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In Defense of Our Schools and the First Amendment
I often hear people say that the reason for our country's moral decline is because we can't read the Bible in the classrooms and because we took prayer out of the schools. It's the tar baby answer for everything that's wrong with our country. Recently, former...
Addressing Violent Video Games After Sandy Hook
Not long ago I sat and watched a couple of young boys as they played video games. While the younger boy raced cars, the older boy played a military commando game. The object of the race was obvious: finish first. The object of the commando game was obvious, too:...
Denny Was A Quadriplegic But Not Handicapped
Denny Jarman, a quadriplegic since 1988, died recently from complications from his injuries sustained nearly a quarter century ago when his Datsun 280ZX struck a 2,500 pound Black Angus cow in the road near his Lake Jackson home near Jefferson, Georgia. Doctors said...
A Commitment to the Coach and the Team
Sunday, December 2, my niece, Hillary McCoy, was baptized in Tuscaloosa, Alabama at Central Baptist Church, which sits in the shadows of Bryant Denny Stadium. She had a lot of family present: her mother and father, twin brothers, her newest sister-in-law, and her...
The 2012 Turkey Can 5K – A Tradition Worth Keeping
Four years ago, Mark Mullis and Chad Purvis came to me with an idea really good idea.They wanted to put together a 5K-run on Thanksgiving morning and use the run as a way to raise awareness of the good work done by the volunteers of the food bank at First Baptist...
What the Pecan Trees Are Telling Me
While walking around in a market in Cieneguilla, Peru, I noticed small bags of pecans hanging up for sale. There in the midst of many kinds of fruit I couldn't identify, was a fruit I can walk out of my office and pick up in our church's parking lot. We have about a...
There’s Life in the Mountains Many Can’t See
Cieneguilla, Peru The ashy, lifeless Andes Mountains rise above the small village of Cieneguilla, Peru. The evidence of poverty surrounds this place like the mountains. It's an odd place to make a home. Everything has to be brought here because nothing grows naturally...
It Takes Courage to Stand Up To a Bully
Teenage years can be filled with fun and excitement. It's also a very awkward time. The bodies of teenagers are constantly changing as hormones produce growth spurts that make them feel like they suddenly inhabited someone else's body. Along with the physical...
Books by John Michael Helms
Endorsed By Well-Known Baptists In this section of Michael's website, you can explore his books which have been endorsed by well-known Baptists such as Dr. Walter "Buddy" Shurden, Dr. David Gushee, Dr. Emmanuel McCall, Dr. Pamela Durso, Dr. John Pierce, Dr. R. Alan...
Yob and the Bird Dog | Children’s Book
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Leveraging Talent and Staffing to Vision
Change is inevitable for all churches, but intentional change is often resisted, painful, and slow. One way to lead a church through intentional change with as little conflict as possible is to get the church to buy into a vision. Chris Gambill of the Center for...
As Demands of Ministry Grow, A Coach Can Help
I know an 83-year-old tennis player who has one arm. He has a bit of a belly. He doesn't run well anymore. But if I'm choosing a partner for doubles, I'm choosing Jack. Jack knows more about the game of tennis than anyone else I know. He doesn't beat himself. He's...