I'll never forget what a seasoned fundraising consultant said to me soon after I took a job in the development office at a small Baptist college in the late 1980s. "Son, always remember, inside of …

As I sat and chatted with Pastor Gerald Gibson, I couldn’t help but be excited in my spirit. He represents what I’m seeing as a growing number of pastors, particularly in African American church …

Index editor J. Gerald Harris was called as pastor to Newport Baptist Church not long after graduating from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. In April of 1967 – fifty years ago – I was …

By Diana Davis PENSACOLA, FL (BP) — Have you noticed? "Doing good" is in style. It may be called "paying it forward" or community service. Clubs do it to help their community. …

Recently, The Atlanta Journal Constitution website ran: “Vacuum cleaner used as a weapon in DeKalb road rage, cops say.” (www.ajc.com, April 24, 2017). Chamblee police said a 24-year-old woman used a Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner as a weapon against a driver who approached her car and banged on the window. As he fumed about her erratic driving, she got the vacuum from the trunk, hit his SUV, and then hit him.

I don’t know anything about cars but I know a nice one when I see it. This was a nice one. It was a red Ferrari. When I looked at it, I saw a little bit of myself. Now before you bail out on …

By Freddie Smith I grew up in church singing the hymns of the church, but often wondered why we generally neglected to sing the third stanza. The third stanza has as much Gospel in it as the …

Just as surely as the Yellow Brick Road in the Wizard of Oz leads to the Emerald City, the Primrose Path of liberalism leads to destruction. In case you are not familiar with the phrase …

Last week, two more stories from airlines provide even more evidence that civility is on the decline. On Monday night a riot occurred at the Spirit Airlines gate at the Fort …