Help! What Should I Do with All of My Books?
Read this article for suggestions on donating your books and music. These items could help ministry leaders in the Philippines.
Bible Puzzles from RBP
Church had been dismissed and most of the preschoolers had been collected by their parents. One toddler remained. To keep the child occupied while he …
What about Polygamy?
Q. Legalizing polygamy has been in the news lately. If it’s wrong, why did so many Old Testament believers practice it? Why did they go …
Honey, I Shrunk the Membership!
In the first year of one of my pastorates, I removed about 200 people from the membership! It’s true—but let me explain. Although the church …
Regular Baptist Camps
Before the disk had time to settle into a prickly nest of tree branches, brush, and poison ivy, the disk thrower, a fourth grader at …
Immigration Reform
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, temptest-tost …
Closing the Generation Gap
Joe Bower began serving as a GARBC pastor in 1943, meeting and learning from Robert Ketcham, Paul Jackson, and Joseph Stowell—the first generation of GARBC …
Teach, Pray, Love
Millions of children in India are stuck in a “slumdog” life of poverty, child labor, malnutrition, and illiteracy—all perpetuated by a Hindu caste system and …
God’s People and the Future of Egypt
Riots erupted in Egypt in January, an explosion of popular anger that seemed to have little warning. Protesters demanded the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni …
Why? Older People Offer Perspective
A gift of age is the ability to gain perspective—“the faculty of seeing all the relevant data in a meaningful relationship.” In other words, it …
Why? Older People Set the Pace
I’m pretty impatient. I’d rather get something done today than have it drag out for months. It probably comes with the territory of being young. One …
Why? Older People Have Experience
When seeking counsel and wisdom, many young pastors in the GARBC look up to godly men who have been there before. These “older” men have …
Patrick and Carey–Two of a Kind
People often assume that little if any missionary activity took place subsequent to the first-century apostles until William Carey initiated the modern missionary movement. Such …