Archive for Perspective

Last week the Supreme Court of the United States refused to hear an appeal by Haskell County to maintain a monument engraved with the Ten Commandments on the courthouse lawn with private funds. This leaves in place the decision of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, which declared the monument in violation of the establishment [...]

The Great Commission Resurgence Task Force (GCRTF) has made its initial report to the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention. I must admit that the task force has done a good job of keeping the report close to the vest and should be commended for not breaking confidence.
My commitment is to support as [...]

Johnny Hunt, the President of the Southern Baptist Convention, is more importantly, as he will tell you, the pastor of First Church of Woodstock, Ga. From the time he became its pastor, Woodstock, First has grown from around 250 to about 7,000 in services on Sundays. Known for its passionate evangelism, the church has far-reaching [...]

In a recent meeting of our state convention’s board of directors, I proposed the formation of a Mission Advance Team for the BGCO. I stated to the board, “With a desire greater than ever before to be missional and cooperative in reaching our state, nation and world with the Gospel, it is time to intensely [...]

When I grow up, I want to be like my friend, Jim. He is an 81-year-old Caleb. Jim is unique. While a member of North Phoenix Church, he felt led to study the Old Testament, and for years, he met once a week with a rabbi in Phoenix. He eventually used his understanding of the [...]

I spent my early years on a farm, and there I learned a very simple but foolproof principle. If you do not sow the seed, you will not reap a harvest—but if you sow, you will reap. That is a concept that even a city slicker can understand. The Scripture applies this principle to the [...]

News commentator Brit Hume created a fire storm by suggesting that Tiger Woods should accept the forgiveness and redemption that is offered by the Christian faith. He did so without stuttering or wavering.
Hume’s colleagues in the media unleashed a barrage of accusations toward him, not the least of which is a charge against him for [...]

Perhaps the operative phrase among Southern Baptists in 2009 was “Great Commission.” During the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Louisville, a Great Commission Task Force was formed to seek ways to focus the whole SBC and all of its organizational life on fulfilling the Great Commission. As the sun set on 2009, [...]

Year after year, the best selling book in the world is the Bible. Nothing has threatened its place as the most cherished book. We Americans have no idea how much people in many parts of the world long to have even so much as a page of the Bible to read. The Bible is the [...]

Tucked away in the grand panorama of the Christmas story is a little old lady by the name of Anna. She is called a prophetess who had been a widow for many, many years. Her life was spent in the temple, where she practiced acts of worship and piety. It is telling that the Bible [...]