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Continue reading →: Climbing the Sermon on the Mount, though perilous, leads to joy
Earlier this month, we at Trinity Baptist Church started to climb a mountain. No, not Stone Mountain. We are making the perilous, spiritual journey uphill to hear Jesus’ sermon on the mount in Matthew 5-7. I say “perilous” because those are some hard words to hear. Those words influenced the…
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Continue reading →: Grandparents are indispensable gifts from God
Some of my greatest childhood memories include the times when my parents allowed me to sleep over my grandmother’s house (the finished basement of my childhood home). Although it was only a few hours at a time for “Gram,” it helped shape my perspective on the important role of grandparents.…
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Continue reading →: Glenn Beck: Faith is the Nation’s “Corrective”
This is an interesting tid-bit of The Reilly Factor that caught my attention via the website, The Big Daddy Weave. I don’t have comment or a commentary; just thought it was interesting and wanted to share.
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Continue reading →: Prop 8 fanfare loses sight of the people involved
Just when I thought politics could not get any more heated, federal judge Vaughn Walker overturned Prop 8 in California. The decision claims that laws barring same-sex marriage infringed on rights guaranteed in the fourteenth amendment. Certainly, we have not heard the last of this legal battle in which the…
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Continue reading →: The Changing Face of Christian Missions and Outreach
Over the past several months, I have been reflecting on paradigm shifts that are facing Christianity and Christian ministry as a whole. No surprise that Christian missions is also changing in the new millennium for new circumstances. Some of these changes have been positive, other paradigms are shifting so swiftly…
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Continue reading →: The interesting problem of altruism
We know and recognize kindness when we see it. Kindness is everywhere–in the grocery store, among families, hopefully in manners our children exhibit. But have you ever considered the origins of kindness? Apparently, the search for the origin of kindness or, more specifically, altruism, is something that is popular in…
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Continue reading →: Summertime Pews
By Danny Chisholm. Reprinted with permission by the author. It’s that time of year again, and has been for a few months now. I for one enjoy a change of pace, and know that students in particular are glad not to be seeing their schools for a while. No homework, no…
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Continue reading →: Professional clergy are also victims of Great Recession woes
About two months ago I read a book that reported on the state of America’s clergy. It argued that there was a clergy shortage and that countless churches, mostly smaller congregations with less than 100 people, were in need of professionally-trained ministers. Of course, these small congregations found it difficult…
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Continue reading →: In modern society, eugenics lingers in the absence of ethical reflection
If there is one common theme that ties all of humanity together, from the earliest Neanderthals to modern (or post-modern) times, it is humanity’s desire to control its own destiny. Consider that the earliest story of sin from Genesis consisted of two individuals, Adam and Eve, who ate from the…
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Continue reading →: What kind of public witness do you want your church to communicate?
Although our nation sets aside one day—July 4—to celebrate our freedom, a Christian’s ability to participate in civic government without fear of persecution is cause for celebration throughout the year. This is especially the case in a time of legal fundamentalism, in which a variety of nations are tightening religious…
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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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