James McJunkin Jr. Blog
Hebrews 10: 23-25a
Hebrews 10:23-25a Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one...
Breaking Through and Moving Back to Center
Breaking Through and Moving Back to Center The combination of the feelings of isolation, disillusionment, and fear ate my usually resilient heart for breakfast. I am speaking about going through Covid-19, the social justice issues, and national political turmoil,...
Got Salt?
Is Your Faith Story About Being Salt or About Being Salty? Matthew 5: 13-17 I’ve met a few Christians who find the validity of their faith in the practice of grievance. They seem to be salty because their worldview no longer dominates public discourse. The Christian...
A Deadly Pit
Matthew 15:14 -18 14 Leave them; they are blind guides.[d] If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.” 15 Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.” 16 “Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them. 17 “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the...
Questions of Faith and Responsibility
An excerpt from the pastoral letter of Rev. Dr. James E. McJunkin, Jr. Questions based on Luke 18: 1-9 Will we ignore the plight and the plea for justice from the most vulnerable in our society or will we help to bind the wounds? In what ways are we able to identify...
Partnership Required!!
Some thirty-four years ago I answered the call to serve the churches of the Philadelphia Baptist Association (PBA). I was pleased to leave my home in Cleveland Ohio to staff the community outreach and public witness emphasis of the PBA. The ministry models that have...
About Race
Dear Colleagues and Friends: When the pain of oppression forced deep within the collective psyche can no longer be contained its spontaneous combustion drives quakes and aftershocks across society. I am reminded that when a volcano erupts no one gets to determine the...
Protest
Dear Colleagues: This national and global phenomenon is complex and difficult to understand. When the pain of oppression forced deep within the collective psyche can no longer be contained its spontaneous combustion drives quakes and aftershocks across society. I am...
A Public Statement of the Philadelphia Baptist Association
A Public Statement of the Philadelphia Baptist Association We are the oldest continuing community of Baptist Believers in the United States of America founded in 1707. We continue our tradition of speaking out and providing service in times of national crisis....