No Picture
On the Table

Let’s do 2014 well

by Keith Bassham The start of 2014 got here quickly. That is inelegant syntax, but it carries my thought well enough. And to mark the event on the calendar, I have a couple of things […]

No Picture
Feature Article

Anticipating “an expected end”

JEREMIAH, A PROPHET UNDER FIRE Third in a series of studies from Jeremiah by Keith Bassham Probably one of the darkest and most evil times in the history of Judah (which was all there was […]

No Picture
Baptist History

David Thomas

Missionary to Virginia and Kentucky by Thomas Ray David Thomas was unique among early 18th-century Baptist preachers, especially in Virginia, in that he received a classical education under the eminent Baptist pastor and educator, Issac […]

No Picture
Urban Current

Mighty Moscow

by Charles Lyons Moscow captured my heart. Last year I passed through on my way to visit and work with friends several hours away. While my destination was itself a bustling mid-sized city, nothing compares […]

No Picture
On the Table

Christmas bells

by Keith Bassham On Christmas Day 1863, American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow had little to cheer his own heart.

No Picture
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 […]

No Picture
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 […]

No Picture
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.