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Bill Fay is an evangelist. He is author of Share Jesus without Fear , a great, brief, simple book on sharing Jesus’ salvation with others (I...

So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading. -Nehemiah 8:8...

This week (3-15-2010), Baptist Press began publishing a three part series on Alcohol and the Church by Peter Lumpkins. They are well worth ...

Therefore my beloved and longed-for brethren, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, beloved. -Philippians 4:1 Dr. Donald R. Potts pa...

“I share in the work of those whom He called and predestinated to preach the Gospel among grave persecutions to the end of the earth.” -Sai...

In ancient days there lived a great nobleman. His only child was a daughter who was of age to be married. So the nobleman decided to throw a...

My dad was a longtime, small church pastor in Texas. He was never famous, but, in my humble opinion, God used him greatly. All three of his ...

Most older adults fondly remember the days of the Church Covenant . Many Baptist churches would have a large Church Covenant poster hanging ...

Having been led, as we believe by the Spirit of God, to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior and, on the profession of our faith, hav...

It seems that churches have often gotten it wrong when it comes to church discipline. Either the church discipline is too strict, or there i...

Those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in J...

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. For the needy shall not always be forgotten; the expectation of t...

Following is a Book Review by Dr. R. L. Sumner, editor of The Biblical Evangelist. Alcohol Today: Abstinence in an Age of Indulgence , by ...

Accountability The local Baptist Association has no desire to run your business. But a Baptist church needs other churches to compare notes...

What is a Baptist Association? A local group of Baptist churches that have joined together to assist each other and to carry on the work of...

Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I ...

The earth is the LORD’s, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein. -Psalm 24:1 As a boy in grade school, I distinctly re...

But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the ...

“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined...

Last week a news program dealt with a problem many families struggle with at Thanksgiving and Christmas. The problem was big family fights a...