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The Weekly

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The Weekly is an audio digest version of The Alabama Baptist newspaper and The Baptist Paper including news and feature stories. New episodes are released on Wednesday mornings.

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Race Relations and Unity

October 26, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MB

A group of black and white pastors in Montgomery, Alabama, want to be a model of unity where everyone is valued and respected. The group has been meeting under the banner of John 17 for nearly 30 years and can demonstrate the difference their friendships and years of spending time in prayer and seeking guidance from God has made.  On this week’s TAB Talks, host Jennifer Rash talks with two of those pastors — Kyle Searcy, senior pastor of Fresh Anointing House of Worship, and Jay Wolf, pas...

Teaching children through books and music

October 19, 2020 11:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB

Retired music teacher and church music director Sally Murray may not be able to teach in the classroom any longer because of issues related to rheumatoid arthritis, but she’s found a way to continue educating young children from the pages of books.  On this week’s TAB Talks, Murray shares with co-hosts Jennifer Rash and Debbie Campbell about how she ties her faith, music background and heart for children together to help them discover their unique gifts and learn about the One in whose ima...

Helping First Responders

October 12, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MB

California police veteran Mike McGrew knows firsthand the complexities of what a first responder deals with on a daily basis, and how if the weight of what they carry goes unchecked, it could lead to tragic situations.  On this week’s TAB Talks, McGrew shares with co-hosts Jennifer Rash and Debbie Campbell about his own walk through tragedy, how his life changed after finding Jesus 21 years into his career and about the work he does now to help others on the front lines.  Find out more a...

Writing and Publishing Tips

October 05, 2020 11:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB

Professional freelance writer and editor Minnie Lamberth shares with TAB Talks co-hosts Jennifer Rash and Debbie Campbell tips for developing as a writer and editor as well as the importance of leaders to partner with professional communicators. Minnie recently published a novella “Miss Bertie Explains the Beginning of the World” and has more than 35 years’ experience as a professional writer and editor. To learn more about her and her books, visit minnielamberth.com. Visit TAB Media HER...

Letters to my children

September 28, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MB

Educator and blogger Lindsey Murphy uses storytelling to teach her four children about life and the importance of absolute truth. She’s also started blogging life lessons to them through her “Letters to my children” features. On this week’s TAB Talks, Murphy shares with co-hosts Jennifer Rash and Debbie Campbell about a recent “10 commandments on how to argue well,” which has gotten attention by an extensive audience beyond her family. To read the blog post, visit http://www.lifeabundant...

Devotionals for sports fans

September 22, 2020 14:11 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MB

Sportswriter and author Del Duduit joins TAB Talks co-hosts Jennifer Rash and Debbie Campbell to share about his newly released 40-day devotionals — Auburn Believer and Bama Believer — as well as other sports devotionals he has written. For more information about Duduit (pronounced did-way), visit delduduit.com. Visit TAB Media HERE Subscribe on iTunes HERE

TAB Briefs 9.18

September 18, 2020 15:00 - 7 minutes - 13.9 MB

TAB Briefs provides listeners with three current faith-based news and culture stories. Watch the roughly 10-minute unedited recording of the podcast on Facebook Live on TAB’s Facebook page at 8:45 a.m. each Friday and find the audio podcast here at noon the same day.  Hurricane Sally makes landfall at Gulf Shores, brings widespread damage to region (0:41) Netflix cancellations rise after “Cuties” controversy (2:25) Southern Baptist Convention could be headed for a name change (4:04) ...

Christian Meditation Resource

September 14, 2020 11:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB

Abide leads the app industry for spiritual meditation. The app — and supporting YouTube and podcast resources — focuses on helping people experience the peace of Christ through biblical meditation and sleep. On this week’s TAB Talks, Neil Ahlsten, CEO and co-founder of Abide, shares about the app and his personal faith journey with co-hosts Jennifer Davis Rash and Debbie Campbell. Abide is a product of Carpenters Code, a small startup company located in San Mateo, California. Carpenters ...

TAB Briefs 09.11.2020

September 11, 2020 16:00 - 5 minutes - 4.75 MB

TAB Briefs provides listeners with three current faith-based news and culture stories. Watch the roughly 10-minute unedited recording of the podcast on Facebook Live on TAB’s Facebook page at 8:45 a.m. each Friday and find the audio podcast here at noon the same day. Religious lives of teens mirror parents, study says (00:45) Americans hold complex, conflicting religious beliefs, according to latest State of Theology study (2:20) Religious liberty of campus student groups ensured under...

TAB News 09.09.2020

September 09, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MB

Welcome to the audio digest of this week’s issue of The Alabama Baptist newspaper presented by TAB staff members, correspondents and volunteers. The audio digest includes news, features, Dr. Jerry Batson’s Theology 101 column and Sunday School commentaries for LifeWay’s Explore the Bible and Bible Studies for Life curriculums.   Articles of interest: Gulf Shores worship leader writes ‘song that can resonate with church today’ (3:57) Alabama Baptist family shows love of Jesus in Big S...

Medical missionary Dr. Rebekah Ann Naylor

September 07, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB

It’s not often our career paths take us full circle to where it all started, but for longtime medical missionary Dr. Rebekah Ann Naylor, her story does just that.   With more than 30 years on the missions field in India, a lifetime of surgical and teaching experience, and service in a variety of other roles such as evangelism, church planting and health care consulting, Dr. Naylor has most recently been appointed as the first female to hold a distinguished professorship at Southwestern B...

TAB Briefs 9.4

September 04, 2020 16:00 - 5 minutes - 10.7 MB

TAB Briefs provides listeners with three current faith-based news and culture stories. Watch the roughly 10-minute unedited recording of the podcast on Facebook Live on TAB’s Facebook page at 8:45 a.m. each Friday and find the audio podcast here at noon the same day. One man slain, children and others kidnapped in north-central Nigeria amid ongoing violence against Christians (0:40) Alabama native Monica Lawson makes history as first African-American female chaplain promoted to rank of c...

TAB News 9.1

September 02, 2020 11:00 - 35 minutes - 67.8 MB

Welcome to the audio digest of this week’s issue of The Alabama Baptist newspaper presented by TAB staff members, correspondents and volunteers. The audio digest includes news, features, Dr. Jerry Batson’s Theology 101 column and Sunday School commentaries for LifeWay’s Explore the Bible and Bible Studies for Life curriculums.  Articles of interest:  Nigerian Christians say genocide building in their country while world looks the other way (4:10)  ‘Match made in heaven’: Wiley and Edith...

Guide to the Christian Enneagram

August 31, 2020 10:00 - 30 minutes - 50.4 MB

Obsessed with all things Enneagram? Never heard of it? Want to know more? Maybe cautiously concerned? Wherever you fall on the spectrum, this week’s podcast is one you will want to check out. TAB Talks host Jennifer Davis Rash and guest co-host Maggie Walsh Evans chat with Alabama native and Enneagram enthusiast Richard Clark, who co-hosts the podcast No Chill Enneagram. Richard grew up in Baptist churches in Eufaula, Alabama, and served as youth minister at Florida’s New Smyrna Beach Ba...

TAB Briefs 8.28

August 28, 2020 15:00 - 5 minutes - 9.6 MB

TAB Briefs provides listeners with three current faith-based news and culture stories. Watch the roughly 10-minute unedited recording of the podcast on Facebook Live on TAB’s Facebook page at 8:45 a.m. each Friday and find the audio podcast here at noon the same day. Hurricane Laura causes damage along Gulf Coast and hundreds of miles inland 0:40 India could see millions fewer female births by 2030 due to sex-selective abortions, researchers say 2:05  Sexual assault survivors seek help...

TAB News 8.26

August 26, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutes - 68.3 MB

Welcome to the audio digest of this week’s issue of The Alabama Baptist newspaper presented by TAB staff members, correspondents and volunteers. The audio digest includes news, features, Dr. Jerry Batson’s Theology 101 column and Sunday School commentaries for LifeWay’s Explore the Bible and Bible Studies for Life curriculums.  Articles of interest:  Sports teams and athletes forge strong bonds with churches through outreach (2:44)  Health care workers need compassion and grace as they ...

Giving God Glory Through Struggles

August 24, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 47 MB

Sometimes we all need to be reminded of God's amazing love, mercy and grace ... and the redemption He brings. What better way to be reminded than through real-life stories?  On this week’s TAB Talks, businessman and church leader from Alabama's wiregrass region Boyd Deal shares about the collection of people’s “worst-day” and “worst-season” stories he compiled for the book "My Struggle, His Glory.” He also shares about Second Chance Ministries, which seeks to provide encouragement and reso...

TAB Briefs 8.21

August 21, 2020 15:00 - 6 minutes - 12.2 MB

TAB Briefs provides listeners with three current faith-based news and culture stories. Watch the roughly 10-minute unedited recording of the podcast on Facebook Live on TAB’s Facebook page at 8:45 a.m. each Friday and find the audio podcast here at noon the same day.  2,500 Christians sign pandemic statement warning: Don’t ignore science (0:40)  Church conflict during COVID-19 a growing worry for pastors, says LifeWay Research study (1:50)  Christian groups unveil new criminal justice r...

TAB News 8.19

August 19, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutes - 68.9 MB

Welcome to the audio digest of this week’s issue of The Alabama Baptist newspaper presented by TAB staff members, correspondents and volunteers. The audio digest includes news, features, Dr. Jerry Batson’s Theology 101 column and Sunday School commentaries for LifeWay’s Explore the Bible and Bible Studies for Life curriculums.  Articles of interest:   As a picture of the gospel to unbelieving world, marriages are worth protecting (3:29)  ‘God-sized’ project at Mobile church shows Chris...

Facing an unplanned pregnancy

August 17, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

On this week’s TAB Talks, co-hosts Jennifer Davis Rash and Debbie Campbell talk with Joy Pinto, executive director of Her Choice Birmingham Women’s Center, about how churches can make a difference in the lives of women and girls considering abortion.   She also reminds ministers and congregations that women (and the men in their lives) who have experienced abortion need help to heal.   If you or someone you love has experienced abortion, visit abortionrecoveryalabama.org.   For more in...

TAB Briefs 8.14

August 14, 2020 15:00 - 5 minutes - 11.3 MB

TAB Briefs provides listeners with three current faith-based news and culture stories. Watch the roughly 10-minute unedited recording of the podcast on Facebook Live on TAB’s Facebook page at 8:45 a.m. each Friday and find the audio podcast here at noon the same day. Headlines: U.S. government, Christian organizations send help to Beirut following massive port explosion (0:45) Pakistani Christian charged with blasphemy over a Facebook post(1:57) Chinese Christians forced to replace r...

TAB News 8.12

August 12, 2020 11:00 - 40 minutes - 75.2 MB

Welcome to the audio digest of this week’s issue of The Alabama Baptist newspaper presented by TAB staff members, correspondents and volunteers. The audio digest includes news, features, Dr. Jerry Batson’s Theology 101 column and Sunday School commentaries for LifeWay’s Explore the Bible and Bible Studies for Life curriculums.  Top Articles:  Enthusiasm, discipline and interaction set example during livestream services (3:20)  Campaign-style movement points people to Christ (11:01)  Th...

TAB Talks: How talking about racial issues fosters understanding

August 10, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 47.4 MB

This week’s TAB Talks picks up where last week’s episode left off — how to have healthy conversations about racial issues. Sharing with co-hosts Jennifer Davis Rash and Debbie Campbell are Gregory and Adrianna Anderson.  Adrianna serves as women’s ministry director at Hunter Street Baptist Church in Hoover, Ala. Gregory works as an executive in corporate America. Both are dedicated Christians and active in church life. They also happen to be an interracial couple.  Visit TAB Media HERE ...

TAB Briefs 8.7

August 07, 2020 15:00 - 7 minutes - 14.2 MB

TAB Briefs provides listeners with three current faith-based news and culture stories. Watch the roughly 10-minute unedited recording of the podcast on Facebook Live on TAB’s Facebook page at 8:45 a.m. each Friday and find the audio podcast here at noon the same day. Headlines: North Carolina to install life-sized statue of Reverend Billy Graham (0:40) Alabama church starts Jesus 2020 campaign (1:58) Christian musicians perform at drive-in movie theaters (2:53) Visit TAB Media HERE...

TAB News 8.5

August 05, 2020 12:00 - 40 minutes - 76.2 MB

Welcome to the audio digest of this week’s issue of The Alabama Baptist newspaper presented by TAB staff members, correspondents and volunteers. The audio digest includes news, features, Dr. Jerry Batson’s Theology 101 column and Sunday School commentaries for LifeWay’s Explore the Bible and Bible Studies for Life curriculums.  Articles of interest:  Some student and family ministries on hold as pandemic continues (4:26)  Samford’s power forward Dupree wants others to see faith by his a...

Racial unity among people of faith

August 03, 2020 12:00 - 28 minutes - 46.7 MB

Adrianna Anderson serves as women’s ministry director at Hunter Street Baptist Church in Hoover, Ala. Her husband, Gregory, works as an executive in corporate America. Both are dedicated Christians and active in church life. They also happen to be an interracial couple.  The Andersons share with co-hosts Jennifer Davis Rash and Debbie Campbell about how to achieve racial unity among people of faith on this week’s TAB Talks.  Visit TAB Media HERE Subscribe on iTunes HERE

TAB Briefs 7.31

July 31, 2020 15:00 - 7 minutes - 14.2 MB

TAB Briefs provides listeners with three current faith-based news and culture stories. Watch the roughly 10-minute unedited recording of the podcast on Facebook Live on TAB’s Facebook page at 8:45 a.m. each Friday and find the audio podcast here at noon the same day. Headlines:   Female athletes urge NCAA to protect the integrity of women’s sports (0:42)  Pro-life leaders call for withdrawal of abortion drug from U.S. market (2:50)  Nantes Cathedral fire another sign of rising anti-Ch...

TAB News: Back to Campus

July 29, 2020 11:00 - 33 minutes - 62.9 MB

Welcome to the audio digest of this week’s issue of The Alabama Baptist newspaper presented by TAB staff members, correspondents and volunteers. This Back to Campus issue of the audio digest includes features for incoming students, current students and alumni, and Sunday School commentaries for LifeWay’s Explore the Bible and Bible Studies for Life curriculums.   Articles of interest:  5 ways that the coronavirus will change college admissions this fall (5:24)  Alumni groups provide me...

Are Athletes Facing an Identity Crisis?

July 27, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutes - 49.9 MB

With the drastic changes to athletic training and sports competitions at all levels, are today’s athletes on the cusp of facing an identity crisis?  On this week’s TAB Talks, TAB co-hosts Jennifer Davis Rash and Debbie Campbell talk about this potential issue and how to combat it with Alabama Fellowship of Christian Athletes director John Gibbons and professional athlete and FCA alumnus Ryan Neiswender.   For more information, visit fca.org. Be sure to check out previous TAB Talks throu...

TAB Briefs 7.24

July 24, 2020 15:00 - 5 minutes - 11 MB

TAB Briefs provides listeners with three current faith-based news and culture stories. Watch the roughly 10-minute unedited recording of the podcast on Facebook Live on TAB’s Facebook page at 8:45 a.m. each Friday and find the audio podcast here at noon the same day.  Headlines: 10th annual State of the Bible survey finds the number of American adults reading the Bible daily dropped over the past year (0:41)  U.S. coin shortage results from less in-person spending during pandemic (2:24...

TAB News 7.22

July 22, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutes - 62.6 MB

Welcome to the audio digest of this week’s issue of The Alabama Baptist newspaper presented by TAB staff members, correspondents and volunteers. The audio digest includes news, features, Dr. Jerry Batson’s Theology 101 column and Sunday School commentaries for LifeWay’s Explore the Bible and Bible Studies for Life curriculums.   Articles of interest:   Montgomery children’s leaders get creative to reach children during pandemic (3:50)  Pregnancy support ministries respond to new Plann...

Navigating the Current Racial Tension

July 20, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 49.3 MB

On this week’s TAB Talks, co-hosts Jennifer Rash and Debbie Campbell talk with three young adults on the TAB Media team — Hannah Munoz, Jessica Ingram and Myriah Synder — about how they are navigating the current racial tension in the nation and how they pull from their faith foundation to process all that is going on around them.  Hannah, Jessica and Myriah work in various roles at TAB Media and also contribute to TAB Media’s young adult blog, The Rope: Giving You Something To Hold On To...

TAB Briefs 7.17

July 17, 2020 15:00 - 6 minutes - 12.3 MB

TAB Briefs provides listeners with three current faith-based news and culture stories. Watch the roughly 10-minute unedited recording of the podcast on Facebook Live on TAB’s Facebook page at 8:45 a.m. each Friday and find the audio podcast here at noon the same day.  Headlines:  Judge suspends in-person rule for obtaining abortion pill (0:40)  Trump administration rescinds rule on foreign students (2:10)   Christian comedian John Crist comes back online (4:24)  Visit TAB Media HERE ...

TAB News 7.15

July 15, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutes - 67 MB

Welcome to the audio digest of this week’s issue of The Alabama Baptist newspaper presented by TAB staff members, correspondents and volunteers. The audio digest includes news, features, Dr. Jerry Batson’s Theology 101 column and Sunday School commentaries for LifeWay’s Explore the Bible and Bible Studies for Life curriculums.  Articles of interest:  Former Marine sees life turned around by Christ (3:50)  Caring for church members and neighbors during crisis requires intention (11:56)  ...

How to Have Calm Conversations about Current Events

July 13, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 47.2 MB

Discussing current events in 2020 has taken on a life of its own. On this week’s TAB Talks, co-hosts Jennifer Rash and Debbie Campbell talk with three young adults on the TAB Media team — Hannah Muñoz, Jessica Ingram and Myriah Synder — about how they think about, process and dialog with others amid the heavy political climate.  Hannah, Jessica and Myriah work in various roles at TAB Media and also contribute to TAB Media’s young adult blog, The Rope: Giving You Something To Hold On To, f...

TAB Briefs 7.10

July 10, 2020 16:00 - 6 minutes - 12.3 MB

TAB Briefs provides listeners with three current faith-based news and culture stories. Watch the roughly 10-minute unedited recording of the podcast on Facebook Live on TAB’s Facebook page at 8:45 a.m. each Friday and find the audio podcast here at noon the same day.    First Baptist Church, Grand Bay, Ala., forgives flag thief, extends invitation to church (0:39)  Religious freedom experts and Nigerian clergy say a genocide is unfolding in Nigeria (1:53)  Supreme Court delivers decisio...

TAB News 7.8

July 08, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutes - 66.1 MB

Welcome to the audio digest of this week’s issue of The Alabama Baptist newspaper presented by TAB staff members, correspondents and volunteers. The audio digest includes news, features, Dr. Jerry Batson’s Theology 101 column and Sunday School commentaries for LifeWay’s Explore the Bible and Bible Studies for Life curriculums.   Articles of interest:   Alabama grandmother gains social media following with cooking show (3:35)  17-year-old ministers to foster children by crafting hair b...

TAB Talks: Working Through Cancer as a Young Adult

July 06, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 44.8 MB

On this week’s TAB Talks, 28-year-old Kelsie Barnhart shares the story of her cancer journey with co-hosts Jennifer Davis Rash and Debbie Campbell.  Barnhart — member and senior needs advocate with Samaritan Ministries International, a health care sharing ministry — describes how she wrestled with her faith after receiving the diagnosis of an aggressive form of breast cancer and where she is now in her relationship with God. She also shares what it has been like to go through surgery and ...

TAB Briefs 7.3

July 03, 2020 15:00 - 8 minutes - 16.3 MB

TAB Briefs provides listeners with three current faith-based news and culture stories. Watch the roughly 10-minute unedited recording of the podcast on Facebook Live on TAB’s Facebook page at 8:45 a.m. each Friday and find the audio podcast here at noon the same day.  Headlines:    Supreme Court hands down decisions in Louisiana abortion case, Montana religious discrimination case (0:38)  Alabama church sees COVID-19 outbreak as government restrictions on gatherings are relaxed (3:36)  ...

TAB News 7.1

July 01, 2020 11:00 - 27 minutes - 52.3 MB

The Alabama Baptist does not publish an issue the week of July 4th. This episode of TAB News is comprised of a few feature articles from earlier this year that have not previously aired, and this week’s Sunday School lessons, which also are available online at thealabamabaptist.org. For news, be sure to tune in to this Friday’s TAB Briefs on The Alabama Baptist’s Facebook Live at 8 and on the TAB Media podcast channel at noon.  Articles of Interest:  Alabama Baptist church leaders fi...

Send Relief Compassion Ministry

June 29, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 45.8 MB

TAB Talks co-hosts Jennifer Rash and Debbie Campbell are joined this week by guest co-host and fellow TAB team member Margaret Colson to interview Colson’s longtime pastor Bryant Wright.  Wright retired from Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, Marietta, Ga., in December 2019 and became the first president of Send Relief compassion ministry for Southern Baptists in early 2020.    Wright, founder of Right from the Heart Ministries, shares how the International Mission Board and North American M...

TAB Briefs 6.26

June 26, 2020 15:00 - 7 minutes - 12.2 MB

TAB Briefs provides listeners with three current faith-based news and culture stories. Watch the roughly 10-minute unedited recording of the podcast on Facebook Live on TAB’s Facebook page at 8:45 a.m. each Friday and find the audio podcast here at noon the same day.  Headlines: Federal officials in Texas shut down global prostitution and sex trafficking website (0:39)  States’ Attorneys General send letter to Congress in support of the nation’s law enforcement personnel (2:50)   New...

TAB News 6.24

June 24, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutes - 68.9 MB

Welcome to the audio digest of this week’s issue of The Alabama Baptist newspaper presented by TAB staff members, correspondents and volunteers. The audio digest includes news, features, Dr. Jerry Batson’s Theology 101 column and Sunday School commentaries for LifeWay’s Explore the Bible and Bible Studies for Life curriculums.  Articles of interest:   Ashland pastor says hard times a chance to rely on God, pray for each other (4:14)  ‘Lament, listen, learn, love,’ says Montgomery pasto...

TAB Talks: Surviving a World of Constant Change

June 22, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 47.2 MB

On this week’s TAB Talks, co-hosts Jennifer Davis Rash and Debbie Campbell interview Michael Alan Tate about his new book Roll Up Your Sleeves: Leading and Living in a World of Constant Change (published by Morgan James).  Roll Up Your Sleeves demonstrates how to implement flexible leadership strategies that work with the stress of change, rather than breaking under its weight. With more than 20 years of executive training and business experience, Tate teaches what strategies will benefit...

TAB Briefs 6.19

June 19, 2020 16:00 - 7 minutes - 12.5 MB

TAB Briefs provides listeners with three current faith-based news and culture stories. Watch the roughly 10-minute unedited recording of the podcast onFacebook Live on TAB’s Facebook page at 8:45 a.m. each Friday and find the audio podcast here at noon the same day.   Headlines:   U.S. Supreme Court ruling says “sex” includes “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” in non-discrimination protections (0:39)   U.S. Supreme Court temporarily shields young immigrants from deporta...

TAB News 6.17

June 17, 2020 11:00 - 37 minutes - 67.5 MB

Welcome to the audio digest of this week’s issue of The Alabama Baptist newspaper presented by TAB staff members, correspondents and volunteers. The audio digest includes news, features, Dr. Jerry Batson’s Theology 101 column and Sunday School commentaries for LifeWay’s Explore the Bible and Bible Studies for Life curriculums.   Articles of interest:   Japan prayer effort continues despite Olympics postponement (3:25)  Alabamians find creative ways to keep people from waiting months f...

TAB Talks: Fostering Trust and Unity Amid Racial Tension

June 15, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 46.2 MB

On this week’s TAB Talks, Birmingham-area minister James Sutton, who currently serves on the Diversity Advisory Council for the Christian organization Converge, shares how believers should address racial and biblical injustice with co-hosts Jennifer Rash and Debbie Campbell. 

Tab Briefs 6.12

June 12, 2020 15:00 - 8 minutes - 16.2 MB

TAB Briefs provides listeners with three current faith-based news and culture stories. Watch the roughly 10-minute unedited recording of the podcast on Facebook Live on TAB’s Facebook page at 8:45 a.m. each Friday and find the audio podcast here at noon the same day. Headlines: As coronavirus restrictions loosen, congregations grapple with including older adults (0:38) Missouri senator asks for a civil rights probe of state limits on church services (4:22) Federal appeals court rules...

TAB News 6.10

June 10, 2020 11:00 - 35 minutes - 64.6 MB

Welcome to the audio digest of this week’s issue of The Alabama Baptist newspaper presented by TAB staff members, correspondents and volunteers. The audio digest includes news, features, Dr. Jerry Batson’s Theology 101 column and Sunday School commentaries for LifeWay’s Explore the Bible and Bible Studies for Life curriculums. Articles of interest: Birmingham pastor and police officer reflects (3:52) Small group discipleship and investment by others leads to lasting life change (11:37)...

TAB Talks: Praying for Japan

June 08, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 56.1 MB

Prayer is an essential part of the life of a believer and when prayer efforts can be combined toward a singular focus at the same time, the result is truly powerful. Japan caught the attention of Alabama Baptist leaders earlier this year because of the Olympics. Scotty Goldman and Matt Burford from the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions even traveled to Japan to visit with our missionary teams and organize ways we could help them during the Olympics. But suddenly all of that changed w...