Brian Hobbs

Lawton, Mind of Christ focuses on ‘hard’ places

Posted by Brian Hobbs | Apr 2, 2012 | Feature, Missions & Church

It was more than five years ago when Rick Gettins, pastor of the now-established Lawton, Mind of...

Oilfield Prayer Breakfast draws large gathering

Posted by Brian Hobbs | Apr 2, 2012 | Feature

Nearly 700 people from the petroleum industry gathered for the Second annual Oilfield Prayer...

Conventional Thinking: ‘In the beginning, God created . . .’

Posted by Brian Hobbs | Mar 26, 2012 | Editorial

“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...

Conventional Thinking: Text without ceasing?

Posted by Brian Hobbs | Mar 19, 2012 | Editorial

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...

Conventional Thinking: The bad place

Posted by Brian Hobbs | Mar 12, 2012 | Editorial

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...

Conventional Thinking: Six questions about the proposed nickname

Posted by Brian Hobbs | Mar 5, 2012 | Editorial

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...

Conventional Thinking: Why are we doing this?

Posted by Brian Hobbs | Feb 29, 2012 | Editorial

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...