Note: Professor Marshall King was leading a group of students on an archaeological dig in Israel when the U.S. and Israel carried out strikes on Iran. There is a moment in archaeological fieldwork that experienced diggers learn to anticipate and novices never forget. You have been moving through unremarkable soil for hours, sometimes days: careful, methodical, patient in … [Read More...]
Tennessee
UPDATE: TENNESSEE LAWMAKERS TURN BACK RESTRICTIVE ABORTION BILL
NASHVILLE — A Tennessee House committee rejected an anti-abortion bill Tuesday that would have criminalized women for seeking abortion procedures, potentially … [Read More...]
Columnists
CALMING AN ANXIOUS GENERATION
You have probably heard some of the troubling statistics about teens and young adults. The data points are piling up like symptoms for a very ill patient. Since … [Read More...]
SBC
ERLC OPPOSES DELAWARE PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE LAW
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) is voicing its opposition to a Delaware law which legalizes physician-assisted suicide for … [Read More...]
SS Lessons
MARCH 29: FORGIVENESS
Focal Passage: Matthew 18:21-35 My wife and I have three little boys (ages 10, 8, 5) and I recently took them on a hike. They each had a small backpack … [Read More...]
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MARCH 22: GOD IS OMNIPOTENT
Focal Passage: Isaiah 44:6-9; 21-28 The central truth of Scripture is both simple and staggering: there is only one God who is supreme, omnipotent, and fully capable of doing whatever He sovereignly chooses. This is not a philosophical idea or a … [Read More...]
WITH MARCH, COMES GAMBLING MADNESS
NASHVILLE (BP) – Sports gambling doesn’t have a specific season, but certain times of the year are considered to be its Super Bowl or March Madness. Specifically … the Super Bowl and March Madness. Crowning the National Football League champion remains the … [Read More...]
IRANIAN MINISTERS, GATEWAY PROFESSOR ASSESS PLIGHT OF IRANIAN CHRISTIANS
TEHRAN, Iran (BP) – Can conditions get any worse for Iranian Christians? Can conditions get any better? Iranian evangelist Hormoz Shariat told Baptist Press the dichotomy kicks him in the gut every year. Shariat, founder of Iran Alive Ministries, has … [Read More...]