Alito could shape future of Supreme Court

Posted: 11/04/05

Alito could shape future of Supreme Court

By Robert Marus

ABP Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON (ABP)–Presi-dent Bush's nomination of federal appeals judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court could shift the court firmly to the right–immediately and for decades to come–on issues such as abortion rights and the relationship between church and state.

11/04/2005 - By John Rutledge

Around the State

Posted: 11/04/05

Around the State

Houston Baptist University's Guild will hold its Christmas luncheon at the Hilton Houston Post Oak Dec. 2 at 11:30 a.m. Sadie Hodo and her daughter, Alison, will be the featured speakers. Tickets are $45. The Guild is a group of Christian women dedicated to education who since 1995 have provided 104 annual and 10 endowed scholarships for career classrom teachers. For more information, call (281) 649-3362.

Primera Iglesia Emanuel in Cleburne, 30th, Oct. 16. Hector Salinas is pastor.

Robin McGee, 25th, as minister of music at First Church in Sherman.

11/04/2005 - By John Rutledge

BGCT-related meetings scheduled in Austin

Posted: 11/04/05

BGCT-related meetings scheduled in Austin

11/04/2005 - By John Rutledge

BGCT annual meeting program highlights

Posted: 11/04/05

BGCT annual meeting program highlights

11/04/2005 - By John Rutledge

Huntsville church embraces people in correctional system

Posted: 11/04/05

Huntsville church embraces
people in correctional system

By Marv Knox & George Henson

Baptist Standard

HUNTSVILLE–When David Valentine arrived at First Baptist Church in Huntsville four years ago, he looked across the street and saw a mission field. And the more he looked around Walker County, the more the field grew.

11/04/2005 - By John Rutledge

New children’s curriculum aims to teach Baptist beliefs

Posted: 11/04/05

New children's curriculum
aims to teach Baptist beliefs

By Meghan Merchant

Communications Intern

A new children's curriculum from BaptistWay Press aims to teach children something pastors and Baptist General Conven-tion of Texas leaders believe has been overlooked–Baptist beliefs.

11/04/2005 - By John Rutledge

DOWN HOME: At the age of ’98,’ Betsy knows better

Posted: 11/04/05

DOWN HOME:
At the age of '98,' Betsy knows better

Betsy has entered her second childhood.

Or maybe it's her second infancy.

Betsy is our dog. She's been part of our family 14 years this week. We got her for our daughters' birthdays when Molly turned 5 and Lindsay turned 8.

11/04/2005 - By John Rutledge

Founder sees DRAMA as avenue for evangelism, worship

Posted: 11/04/05

Founder sees DRAMA as
avenue for evangelism, worship

By Leann Callaway

Special to the Baptist Standard

DENTON–During Laura Watson's college years at the University of North Texas in Denton, she was at a crossroads while searching for a place to serve in collegiate ministry.

11/04/2005 - By John Rutledge

EDITORIAL: When hearts break, God stays with us

Posted: 11/04/05

EDITORIAL:
When hearts break, God stays with us

A fresh report by a team of engineering experts constructs barriers for people who want to blame–or credit–God for the magnitude of destruction Hurricane Katrina heaped upon New Orleans.

Consider several options: (A) A heartless God randomly washed away innocent victims' homes, jobs and ways of life. (B) A wrathful God righteously punished the Crescent City for its wanton lifestyle, featuring strippers, drunks and flagrant debauchery. (C) Lazy and/or greedy contractors recklessly engineered the destruction when they built the levees that eventually gave way.

The answer is (C), human sloth, greed and “malfeasance,” according to the engineering report. It was presented to a Senate committee by Raymond Seed, a civil engineering professor at the University of California at Berkeley.

11/04/2005 - By John Rutledge