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Archive for the “I’m Just Saying…” Category


Joyless Christianity

More from Bill Coffin: So why are Christians often so joyless? It is, I think, because too often Christians have enough religion to make them miserable. Guilt they know, but not forgiveness. Nietzsche correctly noted: “Christians should look more redeemed!”

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The Founder of the “Occupy” Movement

I heard about a fellow who was the originator of the “Occupy” movement we hear so much about. He started his occupation on a proverbial soapbox not far from the political and corporate places of power and influence in his own nation. He rallied those in high places who abused power, wealth, and privilege. About wealth […]

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Opinion: Christ the King

(ABP) — According to the Christian calendar we are coming to the end of another year. In just a couple of short weeks we will begin a new chapter in the annual cycle. As I conclude this series, I want to take a few moments to reflect on the journey we’ve enjoyed together. During Advent, […]

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Hamrick announces retirement from CBF

ATLANTA – Terry Hamrick, coordinator of missional visioning at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, announced he will retire effective June 30, 2012, after more than 15 years as a part of the Atlanta Resource Center’s senior leadership team. “It has been a joy to be a part of CBF’s many transitions since its beginning,” said Hamrick, […]

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New Baptist Covenant speakers proclaim ‘release’ to captives

ATLANTA (ABP) – Baptists must view prison ministry as more than prayer meetings and Bible studies if they are to follow Jesus’ Luke 4 mandate to “proclaim liberty to the captives,” former Arkansas Appeals Court Justice and Baptist pastor Wendell Griffen said Nov. 18. “I do not have anything against prayer meetings and Bible studies,” […]

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Coordinating Council deliberates 2012 Task Force preliminary report

ATLANTA – At the October meeting of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Coordinating Council, members of the 2012 Task Force offered a preliminary report and led discussions around the future of the Fellowship community. During the past year, the Task Force conducted more 100 listening sessions with Fellowship Baptists across the country. Since General Assembly, the […]

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Jimmy Carter notes progress in building Baptist unity

ATLANTA (ABP) – Former President Jimmy Carter told veteran journalist Bob Abernethy that he’s seen progress in areas that prompted him to convene a New Baptist Covenant gathering in 2008 and New Baptist Covenant II gatherings scattered across nine locations linked by satellite TV Nov. 17-19. “We started talking about what became the New Baptist […]

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2011 GOCN Forum on Missional Hermeneutics

The annual GOCN forum on missional hermeneutics will be held in San Francisco at the annual meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion. We will host two sessions. Session 11:00 PM to 3:30 PM 11/19/2011–Golden Gate 6 Reading the Parables of Jesus Missionally George Hunsberger, Western Theological Seminary, Presiding […]

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CBF executive coordinator search committee named

ATLANTA – The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship officers have named a nine-member search committee to find a replacement for Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal, who will retire June 30, 2012. Chaired by George Mason, senior pastor at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, the committee members are as follows: Jack Glasgow, senior pastor of Zebulon Baptist Church, […]

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The Joy that is of God

From Bill Coffin, in Credo The joy that is of God is not opposed to earthly pleasures.  Rather it infuses them with a foundation of meaning. Joy is the most important of Christian emotion.  Duty calls only when gratitude fails to pompt. ( Another way of saying this might be:  “Legalism will have reign over […]

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