This Bible study for March 18 is adapted from the Bible Studies for Life: LifeTruths curriculum published by LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Daily Archives: March 14, 2012
Columnist Chuck Bentley takes a look at the Parable of the Shrewd Manager, and — borrowing a phrase from the late Larry Burkett — says how Christians handle money is a test of our loyalty to God.
(ABP) – Southern Seminary President Albert Mohler predicts the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will split over the issue of homosexuality. Meanwhile, Kentucky Baptist Convention Executive Director Paul Chitwood announced incentives for employees to take early retirement or resign voluntarily as part of a “strategic realignment” of staff.
SWANWICK, England (ABP) – The Baptist Union of Great Britain faces likely cutbacks as leaders project that financial support from Baptist churches will continue to decline.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (ABP) – The gay-marriage debate is about far more than sex, says a leader of one of three Baptist groups working together to defeat an upcoming vote to amend North Carolina’s constitution to recognize marriage as only between a man and a woman.
WASHINGTON (ABP) – President Obama denied March 12 that he is “waging a war on religion,” citing his own work as a community organizer before entering politics as part of the “social gospel.”