Directions

Jim Futral Executive Director

A Fifth Anniversary - Through the years, I have known several ladies named Katrina. My clearest recollection is that every one of them, without exception, was a sweet and gracious person. However, on August 29, 2005, a hurricane named Katrina came to the south shore of the United States. Since that late summer day, virtually every possible adjective that could be pulled into usage has been applied to her. Sweet, kind, gracious, and gentle are not among them. She has a vocabulary of her own that includes such words as powerful, fierce, incredible, monstrous, huge, and indescribable. On this fifth year anniversary, I would just add the word memorable. (more)

The Baptist Record

Sunday School Lessons for September 5

• Bible Studies for Life

  “I suffered from embarrassing static cling until I used Cling-gone, by Warf Industries. Now I am a cling-gone too!” The television commercials and magazine ads are filled with testimonies from happy consumers, driving choice cars, using certain hair products, working on special computers, and eating select food. Advertisers know that the testimonial is the most powerful tool they can utilize to sell products. (more)

• Explore the Bible

  Receiving a letter continues to be an important method of communications even in today’s society of electronic mail. There is something personal about receiving a handwritten letter sent through the postal service. Having grown up on a dead end road with mail service at the closest intersection, it meant a daily trip to the ‘mail box’ — often on a bicycle for us kids. Ephesians is one of those exciting letter experiences to fellow Christians who shared in a close relationship to Jesus Christ. The letter was written from Rome as Paul was under house arrest after his third missionary journey about A.D. 62. (more)