By Chipley Thornton, Lead Pastor, FCB Springville Health concerns are causing congregations to re-imagine how they partake the Lord’s Supper. Different congregations approach it differently,... Read more
From The Tribune staff reports TRUSSVILLE — After seven years of writing daily devotionals, a local pastor is turning his work into a book. Pastor Derrick Jordan, of Hope Everlasting Ministr... Read more
By Tyler Warner The book of Ecclesiastes is a strange one. It is brutally honest about life – so honest that some Christians have even questioned whether it’s still relevant for today. In it... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks Youth culture calls it an “epic fail.” Some believe that’s what happened in first-century Athens. The early church missionary-leader, Paul, failed miserably. In obedienc... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks The apostle Paul exhorted Christians in Romans 13 to obey the government as God’s “deacon,” or servant, who punishes evil and upholds the good. In othe... Read more
By Chipley McQueen Thornton, First Baptist Church of Springville Pastor I wake up my three boys at 6 a.m. for school. The only thing that changes their (bad) mood is if The Andy Griffith Sho... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks Bob Harrington, the late “Chaplain of Bourbon Street,” preached one night in Mississippi and advertised his sermon title in the local newspaper: “Three... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks My generation remembers the Watergate era and the White House taping system. President Nixon wasn’t the first president to tape in the Oval Office; President Johnson did... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks I asked a nurse if she ever grew accustomed to the gorgeous view of Birmingham from St. Vincent’s Hospital South Tower. She said no. I stood there for several minutes ta... Read more
By Tyler Warner In the book of Genesis, Noah stands as a pillar of righteousness, chosen by God to survive the great Flood with his family. But in Genesis 9, we find him passed out drunk and... Read more