Family Bible Series for Dec. 18: All Christians are to help share the gospel

Posted: 12/07/05

Family Bible Series for Dec. 18

All Christians are to help share the gospel

• Romans 15:14-32

By Donald Raney

12/07/2005 - By John Rutledge

Explore the Bible Series for Dec. 18: Sending Jesus showed God’s love and concern

Posted: 12/07/05

Explore the Bible Series for Dec. 18

Sending Jesus showed God’s love and concern

• Romans 11:1-32

By Trey Turner

Canyon Creek Baptist Church, Temple

My family and I went to a fast-food restaurant for a quick bite, placed our order and put the car in drive as I said, “Thank you.” The answer came back, “My pleasure.”

12/07/2005 - By John Rutledge

Kyle Lake: A tribute

Posted: 12/05/05

Kyle Lake: A tribute

I met Kyle Lake twenty years ago while on a church youth choir tour. His hometown of Tyler, Texas was the second stop for us. The Lakes with their 3 boys and one girl had offered to be a host family and my best friend, Colleen and I were thrilled at our good fortune of winding up in a house with three good looking boys. That was the epic stuff that teenage girls dreams are made of.

I met my husband, John, through them. They were all hunting buddies and attended church every time the doors were even slightly open.

The last time John and I saw Kyle was a Christmas Eve service a few years ago in Tyler. He told us all about his church in Waco with a thrilled look in his eye, unusual for a pastor in the throes of Christmastime. His church was for people who didn’t fit in at other churches, he explained.

12/05/2005 - By John Rutledge

COMMENTARY: A lesson from Leroy

Posted: 12/05/05

COMMENTARY: A lesson from Leroy

The last spoon of cornbread dressing and giblet gravy sat on my plate, and I realized Thanksgiving was almost gone. So soon, the sights, sounds and smells of another beautiful Christmas season will be upon us. Before we move on to candy canes and cinnamon pinecones and honey-glazed spiraled hams, I still want to cherish my Thanksgiving. I want to live that attitude of gratitude for God’s many blessings of life.

Recently, my wife, Andrea, and I traveled to Austin for the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting. This was going to be an unusually hectic year for us, with added meetings both before and after the convention. So, with the help of Internet specials, we decided to fly to Austin.

When we arrived, we hailed a taxi to get to our hotel, and that’s when we met Leroy.

12/05/2005 - By John Rutledge

On the Move

Posted: 11/18/05

On the Move

Drew Allen to Calvary Church in Mexia as student minister, where he was interim.

Bill Blackburn to First Church in Junction as interim pastor.

David Bristow to New Life Church in Covington as interim pastor.

12/02/2005 - By John Rutledge

Kentucky approves Georgetown partnership

Posted: 12/02/05

Kentucky approves Georgetown partnership

By Trennis Henderson

Kentucky Western Recorder

FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABP)–Kentucky Baptist Convention messengers voted overwhelmingly to approve a new ministry partnership with Georgetown College.

12/02/2005 - By John Rutledge

Ellis Association sends missionaries to Central America

Posted: 12/02/05

Ellis Association sends
missionaries to Central America

By George Henson

Staff Writer

WAXAHACHIE–In an effort to follow God wherever he leads, Ellis Baptist Association has sent its own missionary family to Central America.

12/02/2005 - By John Rutledge

Wayland offers international students home away from home

Posted: 12/02/05

Wayland offers international
students home away from home

By Teresa Young

Wayland Baptist University

PLAINVIEW–Wayland Baptist Uni-versity became temporary home this year to two freshmen from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates–probably the first representatives from that country to attend the Texas Baptist school.

12/02/2005 - By John Rutledge

Wreck gives ‘invincible’ athlete a new perspective

Posted: 12/02/05

Wreck gives 'invincible' athlete a new perspective

By Michael Stephens

ETBU Sports Information Intern

MARSHALL–“Invincible” is how Micah Huckaby described himself, and “indestructible” was the way his teammates on the East Texas Baptist University football team viewed him prior to Aug. 14, 2004–a day that would change his life forever.

12/02/2005 - By John Rutledge

Alabama appeals for racial harmony

Posted: 12/02/05

Alabama appeals for racial harmony

By Jennifer Davis Rash

Alabama Baptist

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (BP)–Alabama Baptists at their annual meeting endorsed a call to use the 50th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, beginning this month, as a way to foster racial harmony.

12/02/2005 - By John Rutledge

Tennessee weathers stormy meeting

Posted: 12/02/05

Tennessee weathers stormy meeting

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (ABP)–Disaster served as a distraction from denominational politics for messengers to the Tennessee Baptist Convention's annual meeting.

Meeting at First Baptist Church in Clarksville, messengers had to seek shelter in the church's basement for more than an hour when a series of tornadoes struck the western and central parts of the state.

After they reconvened to finish the afternoon business, officials decided to cancel the evening service when weather reports predicted another round of severe storms would pass through the city.

12/02/2005 - By John Rutledge

Family Bible Series for Dec. 11: No better time to be a missionary than Christmas

Posted: 11/29/05

Family Bible Series for Dec. 11

No better time to be a missionary than Christmas

• Romans 1:1-7, 13-17

By Donald Raney

12/02/2005 - By John Rutledge