2005 Archives
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Texas Baptist Forum_71105
Posted: 7/08/05
Texas Baptist Forum
Regenerate church
There certainly are legends of Bap-tists on church rolls who have forgotten the church entirely, but we can't write off all missing Baptists as unregenerate (May 16).
The standard joke is that the CIA couldn't find these people. It's much easier than that. Go to the edge of just about any town, and you'll find your missing church members. Many are plugged in to a fast-growing typically nondenominational fellowship that is struggling to find room for everyone. There was enough attractive difference in the worship, Bible study and fellowship to move Baptists away from their roots.
Letters are welcomed. Send them to marvknox@baptiststandard.com; 250 words maximum.
"The opposite of faith is not doubt: It is certainty. It is madness. You can tell you have created God in your own image when it turns out that he or she hates all the same people you do."
Anne Lamott
Writer and lecturer (Salon.com)"Patriotism can feel pride or shame at the behavior of the nation, depending on how each citizen perceives that behavior. Pride and shame should be in dialogue, for no advance in our common life has come without free and energetic debate. Patriotism rejects any stifling of debate, quashing of dissent or imposition of norms."
Tom Ehrich
Columnist and author of the forthcoming book, Just Wondering, Jesus: 100 Questions People Want to Ask (RNS)"If you can't tell somebody what you stand for in the space of a napkin, then you don't clearly understand the message you are trying to communicate."
Jeff Harris
Pastor of Gracepoint Church in San Antonio, speaking at a Southern Baptist rally for "young leaders" (BP)07/08/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Four Russian orphans need homes_71105
Posted: 7/08/05
Kristina and DimaVitalyOksanaFour Russian orphans need homes
DALLAS–Following a two-week visit last month in Dallas, 14 Russian orphans participating in Buckner's “Angels from Abroad” host program have returned to St. Petersburg. While most have been matched with Texas families interested in adoption, Buckner International Adoption still seeks families for four remaining children identified as adoptable by Russian authorities.
Mary Ann Hamby, community relations coordinator for Buckner Inter-national Adop-tion, emphasized the emotional need for a quick match for the children. “It's a real disappointment for these children to go back to their orphanage without the hope of a potential match.”
Among children identified as adoptable were siblings Dima and Kristina, as well as individual children Oksana and Vitaly. Profiles of the children from caregivers in Russia include the following characteristics:
07/08/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Paul’s pivotal role affirmed by controversial theologian_71105
Posted: 7/08/05
John Dominic Crossan examines a Greek inscription on the ruins of an ancient building south of Ephesus at modern-day Priene, Turkey, that refers to "the emperor Caesar, son of god, the god Augustus." (RNS Photo) Paul's pivotal role affirmed
by controversial theologianBy Greg Garrison
Religion News Service
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS)–John Dominic Crossan has a reputation as a liberal theologian for his role in the Jesus Seminar, a group of scholars who have voted on the authenticity of the sayings of Jesus and other portions of the Bible.
07/08/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Paris church uses golf to teach Bible lessons_71105
Posted: 7/08/05
Young golfers learn that Jesus is the way out of life's sand traps at Golf Lessons for Life. (Photos by George Henson) Paris church uses golf to teach Bible lessons
By George Henson
Staff Writer
PARIS–Churches either can lament the draw of sports and recreation on the people inside and outside their churches, or they can creatively use it as a ministry, Tony Van Der Wilt of First Baptist Church in Paris said.
07/08/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Dudley Callison to Deer Creek Church in Crowley as pastor. 
