LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for Feb. 29: Financial wisdom for financial managers_22304

Posted: 2/19/04

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for Feb. 29

Financial wisdom for financial managers

Selected Proverbs

By John Duncan

Lakeside Baptist Church, Granbury

02/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for March 7: The gospel is all about changing people’s lives_22304

Posted: 2/19/04

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for March 7

The gospel is all about changing people's lives

1 Timothy 1-2

By David Morgan

Trinity Baptist Church, Harker Heights

02/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

LifeWay Family Bible Series for Feb. 29: Serve God for his glory, not for earthly gain_22304

Posted: 2/19/04

LifeWay Family Bible Series for Feb. 29

Serve God for his glory, not for earthly gain

Matthew 20:20-28; Romans 12:9-13

By David Jenkins

New Hope Baptist Church, Big Sandy

02/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

LifeWay Family Bible Series for March 7: God selects his leaders from those who listen_22304

Posted: 2/19/04

LifeWay Family Bible Series for March 7

God selects his leaders from those who listen

Judges 4:4-10, 14-16; 5:1-2, 6-9

By Rodney McGlothlin

First Baptist Church, College Station

02/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

Christian Fitness Body & soul_22304

Posted: 2/19/04

Christian Fitness: Body & soul

By Adelle Banks

Religion News Service

Pittsburgh, Pa. (RNS)–Larry Swain of Pittsburgh is proud of the fact he's lost more than 50 pounds in the last year and a half.

02/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

Health-conscious Christians ask, ‘What would Jesus eat?’_22304

Posted: 2/19/04

Health-conscious Christians
ask, 'What would Jesus eat?'

By Alexandra Alter

Religion News Service

WASHINGTON (RNS)–If doctors had to identify the deadliest sin affecting Americans today, they probably would name gluttony as the No. 1 killer.

02/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

Filibuster halts lawmakers’ attempt to limit or undo gay marriage ruling_22304

Posted: 2/19/04

Filibuster halts lawmakers' attempt
to limit or undo gay marriage ruling

By Greg Warner

Associated Baptist Press

BOSTON (ABP)–The Massachusetts legislature adjourned its historic constitutional convention Feb. 12 without reversing the state supreme court's recent legalization of gay marriage.

02/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

Follow Christ’s call without regard to consequences, Mercer tells students_22304

Posted: 2/19/04

Follow Christ's call without regard
to consequences, Mercer tells students

By Charles Richardson

Hardin-Simmons University

ABILENE–One biblical promise kept Heather Mercer from losing hope when she was imprisoned in Afghanistan: Jesus' pledge to be with his disciples until the end.

02/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

IMB reports passing half-million mark in baptisms worldwide for first time_22304

Posted: 2/19/04

IMB reports passing half-million
mark in baptisms worldwide for first time

By Mark Kelly

International Mission Board

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–Southern Baptist missionaries witnessed double-digit increases in eight of their 13 categories of work in 2003, including for the first time more than 500,000 baptisms, trustees of the International Mission Board learned this month.

02/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

Texas Baptist Forum_22304

Posted: 2/19/04

TEXAS BAPTIST FORUM
Confusing partnership

FamilyNet, the Southern Baptist Convention's television entity, has just entered a three-year partnership with FOX News.

Is it just me, or does it seem strange that the SBC announces it will do business with the FOX network at the time the SBC Executive Committee votes to completely withdraw support from the Baptist World Alliance? Isn't it odd that the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is the enemy and FOX, known for sleaze, is now a business partner?

What's next? FamilyNet promos for “The Littlest Groom” and “My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancé”? SBC ads during “That '70s Show”?

02/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

Logsdon student returns to South Africa for 10 months of study, service_22304

Posted: 2/19/04

Logsdon student returns to South
Africa for 10 months of study, service

By Loretta Fulton

Abilene Reporter-News

A summer trip to Africa two years ago evoked two powerful emotions in Jessica Glaze– homesickness and a deep sympathy for the poverty-stricken people she encountered.

02/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

NAMB stops endorsing women for military, federal chaplain positions_22304

Posted: 2/19/04

NAMB stops endorsing women
for military, federal chaplain positions

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

ALPHARETTA, Ga.–The North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention will stop endorsing women to chaplain positions “where the role and function of the chaplain would be seen the same as that of a pastor.”

02/20/2004 - By John Rutledge