Volume 9 / Issue 10 | October 2022

The Apologetics Newsletter
of the Missouri Baptist Convention

In this issue:

Commander of the Lord's Army ... What You Should Know about Satan ... Article IV of The Baptist Faith & Message: Salvation ... The Angel of the Lord in the Time of the Judges ... and more!

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Commander of the Lord's Army

Standing on the plains of Jericho, Joshua carries a heavy burden. Despite military experience, he has never led an attack on a fortified city hunkered down for a long siege. Then, an imposing figure confronts him: a divine warrior with a drawn sword in his hand. This is the angel of the Lord, and he assures Joshua that the battle does not belong to soldiers, but to the Lord.


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What You Should Know about Satan

Popular culture depicts Satan as a mischievous character with horns, a tail, and a red suit, holding a pitchfork. But that caricature, birthed in the Middle Ages, does no justice to the evil one, who is far more beautiful and far more dangerous. What should every Christian know about Satan?


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Article IV of The Baptist Faith & Message: Salvation

Salvation is God's remedy for the sin that has ruined everything and alienated everyone from him. In its broadest sense, salvation includes regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification. And there is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.



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The Angel of the Lord in the Time of the Judges

A loose tribal confederacy in Israel emerges after Joshua's death. The Spirit of God empowers various leaders, called judges, to deliver the people from their common enemies. For the Israelites, there are six cycles of sin, distress, and salvation, which form the core of the Book of Judges. With no towering figure like Moses to lead them, "everyone did what seemed right to him" (Judg. 17:6).


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New Release from High Street Press

High Street Press, the publishing imprint of the Missouri Baptist Convention, has  released a new resource for personal and group study: Understanding The Baptist Faith & Message. The 300+ page resource unpacks the Southern Baptist Convention's confessional statement, exploring its history and 18 articles of faith.


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Get the New Apologetics Journal and Directory

The Missouri Baptist Apologetics Network has just released its 2022-23 Journal and Directory, featuring four articles from network members and an updated directory of members you can invite to your church. 


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