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RJS This has been a hard year. No one likes uncertainty, but this has been a year where uncertainty rules. We are not in control and we cannot force reality to follow our rules, or declare the virus out of existence. The best we can do is take precautions, refine treatments, and develop vaccines and then vaccinate, and pray … not in that order. Prayer is a regular and continuing need. As Christians we have often focused on clear direction and certainty. We see it in responses to the current c...

Archaeological, Prophetic, and Manuscript Evidences The Bible has been abused, criticized and scorned more than any other book in history. Many attack it Are there reasons why intelligent, educated persons continue to adhere to biblical inspiration? Is there a rational basis for such a belief? I provide many such (and varied) reasons.

Mike Stone | Photo: Courtesy of Mike Stone Two years after the Southern Baptist Convention acknowledged in Resolution 9 that critical race theory can be a useful analytical tool to explain how race has and continues to function in society, Mike Stone, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Blackshear, Georgia, is proposing a new resolution asking the denomination to condemn the theory.  Stone, who is vying to become the next president of the world’s largest Baptist denomination at its an...

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“One of the trustees stated that my answer was ambiguous,” Walker wrote in the statement. “I agreed and stated there is much ambiguity in this area in our culture right now.” Things Walker said he was not asked about include “my tenure packet, my profession (social work) or anything else related to the service to my university.” Letters from his tenure packet that he submitted as part of his HLC complaint show that the faculty vote in favor of his tenure was unanimous (23 in favor, ...

THE STANDARD OPINION A matatu with a painting of US presidents Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln, and civil rights activist Martin Luther King. Dr King is frequently cited as a freedom champion who stood on a spiritual platform. [Courtesy: AFP] A string of insults, a bag of foul language, blaring character assassination and the speech still ends with “God Bless Kenya!” How is God supposed to fit comfortably in such a dark sentence? Such is the conflicting form of our politicians’ speeches....

Belarus president approves idea to build monument to Metropolitan Filaret in Minsk Metropolitan Filaret. An archive photo MINSK, 20 May (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko approved the proposal to erect a monument to Metropolitan Filaret in Minsk during the meeting to review the socio-economic and socio-political development of the Belarusian capital on 20 May, Minsk Mayor Vladimir Kukharev told the media, BelTA has learned. “Today, on the instructions of the head of state, we ...

Living Word Lutheran Church celebrates land dedication The 225-member Living Word Lutheran Church (LWLC) of Alexandria celebrated the purchase of an eight-acre building site on McKay Avenue Sunday, October 23. Written By: EchoPress News | × Members of Living Word Lutheran Church in Alexandria celebrated the purchase of land for a future building site at a special service Sunday. Contributed The 225-member Living Word Lutheran Church (LWLC) of Alexandria celebrated the purchase o...

From the blog of Allen S. Maller at The Times of Israel

Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren speaks at the Closing Gala of Proclaim 19, the NRB International Christian Media Convention in Anaheim, California | NRB Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Al Mohler says Rick Warrens California-based Saddleback Church is in "direct violation" of denominational teaching for ordaining three women pastors and is calling for the denomination to reaffirm its teaching.  “This past week, Saddleback Community Church in California ordained thre...