GULF COAST PASTOR: Links You May Find Helpful

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Links You May Find Helpful

Following are a number of links or websites you may find useful. Some provide a balance to the usual fare found in the media.

I do not, however, agree with everything at these sites. They are here for your interest and information. Read with Christian discernment. For details of what I believe, read the Articles / Labels here at Gulf Coast Pastor.

These diverse sites are listed in no particular order.

Baptist Press – Official news agency of the Southern Baptist Convention. News on Baptists, Christianity, missions, religious liberty, ethics, general news, etc. Usually there are new articles every afternoon, Monday through Friday.

http://bpnews.net/

Southern Baptist Texan – News of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (SBTC). You may also want to subscribe to their print copy.

http://texanonline.net/

Fox News – National, international news.

http://www.foxnews.com/

Townhall – Generally conservative, political news, commentary, political cartoons.

https://townhall.com/

Bible Gateway – Great Bible study site. They make the Bible available in numerous English Bible translations and, in several other languages. You can also do a search for key Bible words (Concordance).

https://www.biblegateway.com/

Pre-Trib Research Center – Numerous articles from the Premillennial view of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Presents and defends the Pre-Tribulational Rapture.

https://pre-trib.org/

National Rifle Association (NRA) – Gun rights, gun safety, self-defense, church security.

https://home.nra.org/

Texas Handbook Online – Everything you wanted to know about Texas history. Interesting stuff.

https://tshaonline.org/handbook/search

Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine – Learn about Texas outdoors. Hunting, fishing, camping, state and national parks, etc.

https://tpwmagazine.com/

Fur-Fish-Game – The magazine for the practical outdoorsman.

https://www.furfishgame.com/

Texas Gardener Magazine – Gardening in Texas.

https://www.texasgardener.com/

Cornwall Alliance – For the Stewardship of Creation. The other side concerning Man-Caused Global Warming.

https://cornwallalliance.org/

WORLD Magazine – News on all subjects, from a conservative Christian view.

https://world.wng.org/print

Samaritan’s Purse – Great missions organization. Christmas Shoeboxes (Operation Christmas Child), disaster relief, and more. Bible believing, sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ.

https://www.samaritanspurse.org/

Gideons – Christian businessmen distributing Bibles around the world.

https://www2.gideons.org/

Mission:Dignity – Helping retired pastors and pastors’ wives.

http://www.missiondignity.org/

GuideStone Financial Resources, SBC – Every pastor and church staff member should be regularly putting ten percent or more into their personal retirement fund. Churches, as much as they are able, should contribute to their pastor’s and staff’s retirement. GuideStone can tell you how. They also have personal investment funds.

https://www.guidestone.org/

LifeWay Stores – Christian books, music, gifts, church supplies.

https://www.lifeway.com/en/store-locator

Focus on the Family – Christian help and information on family issues.

https://www.focusonthefamily.com/

American Council on Addiction and Alcohol Problems - Organization warning and educating about the dangers of alcohol and other drugs.

ACAAP.us

Josh McDowell – Christian Apologetics. Explaining and defending what we believe and why we believe it.

https://www.josh.org/

Norman Geisler – Christian Apologetics. Defending the Bible and what Evangelical Christians believe.

http://normangeisler.com/

Leighton Flowers – Deals with issues on Calvinism or Reformed Theology, from a non-Calvinist or Traditionalist point of view. Answers many common questions.

https://soteriology101.com/

Institute for Creation Research – Research, books, from a literal biblical viewpoint on creation. Discovery Center in Dallas, TX. Acts & Facts magazine.

https://www.icr.org/who-we-are

Answers in Genesis – Research, books, from a literal biblical viewpoint on creation. They have the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter in Kentucky.

https://answersingenesis.org/

Pregnancy Resource Center

https://www.prce.org/

Victims of Communism - testimonies, information on evil of communism.

https://victimsofcommunism.org/

Love Worth Finding – Sermons, books, devotions by Adrian Rogers, pastor and SBC president.

https://www.lwf.org/

Sharper Iron – Independent Baptist site. You will find Independent Baptists are about as diverse as Southern Baptists.

https://sharperiron.org/

W. A. Criswell Sermon Library – Pastor, Author, SBC President. Wealth of sermons.

https://www.wacriswell.com/

Baptist Faith & Message 2000 – Doctrinal Statement of the Southern Baptist Convention