While many people’s favorite holiday is Christmas or Thanksgiving, mine is Easter. I can remember from a very early age the excitement surrounding it. The first neck tie I ever wore was for Easter Sunday, and I loved seeing people in their Sunday best (especially the Easter bonnets!). Some of the greatest Christian hymns and

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“Prepare to believe.” That is the motto of the Creation Museum located in Petersburg, Ky., a stop our family recently made on a tri-state (Indiana-Ohio-Kentucky) vacation. Founded in 2007 by Answers in Genesis ministry leader Ken Ham, the Creation Museum presents a full throat account of the young Earth take on origins. Offering an interactive

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One hundred and fifty times. That is how often the average American looks at his cell phone each day, according to new studies. The Apostle Paul, in his first epistle to the Thessalonians, instructs them to “pray without ceasing.” Biblical commentators and pastors throughout the ages have pondered how often he meant by this. I

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As a parent, there is a long list of topics of conversation that I hope never come up in front of my children. In fact, “boyfriend” is the scariest term in the English language to this father of daughters. At the same time, I recognize that while a topic may be awkward conversation, if it

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Like many others, I breathed a sigh of relief when the Task Force to study a possible name change for the Southern Baptist Convention reported that it would leave intact our legal name. My relief was followed by some degree of confusion when the Task Force then recommended we take on a nickname, especially when

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On May 15 this year, the Baptist Messenger will reach a milestone that few publications do. We will celebrate our 100th anniversary. In anticipation of this important moment, we are launching a series focused on the Messenger’s storied past. Called “10 decades in 10 weeks,” the series will contain a collection of information, headlines and

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