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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. […]

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Church Planting

IGNITE forums visit colleges

by Wayne Guinn The IGNITE Conference at BBC Springfield this year took place October 14-16 and featured a multi-cultural approach to church planting. America has become a vast melting pot of cultures and if we […]