2005 Archives
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Texas Baptist Forum
Posted: 9/30/05
Texas Baptist Forum
Seven literal days
When someone who claims to love the Bible, as Mark Chancey says he does, also objects to a literal and historical six days of creation (Aug. 22), he identifies himself with those who have chosen to superimpose the theory of evolution upon the creation account God revealed in Genesis 1.
Letters are welcomed. Send them to marvknox@baptiststandard.com; 250 words maximum.
"The first Baptist minister lost his life through a dance, for Herod's birthday ball led to the murder of John. Since then, Satan has found the dance to be his helpful ally, a fruitful mother to sin. To multitudes of young people, the polished floor of the dance hall has been the toboggan slide to hell."
John Linton
Evangelist (The Sword of the Lord)"My faith and religious beliefs do not play a role in judging. I look to the law books. I don't look to the Bible."
John Roberts
President Bush's nominee for chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, answering senators' questions about his Catholic faith. (RNS)"Religious high horses are pleasing to ride. Tussles over right-opinion build crowds, fund movements, sell books, amass power and enable us to avoid the inconvenience of what Jesus actually said and did. Institutional maintenance keeps the gospel at a safe distance. Dividing and labeling people makes it unnecessary to actually deal with people."
Tom Ehrich
Writer, consultant, workshop leader and Episcopal priest from Durham, N.C. (RNS)He has chosen to accept the idea that each day represents a period of time called “long ages.”
09/30/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Lufkin church offers whole-hogged hospitality
Posted: 9/30/05
Johnnie Fredregill (left) and Betty Musick, wife of Grace Baptist Church's pastor, serve supper to Hurricane Rita evacuees. (Photos by Russ Dilday) Lufkin church offers
whole-hogged hospitalityBy Scott Collins
Buckner Benevolences
LUFKIN–Pastor Elton Musick is one Baptist preacher who won't mind people leaving his church. That's because when the latest visitors leave Grace Baptist Church, he knows they will be returning home.
09/30/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Responding to Hurricane Rita
Posted: 9/30/05
Joseph Henry led children's activities at a shelter for Katrina victims. After evacuating, the Bridge City resident found himself staying with his in-laws in Tyler. He put his skills to work leading children's activities at First Baptist Church in Tyler. (Photos by John Hall) RESPONDING TO HURRICANE RITA
By John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
TYLER–Some Texans who volunteered in shelters for Hurricane Katrina evacuees talked about how they could be displaced themselves one day.
09/30/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Tidbits
Posted: 9/30/05
Texas Tidbits
Baylor law, business scholarships endowed. Baylor University received gifts from Brazos Higher Education Service Corporation of Waco to establish endowed scholarship funds in the Baylor School of Law and the Hankamer School of Business. Deans will award the scholarships to full-time students on the basis of merit and need. The Brazos Higher Education Service Corporation Inc. is a nonprofit company that facilitates the delivery of financial aid to postsecondary students. For more information, contact Bill Dube, director of Baylor's Endowed Scholarship Program, at (254) 710-8601 or e-mail William_Dube@baylor.edu.
Buckner president receives honorary doctorate at DBU. Dallas Baptist University presented Ken Hall, president and chief executive officer of Buckner Baptist Benevolences, with an honorary doctor of divinity degree during the school's fall convocation. During Hall's tenure as president, Buckner has grown into one of the nation's top social service ministries, annually serving nearly 100,000 people through programs for children, families and senior adults. He is the fifth president in Buckner's 124-year history and is past president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Hall is a graduate of the University of Texas at Tyler and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Before assuming the leadership of Buckner, he served as pastor of First Baptist Church of Longview, Crestview Baptist Church in Midland, Eastwood Baptist Church in Gatesville and Riverside Baptist Church in Stephenville.
DBU campaign totals $13.4 million. Dallas Baptist University has raised $7.9 million as part of the Ruth Ray Hunt Challenge Grant Campaign, making the school eligible to receive $5 million in matching gifts from the Ruth Ray Hunt Philanthropic Fund of Communities Foundation of Texas to help professional leadership, academic excellence, student activities and scholarship aid, student spiritual life and overall university facilities. These gifts, combined with the $500,000 gift given by the Hunt family to help launch the campaign in 2000, bring total funds raised through the Hunt Campaign to $13.4 million.
09/30/2005 - By John Rutledge
Andrew Bursey to Freedom Community Church in Midlothian as youth minister. 
