by Kevin Bauder | Oct 8, 2021 | In the Nick of Time
Years ago my family and I moved to a large Southern city and were looking for a church home. We began our search as most people would, with a list of criteria for the church in which we hoped to settle. We searched week after week without finding an acceptable church....
by Roy Beacham | Oct 1, 2021 | In the Nick of Time
There are probably four or five men in my experience whom I would consider mentors par excellence: men who doubtless changed my life, as well as the trajectory that it took. One of them entered the presence of the Lord last week, September 22, 2021, at the age of 89....
by Kevin Bauder | Sep 24, 2021 | In the Nick of Time
Significantly, 1 Timothy 3:1 speaks of a man desiring not only the office of a bishop but also its work. Paul qualifies this statement by noting that a bishop’s work is a good work. This work falls broadly into three overlapping categories. First, the bishop is...
by Kevin Bauder | Sep 17, 2021 | In the Nick of Time
Late last year I was asked to fill the pulpit of a small church that had lost its pastor. After one visit, the church’s pulpit committee asked me to cover the month of January. During my second week, the pulpit committee asked whether I would become the...
by Kevin Bauder | Sep 10, 2021 | In the Nick of Time
It must be hard work to write investigative reporting in the evangelical world. To be sure, evangelicalism has its share of scandals, just as all branches of professing Christianity always have. For example, when Pastor So-and-So runs off with the church secretary, it...
by Kevin Bauder | Sep 3, 2021 | In the Nick of Time
Over the past several weeks I have become aware that something is going on at an important Baptist church in my area—a church that shall not be named. Apparently, the senior pastor and other staff resigned. Members were upset. Accusations were made against other...
