I was never the best student in English classes. I struggled understanding all the seemingly esoteric matters of proper English. Since my parents were not...

Almost six years ago, I wrote an article on this blog titled “A Culture of Cooperation,” reprinted below. This text reflects your State Board’s ongoing...

During my fast-track visit in Haiti, I was able to meet many pastors and associational leaders as well as my approximate counterpart in missions and...

“You are yellow!” That was a macho accusation made by John Wayne in more than one of his likable but rather predictable westerns. Following that...

Why would you leave all of your estate to people you do not know personally? That is the question which lingers in my mind as...

The Orlando meeting of Southern Baptists is now history, and it made history in numerous ways. Affirming the task force report was of course the...

VBS is a blessing! You have read before how much I appreciate the ministry of outreach realized every year through Vacation Bible School. It is...

When Paul Powell was president of the Annuity Board, now GuideStone Financial Resources, he once told me that he was writing a book on stewardship....

Alabama Baptists are a Great Commission people. There is NO DOUBT ABOUT IT! The Across Alabama effort in relationship to the national GPS strategy (God’s Plan for...

As a young child growing up in a relatively small Baptist church in Alabama, I was involved in Bible drills and other exercises of scripture...