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Faith inseparable from work, Gov. Lee says
Bill Lee's decision to run for governor of Tennessee and his work in that office cannot be explained without understanding the impact of his faith, the state's highest office-holder told Christian leaders Dec. 3 at a Southern Baptist-sponsored event in Nashville. Read More...
EDITORIAL: Ya se siente la Navidad ...
Muchos de nosotros estamos familiarizados con ella y con frecuencia usamos la expresion: "Ya se comienza a sentir la Navidad". Despues del DiÂa de Accion de Gracias se comienzan a ver las decoraciones en las casas y los arbolitos de Navidad comienzan a cobrar vida. Read More...
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Adoniram Judson's spiritual descendants in Massachusetts
Two hundred years after Adoniram Judson went to Burma, his impact on the Burmese people is still felt in his home state of Massachusetts.rn
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Today's Devotion
From the Book of 2 Timothy:
Exhortations to Timothy; the coming of apostasy; steadfastness in the Scriptures; the charge to preach.
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ (II Tim. 2:3).
The ministry of Paul was marked by much suffering that demanded great endurance (II Cor. 11:22-28). He was in Roman prisons many times, but through it all, he never considered himself a prisoner of anyone other than Jesus (Phil. 1). He had also endured many other afflictions. He was beaten many times. He was shipwrecked. Often times, he faced opposition even from the Church because of his past. He even lived daily with some unknown ailment in his physical body as a spiritual challenge. And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure (II Cor. 12:7). - Continue...
