Eric Metaxas is the featured speaker for the Hamrick Lectures at First Baptist Church of Charleston on Sunday at 5 and Monday at 10a.m. The lectures are free. Parking is at 48 Meeting Street.

Bitterness is a terrible taskmaster. It will suck all of your goodness into a dark hole.

We are a people of hope, even in the most challenging times, because our ultimate hope is not dependent on that list of issues that normally comprises the content of the evening news.

Decide whether you are reading the Bible for inspiration or study. Write your questions down as you read. Start with a good translation.

Words are powerful. With our words we have the power to build up or tear down, to hurt or to heal. We should use our words with great care.