Category Archives: Family

“I Have No One”

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Tobey Pitman

  By Tobey Pitman, Community Ministries Missionary, Northshore Baptist Association, LA Life for Jim was as bad as it could get. He was drinking daily. He could hold a job for only about a week or two at a time. … Continue reading →

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Lessons on Control

Posted on May 23, 2011 by sbctoday

Dr. Charles Ray III, Pastor, Grace Memorial Baptist Church, Gulfport, MS (Charlie and his wife Lisa have served as foster care parents for several children). ——————————————— I like to think I’m in control, but God has been teaching me more … Continue reading →

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The Things Mothers Teach Us

Posted on May 7, 2011 by sbctoday

This article by Dr. Crosby appeared in Baptist Press this week, and we secured his permission to share it with our SBC Today audience as well. David E. Crosby, Pastor, First Baptist, New Orleans, LA King Lemuel decided to share with … Continue reading →

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On Generational Discipleship

Posted on March 23, 2011 by sbctoday

Dr. Allen Jackson, Youth Ministry Professor, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary I have been thinking about discipleship lately.  Avery Willis Jr. said,  “Discipleship is developing a personal, lifelong, obedient relationship with Jesus Christ in which He transforms your character into … Continue reading →

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We are Family!

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Tim Rogers

In viewing Dr. Al Mohler’s forum at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary I found myself in agreement with the resolution of his analogies.  He presented analogous formulas to represent where the Southern Baptist Convention came from and where she finds herself … Continue reading →

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The Presence of These Witnesses

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Wes Kenney

In our most recent podcast, Robin Foster made a statement that really jumped out at me the last time I listened to it. We were talking about the subject of “polyamory,” a concept that Dr. Albert Mohler addressed in a … Continue reading →

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Kitchen Tables and Interventions

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Joe Stewart

The way I write is actually fairly simple – it’s much like birthing a sermon. You incubate it in prayer, research it in study, and wrestle with it until you have a burden you believe is from God that you … Continue reading →

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Busyness: The Thief of Family Memories

Posted on March 2, 2009 by SBC Today

by Alan Melton “Seventeen summers,” said the busy father, wistfully describing the memory of his oldest child growing up.  He continued, “We get seventeen summer vacations, and then our children are gone.”  His statement stung me as I thought about … Continue reading →

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