As our church family prepares for our upcoming week of prayer, I wanted to share some thoughts with you regarding the practice of fasting and encourage you to consider fasting during our week of prayer. Since fasting might be new to some, I thought I would share a brief biblical description of what fasting is and why followers of Jesus should fast. ...
Battle for the Minds is a documentary that was made in the early 90s regarding the effects of the conservative resurgence at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Though produced from a liberal perspective, the film sheds light on just how bad things had gotten in previous years in regards to theological liberalism in the SBC. We can be very thankful that the theological trajectory of the SBC is nowhere close to where it once was. ...
The Bible is clear - women are not to be pastors of any kind. The majority of the SBC affirms this truth....
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