Faith

Words by Chad Hayes | Image by Ryan McGill Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading,

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” – James 1:17

Words by David Byrd | Image by Blakeney Clouse A year and a half ago, the Alabama Baptist State Convention’s Disaster Relief Ministry trained me to be an assessor. My first deployment was to assess tornado damage in Florence, Alabama. Recently, I returned from a deployment assignment near Inverness, Florida, in the aftermath of Hurricane

“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” – Matthew 6:34

“Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.” – Genesis 22:2

“Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!”
– Psalm 139:16-17

Words by Al Blanton | Image by Ryan McGill On a bright June morning in 1872, Annie Hawks was engaged in household chores when the Holy Spirit planted a hymn inside her mind. A native of New York and resident of Brooklyn, Hawks was not only a dutiful housewife but a hymnist and, according to

Words by Scott McCullar | Image by Al Blanton A stroke. Cancer. COVID. Heart attack. Murder. War. Divorce. Hate. Death. All of these are gut-wrenching reminders that we are not in Heaven. You might say that’s obvious, but is it? Beyond a shadow of a doubt, I am convinced that people plant themselves in this

“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” – 2 Corinthians 5:21