Bush vetoes bill to expand emryonic stem-cell research

Posted: 7/21/06

Bush vetoes bill to expand
embryonic stem-cell research

By Robert Marus

Associated Baptist Press

WASHINGTON (ABP)—Simultaneously pleasing his socially conservative base and overruling large majorities in Congress and the public, President Bush used the first veto of his political career July 19 to kill a bill that would have expanded embryonic stem-cell research.

Bush returned H.R. 810, the “Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005,” to Congress without his signature just a day after the Senate voted 63-37 to approve it. In a statement explaining the veto, Bush said: “If this bill were to become law, American taxpayers for the first time in our history would be compelled to fund the deliberate destruction of human embryos. Crossing this line would be a grave mistake and would needlessly encourage a conflict between science and ethics that can only do damage to both and harm our nation as a whole.”

07/21/2006 - By John Rutledge

In crisis, churches unprepared for dealing with media

Posted: 7/21/06

In crisis, churches unprepared
for dealing with media

By Angela Best

Communication Intern

Dealing with difficult situations can be trying enough for a church. Handling pressure from media can make it even harder.

As First Baptist Church in Forney has focused on getting 10 members of a church mission team trapped in Lebanon back home, the congregation also has been faced with voluminous media requests from television stations, newspapers and national news networks.

07/21/2006 - By John Rutledge

Right or Wrong? Hospitality to Strangers

Posted: 7/21/06

Right or Wrong?
Hospitality to Strangers

The Old Testament speaks of extending hospitality to "aliens and sojourners." Does that scriptural mandate have any application to the current debate over immigration?

07/21/2006 - By John Rutledge

BaptistWay Bible Series for July 30: Paul provides Timothy with direction for living

Posted: 7/19/06

BaptistWay Bible Series for July 30

Paul provides Timothy with direction for living

• 2 Timothy 3:1-5, 10-17

By Joseph Matos

07/19/2006 - By John Rutledge

Family Bible Series for July 30: Pleasing God begins with desiring to obey him

Posted: 7/19/06

Family Bible Series for July 30

Pleasing God begins with desiring to obey him

• Exodus 19:4-6; 20:3-17

By Greg Ammons

07/19/2006 - By John Rutledge

Family Bible Series for July 30: Pleasing God begins with desiring to obey him

Posted: 7/19/06

Explore the Bible Series for July 30

The meaning of life cannot be found in pursuits

• Ecclesiastes 4:1-6:12

By James Adair

Baptist University of the Americas, San Antonio

What is the meaning of life? Does life, in fact, have any meaning at all?

07/19/2006 - By John Rutledge

Southland’s Friendship Class gives retired veterans a sense of family

Posted: 7/18/06

Southland's Friendship Class gives
retired veterans a sense of family

By Angela Best & Laura Frase

Communication Interns

SAN ANGELO—Sunday school is a veterans’ affair for 144 members of Southland Baptist Church.

Majors, corporals, privates, lieutenants, petty officers, sergeants, specialists, warrant officers, seamen, pharmacist’s mates and colonels all hold the same rank in the San Angelo church—members of Dan Keeney’s Friendship Class.

07/18/2006 - By John Rutledge

Levine content with dual role

Posted: 4/16/04

Levine content with dual roles

By George Henson

George Henson

FORT WORTH—Bivocational minister Charles Levine believes “vocational bi-ministry” might better describe his life, because he considers both his jobs to be ministry points.

07/17/2006 - By John Rutledge

Baptist University of the Americas celebrates founder’s day_50304

Posted: 5/03/04

Baptist University of the Americas celebrates founder's day

SAN ANTONIO–Students marched with 66 flags in a “parade of nations” at the Baptist University of the Americas founder's day, representing countries the school's alumni have impacted.

“But … the past is not the focus. The current students and those coming after them are the real thrill,” said Bill Thornton, head of BUA's development council. “After their education, they will disperse like the Christians after Pentecost and literally impact countries around the world.”

Charles Johnson, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio and a member of the development council, said: “San Antonio was founded by Christian missionaries in the 1700s and named after a servant of Christ's church. Indeed, the city was claimed for Christ long ago, and now BUA is making good on that claim.”

07/17/2006 - By John Rutledge

Not just Espanol in Hispanic churches_110804

Posted: 11/05/04

Not just Español in Hispanic churches

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

Hispanic Texas Baptist congregations fill their pews with older generations of Hispanics who prefer Spanish-spoken services, but pastors maintain their churches continue to explore ways to serve the emerging generations of English-speaking adults.

07/17/2006 - By John Rutledge

Let the living water flow freely, Congreso participants urged_41805

Posted: 4/15/05

Let the living water flow freely,
Congreso participants urged

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

ARLINGTON–Let the “agua fresca”–the refreshing, living water of Jesus–flow, a pastor encouraged Hispanic youth and singles.

07/17/2006 - By John Rutledge

Prayer, vision smooth church transition to multiculturalism_50205

Posted: 4/29/05

Prayer, vision smooth church transition to multiculturalism

By George Henson

Staff Writer

Martin Luther King Jr. claimed Sunday from 11 a.m. until noon is the most segregated hour in America. Churches that feel a biblical mandate to change his adage encounter struggles, two Texas pastors whose congregations have made the transition reported.

07/17/2006 - By John Rutledge