2006 Archives
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Church activists see federal budget as moral document
Posted: 1/06/06
Jim Wallis, founder of the anti-poverty group Call to Renewal, leads a budget protest outside the U.S. Capitol. (RNS photo courtesy of Ryan Beiler/Sojourners) Church activists see federal
budget as moral documentBy Kevin Eckstrom
Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)–When mainline Protestant leaders assembled in the nation's capital last March to denounce President Bush's proposed budget as “unjust,” they were received much like the Old Testament prophets they look to for inspiration–just another lonely voice, crying out in the wilderness.
01/06/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Transitions spotlight new face of Baptist higher education
Posted: 1/06/06
Beneath the shadow of the cross, Dallas Baptist University students walk accross campus to classes after a chapel service. (Photo courtesy of Dallas Baptist University) Transitions spotlight new face
of Baptist higher educationBy Hannah Lodwick
Associated Baptist Press
DALLAS (ABP)–Three of the nation's largest Baptist universities each have chosen a different strategy in selecting the president who will shape the school's future. Now pundits wonder which model will emerge as the new face of Christian higher learning.
01/06/2006 - By John Rutledge
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EDITORIAL: Lessons from an exploded mineshaft
Posted: 1/06/06
EDITORIAL:
Lessons from an exploded mineshaftGladness and relief melted into sadness and grief last Wednesday morning. Like millions of Americans, I scoured the newspaper as I poured my first cup of coffee. The most important headline reported encouraging news: “12 of 13 trapped miners survive.” I prayed as I poured milk over my cereal, thanking God for the safety of a dozen West Virginia coal miners I never would know.
A short while later, my wife, Joanna, walked in from the bedroom, where she had been watching TV. “What an awful tragedy; 12 of those 13 miners died,” she said. I showed her the newspaper article, confident–or maybe simply hoping–the happier report was true.
She called me as I drove to work. Unfortunately, the TV report she heard had been based on the latest information: Miscom-munication at the mine led to an incorrect early report. Instead of 12 survivors, the Sago Mine explosion claimed their lives, leaving only one survivor.
01/06/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Hollywood makes peace with God–when it pays
Posted: 1/06/06
From the fanciful science fiction themes of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (above) and Star Wars (below) to the classic Åmerican Western Shane (right), Hollywood has presented its share of on-screen Christ figures. (Photos courtesy of Lucas Films, Universal Pictures, Paramount) Hollywood makes peace with God–when it pays
By Joanna Connors
Religion News Service
HOLLYWOOD (RNS)–A mysterious visitor arrives from the heavens to walk among us. At first, hardly anyone believes in his existence. Gradually, though, more and more people come to know and follow him, as he teaches lessons of love to the meek and powerless.
01/06/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Wildfires destroy Kokomo church, prompt outpouring of ministry
Posted: 1/06/06
Kokomo Baptist Church near Gorman is pictured before and after the fire that destroyed its facility. For information on Baptist General Convention of Texas relief efforts for victims of the wildfires, call (888) 311-3900. Wildfires destroy Kokomo church,
prompt outpouring of ministryBy John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
GORMAN–Wildfires that swept across thousands of acres in North Texas burned down Kokomo Baptist Church, near Gorman.
01/06/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Baptist Forum
Posted: 1/06/06
Texas Baptist Forum
Frog in the kettle
Your editorial chiding Christians for “angry, militant proclamations of 'Merry Christmas'” (Dec. 19) reminded me of a recent experience I had at lunch with my wife and another couple.
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"Lost: 29 trees. Gained: More light."
Calder Baptist Church
A sign on the Beaumont church's property during cleanup from Hurricane Rita. Jim Fuller is the pastor."Anti-Christian persecution and discrimination around the world … is ugly, it's growing, and … the mass media seem to generally ignore or downplay its gravity."
Charles Chaput
Catholic archbishop of Denver, speaking at a panel discussion on religious freedom on Capitol Hill. (The Washington Times/RNS)"I want to give all of my body to my husband."
Katie McMunn
A 17-year old who promised abstinence until marriage when she slipped on a "chastity ring" at a pro-abstinence event in Pittsburgh. (The New York Times/RNS)"Hip-hop has what all corporate America wants–18-35-year-old employed adults with growing families. That's why you see Russell Simmons producing clothes, Snoop Dogg hawking Chrysler. Everyone wants us. Why not the church?"
Tommy Kyllonen
Senior pastor of hip-hip Crossover Community Church in Tampa, Fla. (USA Today/RNS)As we prepared to partake, we held hands and said a blessing. A nearby diner rose and complained to the manager that our public display had offended him and his companion, who were atheists. The manager told him he would in the future seat the man in a prayer-free section.
01/06/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Glynn Beaty has resigned as pastor of Old Time Church in Riesel. 
