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Editor’s note: This year marks the centennial anniversaries of the Cooperative Program’s creation, the adoption of the Baptist Faith & Message, and the SBC’s ownership of Southwestern Seminary. To celebrate

It’s been a decade since I’ve celebrated Easter in America. When I think back on the holiday, I remember buying special pastel dresses for my daughters. Watching all the men

Catholic Filipinos will soon join millions worldwide to celebrate Semana Santa, Holy Week, which begins on Palm Sunday and ends on Easter Sunday.  Census data from 2020 records that 78.8%

Introduction Contrary to the way some corners of contemporary Christianity portray the benefits of the Christian Gospel, salvation is not our escape from embodied existence. Rather than being a means

Editor’s note: This year marks the centennial anniversaries of the Cooperative Program’s creation, the adoption of the Baptist Faith & Message, and the SBC’s ownership of Southwestern Seminary. To celebrate

There are passages in Paul’s letters where language itself strains to capture the greatness and glory of the realities of the Gospel, writing that is rhetorically powerful and filled with

From time to time, I like to ask my fellow worship ministers: Why do people come to church? Why do your church members gather for worship each week? I get

Originally published January 10, 2020. Are the categories of transcendence and immanence important considerations for worship planning and design?  The answer is a resounding yes.  Not only are they important,

What are we really doing when we gather for corporate worship each week? For some today, the main purpose for which we gather is evangelism; every service is designed to

Luke beautifully weaves four hope-filled canticles (songs) into his first two chapters: Mary’s praise (Magnificat 1:46-55), Zechariah’s Prophecy (Benedictus 1:67-79), the Angels’ song (Gloria in Excelsis Deo 2:14), and Simeon’s

Why do we sing hymns in Christian worship? Is the singing of hymns optional? Is it something churches do simply because it is an enjoyable to affirm biblical truth that

Automatic doors, elevators, ramps, and even hearing loops have become common in public buildings in the United States. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has created and is still creating

Baptist Political Theology. Edited by Thomas S. Kidd, Paul D. Miller, and Andrew T. Walker. Brentwood, TN: B&H Academic, 2023. ix + 774 pp. $59.99.  “Befuddlement” and “intrigue” are the

By Jeannine Brown. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2024, 145 pp., $24.99.  Jeannine Brown in her work, Embedded Genres in the New Testament, analyzes genres within their literary framework yielding relevant,

Vol. 1, Theology for Every Person. By Malcolm B. Yarnell III. Brentwood, TN: B&H, 2024, 272 pp., $24.99. Why is it necessary to have another systematic theology? Yarnell, research professor

By Stephen O. Presley. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2024, 220 pp., $24.99. Christians today are faced with an opportunity to discern how to respond to an increasingly hostile pagan culture

By Dennis P. Hollinger. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2023, 304 pp., $29.99. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Old Testament theology began to pay more attention to creation accounts.

By O. S. Hawkins. Brentwood, TN: B&H Publishing, 2024. 241 pp., $27.99. There arose a generation who did not know W. A. Criswell. Most of my current students have never

Preaching Old Testament stories can feel like a challenge. Yet, it’s also an incredible opportunity, because these narratives aren’t just history lessons—they’re carefully crafted stories packed with meaning. By following

If you want to preach something substantive, you have to have something valuable to say. So how do you find something of value to say from Old Testament narratives? Since

“Do not love the world or the things in the world” (1 John 2:15). We all know we are supposed to obey this command, but it is far easier said

Some passages of the Bible are especially difficult. For some passages, it is difficult to accept what they demand. For some, it is difficult to believe what they claim. For

The time for the Convention Sermon had arrived at the 1987 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Kansas City. At the height of the theological battles shaking the

Much has been written about Jonathan Edwards’s Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, probably the most famous sermon in North American history. A large book could be written on