Click to Login or Sign Up

Baptist Message

"Helping Louisiana Baptists Impact the World For Christ"

<center>A good thing (Cartoon: Preacher’s Kids)</center> The answer (Cartoon: Joe McKeever) Church news (Cartoon: Church of the Covered Dish)
  • John 3:16
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Archive
  • Cartoons
    • Joe McKeever
    • Beyond the Ark
    • Church of the Covered Dish
    • Fletch
    • Preacher’s Kids
  • Contact
  • Louisiana
  • U.S. & Intl
  • Facts & Finds
  • Culture & Society
  • Editorial

Archives for 2021

On that first Easter the tombs were opened

April 1, 2021

By Will Hall, Baptist Message executive editor ALEXANDRIA, La. (LBM)—The days leading up to and including Resurrection Sunday were unlike any others in history and any since, with the Gospel accounts detailing the various events that took place on each. Yet, one of the most remarkable facts often overlooked about that first Easter is that others were resurrected with Christ – namely, followers of the Way. Matthew 27 is the only Gospel account to record this detail, documenting in verse 52 that “the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose.” Moreover, the next verse informs us that these revived believers “went into the holy city and appeared unto many.” In other words, these grandmothers, grandfathers, husbands, wives, sisters, brothers, and children – who had received salvation because of their faith in Jesus as the Christ – had their decomposed bodies restored and they returned to their homes, still wearing death shrouds with the smell of the grave embedded in the cloth. The significance of this aspect of Easter is enormous in at least two aspects. POWER AT PENTECOST First, the resurrection of the many saints helps give context to the great awakening that took place on Pentecost, … [Read more...]

Four killed, including child, in California business complex shooting

April 1, 2021

… [Read more...]

Poll: Biden’s approval numbers tank over border crisis

March 31, 2021

… [Read more...]

Record low supply stifles housing market, pending home sales fell more than 10 percent in February

March 31, 2021

… [Read more...]

ADP data: U.S. companies added most jobs since September

March 31, 2021

… [Read more...]

Michael Youssef: ‘Woke’ culture creeping into evangelical church is ‘deadly’ for the Gospel of Christ

March 31, 2021

… [Read more...]

Colorado baker: ‘Worth it to fight’ state’s violation of religious, free speech rights

March 31, 2021

… [Read more...]

New York legalizes adult-use recreational pot

March 31, 2021

… [Read more...]

WV governor approves nation’s broadest nonpublic school vouchers program

March 31, 2021

… [Read more...]

Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine protects younger teens

March 31, 2021

… [Read more...]

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • …
  • 109
  • Next Page »

Editorial

God’s love will never be shaken

God’s love goes beyond your understanding. He has a commitment love for you that is not based on your actions. God’s love for you never changes. … Read More

Search

  • Trending
  • Recent
  • Must Read

Recent

Breakthrough blood test could spot dozens of cancers before symptoms appear

Miami making Robocop real with self-driving, drone-launching cop car

Russian bombardment plunges hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians into blackout

Must Read

FRC, Baptist leaders urge President Trump to stop mail-order abortions

Louisiana pastor is latest target of nationwide ‘pronoun’ attacks against religious freedom

President Trump: ‘We love you, God, and we love our great military. Protect them.’

Copyright © 2025 · News Pro Theme 2.1 On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in