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A line of thunder storms formed over eastern Oklahoma last Thursday, bringing us much needed moisture, without any of the nasty weather in the mix. The next day, the line reformed about a hundred miles east, over in western Arkansas. … Continue reading →

What do you think? Are Southern Baptists, as a group, “better off or worse”, than the larger group in America that we are a part of, known as “Protestant Evangelicals”? How do we Southern Baptists fit into that larger group? … Continue reading →

Our minister of music, Jim Davis (pictured left), surprised us this Sunday morning with special guests and special music. Pictured beside Jim is Noel Kaiser and his wife Phoebe. Listen to Jim, Noel and Phoebe’s offering of All the Way … Continue reading →

This small decorative sandstone wall was probably not built with a plumb line, because it is only about five feet tall, but the plumb line clearly shows that the wall has begun to lean due to an inadequate footing. Because … Continue reading →

1. The message you preached/heard last Sunday had more quotations from Presbyterians than from Baptists. 2. Most of the blogs you read are named after taverns. 3. You have a hard time finding something worth singing in the Baptist Hymnal. … Continue reading →

The Biltmore Estate: Home of George Vanderbilt On our way back from Greensboro this spring, we stopped and toured the Biltmore Estate, home of George Vanderbilt, grandson of the railroad tycoon Cornelius Vandebilt. When I first started walking through this … Continue reading →

The Mackinac bridge, Labor Day, 2005 Sunrise over Lake Huron, Labor Day, 2005 These photos were taken last Labor Day at the annual Mackinack bridge walk. We were staying with our daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter, who lived near by. They … Continue reading →

We come to that article, finally, that defines what it means to be Southern Baptist. Not just Baptist, but Southern Baptist. Evangelism and missions are the two reasons that Baptists in the United States came together in 1845 to form … Continue reading →

What do we as Baptists believe about the kingdom of God and the last things? We are going to look at these two articles together, because they are very much related to one another. The only thing that really separates … Continue reading →

Waterless Clouds A Three-Button Sweat It sure has been a hot summer here in Tulsa. Here is a couple of pics demonstrating tripple digits. We did get a little over an inch of rain Monday evening, but that just made … Continue reading →