Feature Article

The Attitude of Gratitude

The BBFI national meeting on Cape Cod in 2016 provided a great opportunity to reflect on the early beginnings of our nation while visiting Plymouth Rock, the replica Mayflower ship, and Burial Hill. Those Pilgrims […]

No Picture
Feature Article

The spirit of Thanksgiving

by Rob Walker In his work The Fast and Thanksgiving Days of New England, 19th century author William Love documents how the Separatist Puritans viewed religious occasions as a time of solemn reflection and fasting.

No Picture
Baptist History

John Rippon — 63 years a London pastor

by Doug Kutilek The mortal remains of Baptist pastor John Rippon (1751-1836) repose in Bunhill Fields cemetery, London, the burial site of many famous and faithful names in English Non-Conformity (non-Anglican Christians), some 120,000 souls, […]

No Picture
November

The pastor and the witch

by Charles Lyons “Bring drums, rattles, whistles, and noise makers of all types. Dress to shock and/or impress. Come in costumes and show your rage.” So trumpeted the handbill promoting what was being called a […]

No Picture
AfterWords

Annual preaching calendar

by Randy Harp I try to live by this simple principle: begin with the end in mind. I am sure it has something to do with my engineering background. As a senior pastor, I applied […]

No Picture
November

I am thankful

by Randy Harp My wife thinks I am crazy, but I absolutely love the fall. She doesn’t mind fall; she just really doesn’t like what comes after it. But I love the warm days and […]

No Picture
November

Thanksgiving

by Eddie Lyons There is something about our fallen nature that grabs hold of criticism and lets it occupy our meditation while the encouragement of a word of praise easily slips away. One of the […]