by Dr. Russell Moore
A Mormon television star stands in front of the Lincoln Memorial and calls American Christians to revival. He assembles some evangelical celebrities to give testimonies, and then preaches a God and country revivalism that leaves the evangelicals cheering that they’ve heard the gospel, right there in the nation’s capital.
The news media pronounces [...]
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A Senior Concern: Healthcare in the 21st Century
Last year, I walked into a nursing home looking for my aunt (one of the last surviving members of my extended family) and could not find her. I had not seen her for about three years, but I expected to see her much as I had left her some years earlier. When she was finally [...]
Supplied to Serve: Henderson Hills 2010 School Supply Drive
When Sarah Cervantes moved to Edmond from Michigan one year ago, she knew no one outside of some relatives who lived in the area. The 29 year-old single mother of 6-year-old twins Aiden and Norah was battling cancer and often wondered how she would survive—both physically and financially. She had no job, and school was [...]
Oklahoma City, Northwest, helps jump start teachers
With bright yellow hard hats perched on their heads and smiles on their faces, members of Oklahoma City, Northwest served about 450 teachers from the Northwest Classen Learning Community at the church’s 5th annual Teachers’ Appreciation Breakfast Aug. 17.
The teachers, many of whom have already started classes, were served a full breakfast of eggs, bacon, [...]
Opposing coach and player now on same team
Ross Doane and Kelli Krows have a lot of respect for one another. The respect has been there for years, but on occasion, it was toppled with a healthy dose of dislike.
“I wasn’t a big fan of Coach Doane, because his team was one of our biggest rivals,” said Krows, recalling her high school basketball [...]
Indian Falls Creek more than worship
DAVIS—When people hear the words Indian Falls Creek, their minds most likely turn to visions of a camp of Native Americans worshipping and attending classes on the Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center grounds, and perhaps singing in their native tongues.
And, to be sure, that is part of Indian Falls Creek, but it is so much [...]
Evangelism: It’s not just a game
MY316 strategy implemented during youth weeks at Falls Creek
Playing an interactive game with 2,000 high school students takes planning. Making that game a way to influence students’ perception of reaching the lost can make an eternal impact.
Each morning during the tabernacle teaching time at Falls Creek, students were challenged to use the MY316 evangelism [...]
2010 YEC: Mystery
NORMAN—More than 8,000 Oklahoma Baptist students will return to school this fall ready to share the Gospel with their peers as a result of attending the annual Youth Evangelism Conference held Aug. 6-7 at the Lloyd Noble Center.
The conference explored Colossians 1:27 and the mystery of God’s love for us, His grace to forgive [...]
Former inmate now deacon at Tulsa, Oakridge
As Terry Fisher pushed the lawn mower through the tall grass at the home of a widow, wearing his bright orange shirt embroidered with “DOC,” one might have thought he was a prisoner from the Department of Corrections.
And just a few years earlier, that would have been the case. But today, Fisher’s shirt emblazoned with [...]
F.A.I.T.H. Riders, chaplains to minister at Sturgis bike rally
Approximately 75 members of 16 F.A.I.T.H. Riders chapters across Oklahoma are taking the Gospel to the 70th Annual Sturgis (S.D.) Motorcycle Rally, Aug. 9-15, according to Keith Burkhart, family and men’s ministry specialist with the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma.
Meanwhile, Don Hunter has less than a handful of chaplains on his team as he prepares [...]
