>> This is the August 2015 issue containing the September Bible Study Lessons ALAN CULPEPPER’S SHAPING INFLUENCE 4 baptiststoday.org Dig in! Dirty work, keen eye lead to a ‘smiting god’ 32 Remembering James Dunn 9 BIBLE STUDIES 17 FA TH™ PERSPECTIVES Words to live by 6 Gifts to Baptists Today John D. Pierce By John Pierce Executive Editor
[email protected] Remembering James Dunn 9 IN HONOR OF Julie Steele By John Pierce Chief Operations Officer GLADYS TAYLOR GUNN Keys to a healthy approach to change
[email protected] 28 From Shirley Ann Gunn By Michael S. Lea Jackie B. Riley Managing Editor IRCEL HARRISON
[email protected] From Tammy Abee Blom Tony W. Cartledge IN THE NEWS Contributing Editor
[email protected] National pride strong but tempered by JULIE PENNINGTON-RUSSELL concerns, poll shows 11 Bruce T. Gourley From David and Cathy Howle Online Editor/Contributing Writer Prime minister says British schools must
[email protected] root out extremists 12 David Cassady IN MEMORY OF Church Resources Editor Okla. Supreme Court rules Ten Commandments HELEN L. CALLISON
[email protected] monument must go 12 Vickie Frayne From Preston H. Callison Art Director Episcopal Church elects first black presiding bishop 12 Jannie Lister Pope Francis moves to hold bishops accountable ARDELLE CLEMONS Customer Service Manager From Hardy Clemons
[email protected] in sex abuse crisis 13 Kimberly L. Hovis Jury finds gay-to-straight conversion group DR. AND MRS. E.P. GARROTT Marketing Associate committed consumer fraud 13
[email protected] From T. Maxfield Bahner Lex Horton Conservative Jews furious over scrapped Nurturing Faith Resources Manager bar mitzvah service 13 ROB PIERCE AND TIM PIERCE
[email protected] From Scott and Glenda Folsom New web site offers books, resources Walker Knight, Publisher Emeritus and experiences in one place 16 Jack U.