by Junia Joplin | Mar 17, 2021 | Opinion
Growing up fundamentalist Baptist, I was socialized to view Roman Catholic Christians with plenty of skepticism. Any tradition or practice that might be considered Catholic carried a sort of taboo. Expressing fondness for Mary? Celebrating Communion more than, say,...
by Matt Sapp | Apr 21, 2016 | Opinion
Every morning since Ash Wednesday, I’ve driven up to the church and looked at the cross sitting in the front yard. Some mornings, I’ve stopped to post the obligatory “draped cross” image to Instagram. Most mornings I’ve just glanced at...
by Michael Cheuk | Feb 6, 2014 | General
A sermon by Michael Cheuk, Pastor, University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va. February 2, 2014. 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Several years back, columnist Dave Barry listed “Sixteen Things That It Took Me over Fifty Years to Learn.” Let me give you the “Top Ten” of...
by Chuck Queen | Mar 20, 2013 | Opinion
In his letter to the church at Philippi, it is fairly obvious that Paul is concerned about some influences that were steering the church away from the teaching he had imparted and the example he had modeled. It seems that there were two different kinds of pressure...
by Randy Hyde | Mar 29, 2012 | General
A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., on March 25, 2012. Fifth Sunday in Lent Psalm 119:9-16; John 12:20-33 There are those who say that new Christians, when they are initially introduced to scriptures, should...