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Louisiana College welcomes seven faculty members

By Norm Miller, LC News PINEVILLE, La. (LCNews) — Louisiana College adds seven faculty members from across the United States and around the globe. “These gifted academes are world-class,” said Dr. Rick Brewer, president of Louisiana College. “They have excelled in their education. They have written books and journal articles and led conferences. My interviews with each one gives me confidence that these stellar educators will significantly enhance the rich and commendable academic heritage of Louisiana College.” With global experience in conducting, teaching, and performing, Dr. Joshua Davis comes from the University of Florida with a PhD in Music Education and will serve as Director of Bands. He earned a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction with a minor in music, as well as a Bachelor of Music Education from Tennessee Technological University. Dr. David Hill comes from Pensacola Christian College to serve as Assistant Professor of Theory and Piano.  He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts, Piano Performance, Pedagogy, and Literature, from James Madison University. He earned his MA and BA in Piano Performance from Pensacola Christian College. Hill has international recital experience and has won a Top Teacher Award … [Read more...]

Georgia Barnette helps tell state: Louisiana Baptists are ‘Here for you’

By John Kyle, Louisiana Baptists communication director ALEXANDRIA (LBM)– In February 2019, the Louisiana Baptist Convention, with help from the Georgia Barnette Stat Missions Offering, launched a statewide evangelistic media campaign, “Here for You,” and people have been responding: -- “Is there any sin too big for forgiveness?” -- “How do I get God’s peace?” -- “I want an encounter with God that will change me forever.” “Since April of this year, more than 2,000 people have viewed the Gospel presentation on HereforYou.org and 376 of those online visitors have indicated some sort of decision for Christ,” said John Kyle, director of communications for Louisiana Baptists. Springing from a recommendation in the “Final Report” of the LBC President’s 2020 Commission, “Here for You” conducted pilot campaigns in three of Louisiana’s seven markets prior to the statewide release in February. “We launched the first pilot in mid-2014 in southwest Louisiana and moved to northeast Louisiana in late 2014 through early 2015,” Kyle continued. “Southeast Louisiana was the site of the third pilot campaign which was launched in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in August of 2015.” According to … [Read more...]

9-11 responder recounts salvation decisions

ADDIS, La. (LBM)--On Sept. 11, 2001, then Lt. Jerry Sillcocks, a member of the New York City Fire Department, lost a number of friends who died in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. But his grief is soothed in part from knowing he will one day see several co-workers who professed Christ as Lord after he shared the Gospel with them only months earlier. Sillcocks, who now is a captain with the fire department, shared his testimony during two worship services at the Church at Addis in the Baton Rouge area Sept. 9. He said life can end unexpectedly just like it did for his fellow firefighters who perished in just a few seconds that day 18 years ago. “The Bible says if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, you will be saved,” he said. “That’s how easy it is. God made it easy for people like me and God changed my heart because I needed it. It’s that easy. Who’s Jesus to you?” Watch a video of Sillcocks' testimony by clicking below: https://youtu.be/NnYiSmgvTTg … [Read more...]

Vote TODAY!

By Staff Vote TODAY, Saturday, Oct. 12 for the election of the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer, insurance commissioner, commissioner of agriculture and forestry, supreme court justice, Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, sheriff and all state legislative seats. There are local races as well. Visit VOTER'S GUIDE to learn about the candidates and the issues. Additional information about the election process and voting places can be found by clicking HERE.   … [Read more...]

A 9/11 remembrance

By Steve Horn Near the end of the Old Testament, we read the prophecies of Amos, Obadiah, and Jonah. Read together, these three Old Testament Prophets challenge us to think about our national enemies as we once again commemorate the tragedy of 2001 that will forever be called “9-11.” Amos, like all other prophets, prophesied of the coming judgment against Israel and Judah.  Amos’ message of judgment starts against the enemies of Israel and gets increasingly tighter until the message “zeroes” in on Israel. The significance of this progression is that judgment is certain. The opportunity for repentance has passed.  However, there is the hint that Israel could have avoided judgment if they would have heeded God’s seriousness toward sin. Likewise, the message for America today is “We must learn from the mistakes of our enemies.” Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament. We know very little about Obadiah or the exact perspective from which he wrote. We do understand that his prophecy targeted Edom—an enemy of Israel. Obadiah’s preaching was likely a message to encourage Israel during the days of exile or immediately following exile. His preaching would have pointed to God’s judgment against Israel’s enemies. As we … [Read more...]

The courage to stand

By Kelvin J. Cochran ATLANTA (BP) - Many Christian Americans in today's culture are faced with a choice whether to live out their faith or keep their jobs. We are living in a season where one week we are receiving accolades for what God is doing through us in our careers, and the next week we are facing termination for expressing what we believe about the Bible. This same bipolar culture existed when Paul and Barnabas were preaching in Lystra (Acts 14:8-20). As a man who had been lame from birth was listening to the Gospel message, Paul perceived that he had faith to be healed. So he called out to the man and said, "Stand up!" The man leaped to his feet and started walking. When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they concluded that he and Barnabas were gods and wanted to worship them. Paul and Barnabas were vehemently agitated, telling the crowd, "We are human beings just like yourselves." Shortly thereafter, some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and turned the exact same crowds into a murderous mob. They stoned Paul, dragged him out of the city and left him for dead. Here's the disturbing part. Verse 20 says believers were in the crowd. They were apparently afraid to speak out on Paul's behalf for fear that … [Read more...]