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Continue reading →: The Limits of Technology and the Fullness of Faith
By Matt Sapp This is the second article in a new message series at Heritage Baptist Fellowship, Canton, Georgia, that focuses on finding meaning in a chaotic world. Find the first article here. In the 1990s politicians told us about the “information super highway.” Most of us couldn’t understand what they were…
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Continue reading →: 4 Ways to use Social Media for the Gospel
By Joe LaGuardia Over the past two years, many church visitors found us by our website. Our online presence is a major draw for our guests, second only to personal invitations. If that is the case, then it stands to reason that churches, especially those concerned about fulfilling Jesus’ Great Commission, need…
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Continue reading →: South Carolina Relief
Join the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Global in providing much-needed relief to flood stricken areas of South Carolina. With over 14 deaths and $1 billion worth in damage, South Carolina will need Christ’s Body to be generous and present. According to the CBF website, there are resources already in place to…
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Continue reading →: Job’s 4 Lessons for Redeemed Living
By Matt Sapp Thom Rainer, president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources, estimated that as many as 10,000 American churches would close their doors in 2013, a number that is forecasted to grow each year for the foreseeable future. The church in America is facing unprecedented pressure as culture shifts…
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Continue reading →: Church Abuse, and other forms of discipleship
By Joe LaGuardia I have a confession: I abuse my church. By abuse, I don’t mean it in the contemporary sense of the word. I mean it in the traditional sense, like when your grandfather abused those old work boots by wearing them in and putting them to work over the last four…
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Continue reading →: Wildflower teaches love for neighbor
By Orrin Morris The concept Jesus taught us when instructing us “to love our neighbor as ourselves” is of divine dimensions. We are to relate generously, putting the well-being of those who are the objects of our love above our personal desires and pleasure. To love them includes making an…
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Continue reading →: Transformational Lessons of Autumn
By Matt Sapp Six years ago Harvey Cox wrote a book called The Future of Faith. In it he argues that we are going through a great religious transition from the Age of Belief to the Age of the Spirit. Generally, he says, contemporary culture is moving from a religiosity governed by…
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Continue reading →: 3 Reasons people over 60 leave church
By Joe LaGuardia In the last few decades, churches have been scrambling to attract young adults. Reaching this age group is a momentous task that requires changes in worship, leadership, preaching, and outreach. Much of this change has been for the better — an ever fluid and reforming church is usually…
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Continue reading →: Monday Night Football Guys
By Emily Holladay I don’t know why I remember the Monday Night Football guys, but they lurk somewhere in the recesses of my memory, reminding me of the fearless exuberance I embodied in childhood. Every Monday night after dinner, I would walk my dog, Regis, up the hill by…
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Continue reading →: Look not unto Jesus
By Joe LaGuardia Several months after Kristina and I moved to Georgia, I was throwing trash away in our apartment complex dumpster when I spotted a painting of the Last Supper of Christ. Unlike the Da Vinci paintings I had seen before, this one was different: all of the disciples and…
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Rev. Dr. Joe LaGuardia
Rev. Dr. Joe LaGuardia is a pastor, writer, and chaplain residing in Florida. He is author of three books and regular contributor to Smyth & Helwys’ Formations Series. His articles have appeared in USA Today, Baptist News Global, Christian Ethics Today, TCPalm, and Rockdale Citizen.
Baptist Spirituality explores the intersection of faith and culture incorporating biblical scholarship, culture and the arts, politics, science, and theology.
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