Fresh Starts When Right Becomes Routine

Fresh Starts When Right Becomes Routine | January 2013 Article Lying on his bed with his ears plugged by earbuds from an iPod containing 1,200 songs, a 14-year-old boy stares like a zombie at a television with 147 channels. He holds the controller, playing one of more than 30 games in a video game system…

Understanding VS. Justification

Understanding VS. Justification | November 2012 Article An hour ago his son’s questions had challenged Solomon, and the king had tried his best to offer words of wisdom and explanation to help his son understand a life situation. Now he was trying to capture the heart of that bedtime conversation in a few pithy statements…

Do Independent Baptists Think?

Do Independent Baptists Think? | February 2012 Article If my father said it once, he said it more than a dozen times. In turn, members of Bible Baptist Church of Stillwater have heard me repeat the same quote over a hundred times. I am not sure where my father heard it, but the statement has…

For Military, Church Becomes Family

For Military, Church Becomes Family | September 2012 Article from The Front Lines column by Lt. Col. Allen R. Roberts, United States Air Force, Monterey, CA As we flew over southern Iraq, the weather was clear and seemed as though we could see for a million miles. I was number three in our formation of…

GIBF & BASF

GIBF & BASF | July 2011 Article Some of the men who have influenced me most have largely been through accidental friendships, humanly speaking, of course. God knew I needed their influence. I didn’t. Like most preachers, I choose friends who are like me. The closer to my particular beliefs they are, the more inclined…