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Feature Article

Kisses in the belly of the beast

An excerpt from Happy Endings to Hard Days by Steve Van Winkle In 1996, my oldest daughter, Madison, was two beautiful-and-indescribably-cute years old, and my youngest daughter, Baylee, was a squirmy six months old.

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October

What’s in a name?

by Charles Lyons Denominational tags have fallen on hard times. History and tradition seem to be bad baggage these days. I would be surprised if you know of a new church that can be identified […]

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Baptist History

A. C. Dixon — Fervent, Fundamental, Faithful

by Doug Kutilek Amzi Clarence Dixon (1854-1925), largely forgotten today, was a leading Baptist in his day and the only man to pastor both Moody Memorial Church in Chicago and Spurgeon’s Tabernacle in London.

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Feature Article

Before you talk to a same-sex couple …

by Kevin Carson Are you prepared to minister to a homosexual? Can God use you to help someone committed to a homosexual lifestyle repent and change? Many pastors, missionaries, students, and others in the church […]

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October

A new normal

by Keith Bassham Two months ago, the Tribune published a response to the Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage throughout all the states. Among the observations, I indicated that those of us who hold […]

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On the Table

Chaplains

by Keith Bassham I had two close brushes with military life. Just after I graduated high school, I was living in Dallas, having been “lured” there by a couple of friends who shortly returned to […]

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Urban Current

Evangelizing an urbanized world

by Charles Lyons I was on my bike. I had pulled to the curb to tighten my gearshift. Two 13-year-olds walked up. “Bike broke?” one asked. “Nah, just have to tighten something.” The banter gave […]

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AfterWords

We knew it, and now everyone knows

by Keith Bassham A Greek painter named Appelles in the fourth century B.C. is supposed to have uttered a phrase to a shoemaker who had criticized some of his work. The Latin phrase is “Sutor, […]

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Feature Article

More than tradition

A response to the Supreme Court’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage throughout the United States of America by Keith Bassham First thing. The issue at hand is marriage, its essence and definition, the efforts to upend […]