By Larry Ray Hafley Richard Vara, “Houston Chronicle Religion Writer,” wrote a column which detailed the Southern Baptist Convention’s vote “to oppose the legalization of homosexual marriages” (Houston Chronicle, June 14, 1996, 10A). It was a fair and balanced article. However, the headline above the article gave me the chills. It read, “Southern Baptists’ spite aimed …
Author Archives: Mark Mayberry
Saints Lift Your Voices
By Don Alexander In the early 1980s the congregation where I preached experienced much growth as dozens of individuals obeyed the gospel and converted to Christ. The work was tiring as well as exhilarating; filled with valleys as well as mountain peaks. It was exciting to be a part of such an effort. I would conduct …
Temperaments
By Jeff S. Smith Self-help books have become among the most popular titles written and sold today. Authors inscribe what they believe are the cures for everything from addiction to marital strife. The ascendance of groups like Alcoholics Anonymous also shows us that Americans are in the mood to have someone tell them how to solve …
“Tupos” “Example”
By Paul K. Williams “Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe” (1 Tim. 4:12, NASB). Tupos, the Greek word translated “example,” is an interesting word. Liddell & Scott define it: a blow; the mark of a blow, the …