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Tough lessons for tough times

January 2 2009 by Barry Howard, First Baptist Church, Pensacola, Fla.

A few months ago, a couple of the savvy business owners in our church indicated we were overdue a severe market correction. In other words, the bull would become a bear and probably persist as a fairly wimpy bear for a while. Now, it is becoming apparent we are not just experiencing a market correction, but we are at the uncomfortable beginning of a culture correction. While much of our dis...

Time for some New Year's resolutions

December 31 2008 by Tom Ehrich, Religion News Service

In this winter of financial, political and ethical discontent, our nation needs to make a slew of resolutions for the new year. If we had made them earlier, our transition into 2009 might not be so bleak. Be that as it may, it is essential that we learn from this trying time. Here's a few ways to start: Don't believe in "something for nothing." We cannot continue to suspend skepticism...

2009 — Starting for the finish

December 31 2008 by Milton A. Hollifield Jr. BSC Executive Director-Treasurer

When the financial supports of life are stripped away, what is left? For many during these difficult economic times, a realization of what is truly lasting comes into focus. The gospel of Jesus Christ remains a message of comfort and hope in times of personal trial as the consequences and realities which emerge during times of grief and loss often result in great spiritual gain to the soul. ...

First Person: A life-changing trip

December 22 2008 by Paul Brewster

HAMPSTEAD, N.C. (BP)--When I was about 13 years old, my Boy Scout troop made the trek from Arkansas to Colorado. Among other things, we climbed Pike's Peak. For a kid who had never been west of Oklahoma, the wide open spaces of the West and the soaring heights of the rugged Rockies seemed awesome indeed. Tucked safely away deep inside my canvas Yucca pack, I carried my prized birthday p...

The message of Christmas

December 16 2008 by Milton A. Hollifield Jr., BSC Executive Director-Treasurer

Christmas has become a season of magic — at least that is what the marketing departments of corporate retailers want you to think. No human effort, however, can remove the fact that unemployment is rising, banks are failing, stocks have plummeted, and terrorists are attacking. It will take more than magic for real change to take place at every level of our society. Strangely, our circumstances...

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