Friendship Across Differences in the Local Church
This article is Week 19 in the Grace in Everyday Relationships Series. On Sunday morning, the foyer is full and noisy. Kids dart between legs,…
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Grace and Conflict in the Church Family: How to Walk Together When It Would Be Easier to Walk Away
This article is Week 16 of the Grace in Everyday Relationships Series. Church conflict is one of those subjects we hope we’ll never have to…
When “Anointed” Objects Appear in the Church: A Pastoral Warning About Talismans, False Anointing, and the Sufficiency of Scripture
By Pastor Chris Carter | Priceville Baptist Church There is a moment in pastoral ministry that every shepherd dreads — not when the wolves attack…
The Marks of a Healthy Church: What Acts 2:42–47 Demands of Us
By Pastor Chris Carter | Priceville Baptist Church, Tupelo, Mississippi April 5, 2026 | Series: 40 Weeks Through the Book of Acts If you stripped…
The Mission Mandate: What It Means to Be Spirit-Empowered Witnesses for Christ
By Pastor Chris Carter | Priceville Baptist Church Have you ever asked God the wrong question? The disciples did. After spending forty days with the…
Ordinary Names, Extraordinary Grace
By the time we reach Colossians 4:7–18, Paul has already scaled the heights of Christology. He has proclaimed Christ as the image of the invisible…
Putting on the New Self: A Spirit-Led Life
Every true work of transformation in the Christian life is a work of the Holy Spirit, not the product of sheer human willpower. The Spirit…
“Don’t Settle for Comfortable Christianity”
There’s a quiet danger lurking in today’s church—one that doesn’t look like rebellion, immorality, or disbelief. In fact, it often wears the disguise of decency…
“Faith, Politics, and Promise: A Reformed Christian Response to Israel and the Gaza Conflict”
Let’s take a moment to talk straight about a challenging and timely topic—the modern state of Israel, the Gaza conflict, and how we as conservative…