<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Opening thought<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">:  <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">I was standing in a dusty parking lot in Amman, Jordan, with nine women from...

The 2008 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, 100% of which supports the SBC International Mission Board (IMB), was $9 million less than the 2007 amount. One leader described the consequences: "We've had to take drastic measures. We're not sending the...

JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk , was in France in the early 60’s when DeGaule decided to pull out of NATO.  DeGaule said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible. Rusk responded "does that include those who are buried here?...

Scripture encourages us to think of church in different ways than are common among us 1-      The church is not a building, but it is the people assembled. The earliest churches met in homes (Romans 16:5; Colossians 4:15). Church buildings did not...

Worship is what we were saved for (Revelation 1:5-6; Psalm 29:9; 84:4; 1 Peter 2:5). Worship springs from gratitude (Psalm 50:23; Colossians 3:16b; Philippians 4:6). Worship is borne out of humility (Psalm 51:17; 1 Corinthians 1:29;...