News For Wednesday Jul 9, 2008 News For Wednesday Jul 9, 2008

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Archaeology & the Bible - Added 14 hours ago

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Archaeology is in the news again. An interesting juxtaposition of news stories concerns what might be the boyhood home of George Washington on the Rappahannock River and the claim that a collector...

Former prof John Dever dies - Added 14 hours ago

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--John Dever, a former professor of church and society at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, died of a heart attack July 4 at the age of 72.Dever joined the faculty of the Louisville, Ky.,...

Discipleship is conference's thrust - Added 14 hours ago

RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP)--God does not make suggestions, Henry Blackaby said. He gives commands.Every time God speaks, "it is life or death, blessing or cursing. When God has something to say to you, He assigns the Holy...

Pastor Justasgood doesn't measure up - Added 14 hours ago

COLUMBIA, Md. (BP)--Billy Bestofall, pastor of The Church of Everyone's Dreams, announces his resignation and the congregation is devastated. They cry, have a farewell chicken dinner and start looking for a replacement....

Transitional pastor guides church in storm - Added 14 hours ago

SALISBURY, Md. (BP)--Lee Hughart was happily working as a bivocational pastor and assistant curator of a historic fort in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina swept through and wiped out his home, church and...

Uncertain times disrupt churches - Added 14 hours ago

RALEIGH, N.C. (BP)--Uncertain times bring anxiety into the church and, as Wayne Oakes has observed, the conflict that often results can be traced to loss of control.Oakes, minister/church relations consultant for the...

3,142 churches represented at SBC - Added 14 hours ago

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Official registration figures for the 2008 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Indianapolis have been released by SBC registration secretary Jim Wells.Kentucky Baptists sent the largest...

Legal experts: Obama's abortion magazine comments conflict with own pro-choice views - Added 14 hours ago

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Democrat Barack Obama may have wanted to sound reasonable on the issue of abortion during a recent interview with Relevant Magazine, but legal experts say his statements conflict with both his...

Befriending Iraqi children is crucial, major says - Added 14 hours ago

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (BP)--During his deployment in Iraq, Air Force Maj. Chris Gay learned firsthand that a key component of succeeding in the war is befriending Iraq's youth and showing them a level of kindness...

Big Bang on the Bayou - Added 1 day ago

LEESBURG, Va. (BP)--Secularists have exploded over the passage of the "Louisiana Science and Education Act." The bill recently was signed into law by Gov. Bobby Jindal after having been passed by an overwhelming...

A ride down prostitution row - Added 1 day ago

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--I write this as my wife Charlotte and I return from Southeast Asia. We have spent a week with precious brothers and sisters in Christ who are faithfully serving King Jesus in very difficult and,...

Southern Gospel Celebration draws 1,200 - Added 1 day ago

RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP)--Like so many of the 1,200 attendees, Jean and Lee Barham were hoping to hear inspirational music and messages at the inaugural Senior Adult Southern Gospel Celebration at the LifeWay Ridgecrest...

3 teachers go Deeper Still - Added 1 day ago

ATLANTA (BP)--Three women, three journeys, three changed lives, three lives going deeper were shared with 19,000-plus women at a Deeper Still conference June 27-28 in Atlanta.Popular Bible teachers and authors Kay...

Burk appointed dean of Boyce College - Added 1 day ago

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, announced the appointment July 7 of Criswell College professor Denny Burk, an SBTS alumnus, as dean of Boyce College, the...

Student missionary dies in Peru accident - Added 1 day ago

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Gregory Gomez IV, 22, a student missionary serving in Peru for the summer through the International Mission Board, was killed in a bus accident July 5. Gomez was traveling with Lydia Shivar, another...

Helms, Baptist & former senator, dies - Added 1 day ago

RALEIGH, N.C. (BP)--Jesse Helms, the outspoken and sometimes controversial five-term senator from North Carolina who was a champion of pro-life and pro-family causes, died July 4. He was 86.A member of Hayes Barton...

American Family Association declares McDonald's boycott - Added 1 day ago

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The American Family Association launched a boycott of McDonald's July 3, saying the restaurant chain's corporate leaders refuse "to remain neutral in the culture wars" by promoting the homosexual...

Religion news in brief - Added 5 days ago

As clergy involvement in politics stirs debate, Roman Catholic priests and deacons in the Denver Archdiocese are being instructed not to endorse or donate money to political candidates. The directive came from Denver...

Religion in the news - Added 5 days ago

Plans to translate the Bible into patois _ Jamaica's unofficial language _ have ignited a fiery debate that stretches beyond the shores of this island nation. Some Jamaicans object to the project because they say...

CULTURE DIGEST: 'I believe' plates face suit; FBI cracks down on child exploitation - Added 5 days ago

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Specialty license plates on cars can signal the driver's support of an array of topics from the environment to animals to college sports teams, but those that support belief in God have faced...

Nicaragua surprise confirms missions call - Added 5 days ago

PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua (BP)--When Marie Davidson heard Jim and Viola Palmer talk about their ministry among the Miskito people of Nicaragua, she was deeply moved. And when, more than a year later, she heard Hurricane...

NEA still pushing liberal ideology - Added 5 days ago

WASHINGTON (BP)--Leaders of the National Education Association continue to advance a liberal political ideology that includes support of the homosexual agenda, as evidenced by news items surrounding the group's annual...

The meaning of the 4th in 3 words - Added 5 days ago

!P>MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP)--A silly story is told about a little boy asking his father a question, "Dad, do they have the Fourth of July in England?" "Yes, oh yes, son they do have a fourth of July in England. They just...

Christian conservative leaders unify behind McCain, adopt statement with common goals - Added 5 days ago

DENVER (BP)--Giving a significant boost to Republican John McCain's goal of attracting the votes of social conservatives, nearly 100 pro-family leaders gathering in Denver July 1 agreed to unify behind the Arizona...

Chaplains offer independence to those who fight for it - Added 5 days ago

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--While soldiers, sailors and airmen are lauded each July 4 for defending freedom on a daily basis, military chaplains fulfill the high duty of offering spiritual freedom to those who serve in the...

Religion today - Added 5 days ago

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Art & commerce collide in 'Wall•E' - Added 6 days ago

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (BP)—"Wall•E" is one of the best films I've seen this year, but it has a controversy attached. No, it's not inappropriate language or furtive sexual innuendo. (The filmmakers have made it family...

Church planting is 'biblical assumption' - Added 6 days ago

OWASSO, Okla. (BP)--The overwhelming assumption of the New Testament is that local churches will plant other churches, Ed Stetzer said June 26 in the keynote address at the 26th annual Southern Baptist Founders...

Whitney: Church discipline is act of love - Added 6 days ago

OWASSO, Okla. (BP)--Church discipline is a crucial aspect of a local church body's health and obedience to Scripture and its goal is the restoration of a wandering believer, author, speaker and professor Don Whitney...

FamilyFEST draws 61 vols to Baltimore - Added 6 days ago

BALTIMORE, Md. (BP)--More than 60 volunteers, from ages 5 to 77, traveled from seven states to do ministry in Baltimore during this summer's FamilyFEST, a hands-on missions opportunity for families sponsored by the...

Gas crisis becomes mission opportunity - Added 6 days ago

CLEVELAND, Ga. (BP)--Every crisis creates opportunities, even for missions. For three hours on a hot summer afternoon in the Georgia mountains, residents recently caught a short break from America's gasoline crisis.They...

Pastor aims to be half his former self - Added 6 days ago

PINE BLUFF, Ark. (BP)--Harold Chandler ain't half the preacher he once was.Last year, at 349 pounds, he was two cheeseburgers short of 350. Today he is under 190 pounds, well on his way to his goal of 170. He has...

Stroke victim's case recalls Schiavo controversy - Added 6 days ago

OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (BP)--Just a few years ago, 57-year-old Karen Weber sat at the kitchen table, talking about the Terri Schiavo case with her husband, Ray, and her mother, Martha Tatro, 80. None of the three could have...

Which economy is it going to be? - Added 1 week ago

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The headlines are all heralding a disaster on the horizon: "Market set to fall on oil price, financials" "Bankruptcies on the Rise" "Rate uncertainty hangs over U.S. stocks" It is impossible to be...

The Weimar Germans would be proud - Added 1 week ago

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Even before the Nazi Party came to power, the doctors of Weimar Germany began to divide humanity into those who should live and those who should die. They developed the category of "life unworthy...

CP: 0.27% behind 2007 pace - Added 1 week ago

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention's Cooperative Program are 0.27 percent behind the same time frame in June 2007, according to a news release from SBC Executive...

CP giving undergirds mission emphasis - Added 1 week ago

SARALAND, Ala. (BP)--For First Baptist Church of North Mobile, the Cooperative Program simply undergirds its heavy emphasis on missions and outreach. This is a church where more than 1,100 people attend Sunday morning...

72 new missionaries tell of God's calling - Added 1 week ago

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Journeyman Trevor Yoakum lay face down in mud on the side of a narrow highway in Nigeria. Gunfire exploded in his ears. Squealing tires followed and then the crunch of cars crashing.As Yoakum lay...

La. adopts first-of-its-kind bill allowing teachers to question evolution's claims - Added 1 week ago

BATON ROUGE, La. (BP)--In a first for any state, Louisiana has adopted an academic freedom law giving teachers greater protection and freedom in teaching the strengths and weaknesses of Darwinian evolution, something...

Spain set to give rights to apes - Added 1 week ago

MADRID, Spain (BP)--The Spanish Parliament's move to grant rights previously reserved for human beings to chimpanzees and other apes is a victory for those seeking to minimize the uniqueness of humanity, a bioethics...

Obama is no Joshua; denies uniqueness of Christ, hell - Added 1 week ago

WASHINGTON (BP)--Barack Obama's presidential campaign plans to strike at the heart of the Republican base by attempting to woo Evangelical Christians and Roman Catholics to his side. The Christian Broadcasting Network's...

Bush urges prayer at Hispanic event - Added 1 week ago

WASHINGTON (BP)--President Bush asked participants at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast to pray God "continues to bestow His blessings" on the United States in the final appearance of his presidency at the annual...

FIRST-PERSON: Flood vols keep priorities - Added 1 week ago

EDITOR'S NOTE: As of Monday (June 30), Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers in the Midwest had worked 4,500 volunteer days; prepared more than 240,000 meals, completed 200 mud-out and chainsaw jobs, provided...

ELECTION 08: McCain supports, Obama opposes Calif. marriage amendment - Added 1 week ago

SAN FRANCISCO (BP)--Republican John McCain says he supports a proposed constitutional marriage amendment in California and Democrat Barack Obama says he opposes it, putting the two men on opposite sides of a contentious...

Arizona puts marriage amend. on ballot - Added 1 week ago

!P>PHOENIX (BP)--The Arizona Senate June 27 placed a constitutional marriage amendment on the November ballot, making Arizona the third state to vote this fall on the definition of marriage.California and Florida also...

Flood-stricken Suriname gets Southern Baptist help - Added 1 week ago

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (BP)--While America was riveted by the drama of disaster relief workers helping Midwesterners driven from their homes by rain-swollen rivers, another group of people have been devastated by flooding...

Call for political displays rankles some Mormons - Added 1 week ago

Lester Leavitt has made a request of his family: oppose their church's opposition to gay marriage. Leavitt, from Pompano Beach, Fla., is asking his siblings and children on the West Coast to choose family over a call...

Anglican conservatives launch liberal challenge - Added 1 week ago

Conservatives from the world's largest Anglican provinces who are angered by liberal thinking in churches in North America and elsewhere plan to create a global fellowship that challenges worldwide Anglican unity but...

Presbyterians seek balance on Middle East peace - Added 1 week ago

Seeking elusive balance on Middle East issues, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly on Friday urged its members to become "nonpartisan advocates for peace" and "a voice for the victims of violence in both...

Presbyterian assembly votes to drop gay clergy ban - Added 1 week ago

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), bitterly divided over sexuality and the Bible, set up another confrontation Friday over its ban on ordaining non-celibate gays and lesbians. The denomination's General Assembly,...