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New Year. New Semester. New You?
There are millions (literally 22,800,000 of them) of Google search results for “new year resolutions.” Each new year is the fresh start to finally get serious about


Outreach and Evangelism Through Affinity Groups
In 2001 I approached a couple of ministers to gauge their interest in partnering with the BCM to reach different affinity groups on campus. UAB


United yet Unfinished
In October 1823 on a Tuesday, Alabama churches sent messengers to a meeting in Greensboro. Those in attendance helped form the Alabama Baptist State Convention. They


The Yellow Shirt Army
When terrible events happen, who are you going to call? The answer is often the Yellow Shirt Army – namely Southern Baptist Disaster Relief workers.


Unfinished
In a recent conversation with my wife, Pam, she asked me a probing yet pertinent question. “If you had to use one word to describe


A Gift for the Honoree
Have you ever thought about the fact that Christmas is the only Birthday we celebrate where we give everyone except the honoree a gift? It


The Spirit of Giving Grows
I recently read the story of Chad Rose, a Michigan resident who one year happened to have an extra Christmas tree that was used on


A Mousetrap for Christmas?
I’m sure many of you have already completed your Christmas shopping and you’re just enjoying the holiday season watching Hallmark movies and/or football games and


Four Names, what impact have they on Your Life?
For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be