines at 5 a.m. local time, November 7. Relief efforts had already been underway because of an earthquake that hit the […]
Feature Article
Austin, TX, church struggles through loss
…and ministers in midst of flood disaster First Independent Baptist Church suffered major damage when Austin, TX, received more than a foot of rain overnight and into the early morning October 31.
Baptist History
Daniel Merrill
The Congregationalist who became a Baptist by Thomas Ray Daniel Merrill was born March 18, 1765, in Rowley, MA, into a deeply religious family. His father was the head deacon in the Rowley Congregationalist Church, […]
Urban Current
Babylon and Bethlehem
by Charles Lyons Golden Babylon. Mighty Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar said, “Is this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of […]
Worldwide Missions
The mission of God
by Jon Konnerup God commanded the church to take the gospel to the ends of the earth. When unbelievers hearts are changed through our obedience of sharing the gospel with them, God’s glory is exponentially […]
Church Planting
Candidate school included tours of church plants
by Dan Lamb What a thrilling week we experienced when the NCPO Church Planters’ Candidate School joined the pastors in the Ohio BBF State Meeting October 7-11. We shared candidate school speakers and classes with […]
Baptist Bible College Update
All I want for Christmas is…
by Mark Milioni I have never really been a Christmas list kind of guy. When someone asked what I wanted for Christmas I would generally say, “Whatever.” Not my kids. They would begin making out […]