Good News for Today

About Good News for Today

Good News for Today shares and spotlights the good God is doing in this world. Through the stories of Baptist Press, we’ll introduce you to Christians and churches who are making an impact for the glory of God.

Publisher

Baptist Press

Category

news · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Dec 2023

Latest episode

27 Sept 2024

Latest episodes

194 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Sept 2024

   Hurricane Helene washes ashore; Good News for Today's last broadcast

   Residents of Florida, Georgia and Alabama need your prayers today as they deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The storm quickly intensified before coming ashore in the Florida panhandle on Thursday afternoon before zipping north into Georgia and Alabama overnight. Disaster relief crews are on standby as first responders do their work and assessors move into the area. Despite the tragedy, it’s a blessing to know that people who care are quick to rush to the help of others facing dark days. -- You are learning every day. You don’t need a scientific poll to realize that. Some sort of media or influence is affecting your thinking and view of the world every day. An election season billed as the most important of our lives lends itself to stories where falsehoods outpaced the truth (https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/hope-for-springfield-as-churches-civic-leaders-join-to-help-haitians/), at least for a time. Southwestern Seminary Professor Malcolm Yarnell says this is why Christians should stay tethered to the truths of Christ. “Let’s not turn our politicians into messiahs [and] political parties into a church,” he said. “That is where we begin to confuse the Kingdom of God with the kingdom of this world.” -- For the past two and a half years Baptist Press has had the privilege of bringing you Good News for Today. We’ve tried to find a way to report news accurately and fairly with a biblical and Christ-centered perspective. Due to some changes at Baptist Press, unfortunately, today marks the end of our radio and podcast feature. Thank you for listening. We do not take our readers…or listeners for granted. Thank you for the opportunity to share news and content with you over radio stations across North America. After 76 years, the work of Baptist Press will at our website. We hope you’ll read our stories there. -- The world’s greatest problem is lostness. You can help share the light of Christ. Learn how at IMB.org.

2. 

   26 Sept 2024

   Students pray during See You at the Pole; VP Kamala Harris makes abortion a "centerpiece issue"

   Millions of elementary through college students gathered at flag poles on their campuses yesterday file in the U.S. and 63 other countries to pray in the student-led “See You at the Pole” initiative in its 33rd year. The early sunrise, clouds and rains variously served as the backdrop for social media photos attesting to student participation. The event is designed to spark a continual prayer movement and lifestyle change, with resources available through the partner ministry Claim Your Campus (https://claimyourcampus.com/), and was preceded in some communities by prayerwalks and student ministry events, organizers said. Held annually on the fourth Wednesday in September since 1991, See You at the Pole grew from a DiscipleNow weekend in Burleson, Texas, in early1990. Compelled to pray, a small group of teenagers drove to three area schools, stood under flagpoles and prayed for schools, leaders and friends. Word of the Burleson event spread, drawing 45,000 students in prayer under flagpoles in four states in September 1990, and a million at school flagpoles in September 1991, according to event promoters. Today, events are held in Canada, Korea, Japan, Turkey, the Ivory Coast and beyond, with students “responding to God and taking seriously the challenge to pray,” promoters said (https://syatp.com/pages/press). -- Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris told an interviewer Tuesday (Sept. 24) that she would be in favor of eliminating the filibuster for votes on abortion-related legislation in the Senate. That, in essence, would clear the way for abortion legislation to pass the Senate with a simple majority rather than the 60 votes needed to overturn a filibuster. Harris has made abortion a centerpiece of her campaign, pledging to sign any bill that “restore[s] reproductive freedom nationwide,” according to her website. Ethics & Religious Liberty President Brent Leatherwood said it appears such abortion extremism is a hard sell for many Americans. “I’ve often found that calls to end the filibuster are the result of an inability to win consensus on an issue. It means you are losing,” Leatherwood told Baptist Press in written comments. -- The world’s greatest problem is lostness. Learn how you can help at IMB.org.

3. 

   25 Sept 2024

   Our words affect our world; Overwhelmed? Look to the empty tomb

   Words are important. Southwestern Seminary professor Malcolm Yarnell says, “Christians ought to have a leavening influence on their society.” “But when we forget our primary allegiance to Jesus Christ [in favor of] political parties, movements or leaders, we begin to run into trouble.” An average of Gallup polls in 2023 found that 68 percent of (https://news.gallup.com/poll/358364/religious-americans.aspx#:) Americans identified (https://news.gallup.com/poll/358364/religious-americans.aspx#:) with the Christian religion. However, that reflected a consistent drop from the high point of 96 percent in 1956. Christians are being educated by something, he added. That can be the culture, social media, mainstream media or the church. All have a way of affecting our worldview to some degree. Yarnell spoke of C. Gardner Taylor, a preacher and contemporary of Martin Luther King Jr. Very concerned with social issues, Taylor’s wife would at times comment on her husband’s sermon “thickness.” “Sometimes she would tell him that his sermon was a bit ‘thin’ to let him know he was getting too much into political and social issues,” Yarnell said. “Those issues need to be addressed, but if it was his primary proclamation, it was robbing from the emphasis on the Gospel.” -- Feeling overwhelmed? Tennessee pastor Abraham Creemens encourages you to look to Jesus. “The first step on this journey of hope is to recognize that there is only one Savior, and it is not you. It is not me, or your pastor or the most spiritual person in the world. It is Jesus. We turned the world upside down and Jesus turned it right-side-up. Paul explained this in 2 Corinthians 5:21 (https://ref.ly/2%20Cor%205.21;csb?t=biblia): He made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. “ Creemens says when life is too much, you can look to the empty tomb where Jesus overcame the grave. “See the beauty of the resurrection. Jesus died a real death. But the grave was not strong enough. The invitation is to lean into the person, purpose and promises of God every day and lay your concerns at the entrance of the empty tomb.” Read the full piece at Baptist Press. -- More than 2 billion people are facing food insecurity. Learn how you can help at IMB.org.

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