ANOTHER VIEW: ‘Jesus’ celebrates 25th birthday_120604

Posted: 12/03/04

ANOTHER VIEW:
'Jesus' celebrates 25th birthday

Recently I participated with other volunteers in distributing the gospel on the streets of a sprawling mega-city in Central Asia.

We struck up conversations with shopkeepers, cafe owners, college students, bus passengers and anyone else willing to talk to us in the overwhelmingly Muslim city. We prayed for opportunities to give our new acquaintances small packets containing a New Testament, a video showing local followers of Christ and how they worship–and a DVD version of the “Jesus” film.

Not everyone took our gift. Some declined politely; a few returned it after looking it over. But many accepted it with curiosity, gratitude, even emotion. They seemed eager to read, hear and see all they could about Jesus. Several asked for extra packets.

12/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

Rice’s selection unlikely to impact religious liberty, observers say_120604

Posted: 12/03/04

Rice's selection unlikely to impact
religious liberty, observers say

By Robert Marus

ABP Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON (ABP)– President Bush's choice of National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice to replace Secretary of State Colin Powell may not mean much change in the United States' foreign policy regarding religious-freedom issues, experts on the subject maintained.

12/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

Dispute between Criswell College & contractor to be settled out of court_120604

Posted: 12/03/04

Dispute between Criswell College
& contractor to be settled out of court

By Ken Camp

Managing Editor

DALLAS–A dispute between Criswell College, the W.A. Criswell Foundation and a computer contractor will settled by an arbitrator rather than a jury.

12/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

DBU volunteers build on-campus Habitat house_120604

Posted: 12/03/04

DBU volunteers build on-campus Habitat house

By Kristie Brooks

Dallas Baptist University

DALLAS–For the second consecutive year, Dallas Baptist University volunteers built a Habitat for Humanity house on the school's campus.

12/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

DBU students, faculty fill shoeboxes with love_120604

Posted: 12/03/04

DBU students, faculty fill shoeboxes with love

By George Henson

Staff Writer

DALLAS–Love may not fit in a box, but students at Dallas Baptist University hope children who receive shoeboxes filled with goodies will know someone cared enough to send a token of their love.

12/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

DOWN HOME: God, creativity, chaos & beauty_120604

Posted: 12/03/04

DOWN HOME:
God, creativity, chaos & beauty

Don't worry about the Loch Ness Monster and/or Bigfoot. They don't exist.

If they did, we would've found them.

Joanna and I spent the better part of a Saturday helping our youngest daughter, Molly, clean her room. We didn't encounter any world-famous monsters, but that's about the only thing we didn't find.

12/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

Free curriculum offers parents, youth ministers tool to prevent drug abuse_120604

Posted: 12/03/04

Free curriculum offers parents, youth
ministers tool to prevent drug abuse

By George Henson

Staff Writer

Parents and youth ministers have a new tool to use in their efforts to fight drug use among teens. And it's free.

12/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

EDITORIAL: Celebrating Advent makes the wait worthy of Christmas_120604

Posted: 12/03/04

EDITORIAL:
Celebrating Advent makes the wait worthy of Christmas

So now we wait.

Waiting, particularly waiting patiently, is not an American virtue. You know you're wound just a little too tightly when you get annoyed because the microwave doesn't heat your pre-cooked dinner fast enough. You're on the impatient side when you order movie tickets online so you won't have to wait in line to buy them at the cineplex. Americans by the millions are signing up for broadband Internet access so we won't have to wait for our computers to download pictures and songs and all the other “instant” data available at the click of a mouse.

But we wait for Christmas. The Christmas season–called Advent by Baptists and others not worried about being considered “too Catholic”–follows an arc determined by the calendar. It covers the span of four Sundays, usually from the Sunday immediately following Thanksgiving to the Sunday before Christmas. It moves at the timeless pace trod by Christians for nearly two millennia.

12/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

ETBU reaffirms Chinese partnership_120604

Posted: 12/03/04 ETBU reaffirms Chinese partnership President Fang Jianzhuang (left) of the Gaungdong Teachers College of Foreign Language and Arts in China and President Bob Riley of East Texas Baptist…

12/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for Dec. 12: Remember the mercy God has shown to you_120604

Posted: 12/03/04

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for Dec. 12

Remember the mercy God has shown to you

Luke 15:18-32

By Pakon Chan

Chinese Baptist Church, Arlington

12/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for Dec. 19: Christmas reminds us of the possibilities_120604

Posted: 12/03/04

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for Dec. 19

Christmas reminds us of the possibilities

Luke 1:26-38, 46-56

By Pakon Chan

Chinese Baptist Church, Arlington

12/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

LifeWay Family Bible Series for Dec. 12: Enthusiasm for Christ should be contagious_120604

Posted: 12/03/04

LifeWay Family Bible Series for Dec. 12

Enthusiasm for Christ should be contagious

John 1:35-50

By Leroy Fenton

Baptist Standard, Dallas

12/03/2004 - By John Rutledge