Religious issues will color vote on Iraqi constitution

Posted: 8/31/05

Religious issues will color
vote on Iraqi constitution

By Robert Marus

ABP Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON (ABP)—Iraqis will vote Oct. 15 on a proposal for a permanent constitution that many Sunni Muslim leaders, other religious minorities and secularists find deeply troubling.

08/31/2005 - By John Rutledge

Guidestone prescription drug benefits will exceed Medicare minimums

Posted: 8/31/05

Guidestone prescription drug benefits
will exceed Medicare minimums

By Curtis Sharp

GuideStone Financial Resources

DALLAS (BP)—The Medicare supplement plans available through GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention will provide prescription drug benefits that exceed the minimum standard set by Medicare.

08/31/2005 - By John Rutledge

Abstinence program loses federal funding

Posted: 8/31/05

Abstinence program loses federal funding

By Robert Marus

ABP Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON (ABP)—A federal agency has withdrawn funding from an abstinence program that is part of President Bush’s “faith-based initiative,” saying it does not have proper safeguards in place to avoid direct government support of religion.

08/31/2005 - By John Rutledge

Stem cell discovery could make moral debate moot

Posted: 8/31/05

Stem cell discovery could
make moral debate moot

By Robert Marus

ABP Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON (ABP)—A new discovery in embryonic stem-cell research may end up leap-frogging the political and moral debates over the procedure.

08/31/2005 - By John Rutledge

Pat Robertson retracts assassination remark

Posted: 8/31/05

Pat Robertson retracts assassination remark

By Robert Marus

ABP Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON (ABP)—Televangelist Pat Robertson initially defended, then apologized, Aug. 24 for remarks he made on national television two days before, calling for the murder of Venezuela’s president.

08/31/2005 - By John Rutledge

BaptistWay Bible Series for Sept. 11: Perfection isn’t necessary for service

Posted: 8/30/05

BaptistWay Bible Series for Sept. 11

Perfection isn’t necessary for service

• Joshua 2:1-14; 6:22-25

By Ronnie Prevost

08/30/2005 - By John Rutledge

Family Bible Series for Sept. 11: Find purpose and perspective in Christ

Posted: 8/30/05

Family Bible Series for Sept. 11

Find purpose and perspective in Christ

• Psalm 8; Hebrews 2:8-10, 14-15

By Donald Raney

08/30/2005 - By John Rutledge

Explore the Bible Series for Sept. 11: Everyone needs to hear the story of God’s love

Posted: 8/30/05

Explore the Bible Series for Sept. 11

Everyone needs to hear the story of God’s love

• Romans 1:18-32

By Trey Turner

08/30/2005 - By John Rutledge

Ministries shining light of Christ into brothels

Posted: 8/05/05

Ministries shining light of Christ into brothels

By Martha Skelton

BWA Communications

BIRMINGHAM, England (ABP)—”Sasha” had two children and an abusive husband in the Czech Republic. After being hospitalized from a spousal beating, she accepted an offer to go work in a restaurant in Germany to gain financial independence.

08/29/2005 - By John Rutledge

Cyber Column by John Duncan: Seasons of change

Posted: 8/23/05

CYBER COLUMN: Seasons of change

By John Duncan

I’m sitting here under the old oak tree, wondering about the seasons of change. Fall arrives with the splendor of change. In our town, the few trees that dot the landscape will turn from green to yellow, brown and red. Change will color the world afresh.

I’m sitting here pondering the change that surrounds me. Our middle child left for Baylor University. Baylor is a good school. After all, the women’s basketball team won the national championship, and the campus appeals wonderfully to the human eye, and the Baylor tradition lives forever, but for me it represents change. The cell phone generation means I can keep in touch almost daily, but life in our home finds an empty room and a quietness that seems strange.

08/26/2005 - By John Rutledge

A World of Baptists

Posted: 8/05/05

A World of Baptists

By Greg Warner

Associated Baptist Press

BIRMINGHAM, England (ABP)–In what some participants characterized as “a foretaste of heaven,” about 13,000 Baptists from around the world celebrated a century of togetherness in Birmingham, England.

08/25/2005 - By John Rutledge

Families minister together during Ecuador trip

Posted: 8/25/05

Families minister together during Ecuador trip

By Jesse Lyautey

International Mission Board

AMBATO, Ecuador (BP)—Tommy Hutchison tells people he normally goes on mission trips to get away from his family.

08/25/2005 - By John Rutledge