2006 Archives
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Texas Baptist Forum
Posted: 6/09/06
Texas Baptist Forum
Revelation of chaos
Regarding the Marriage Protection Amendment: Nature, theology, history, reason and common sense demonstrate marriage is between one man and one woman. Also, a myriad of scientific studies support the need of a child for both father and mother.
• Jump to online-only letters below Letters are welcomed. Send them to marvknox@baptiststandard.com; 250 words maximum. 
“Prayer is a foundation of our relationship to God. We don’t spend enough time listening to God because we do too much talking.”John Verciglio
Pastor of Cahaba Heights United Methodist Church in Birmingham, Ala. (The Birmingham News/RNS)“If (Dan) Brown makes us worry about people falling away from Christianity, perhaps instead we should address the deeper systemic issues in our churches and homes that leave our children malnourished in their spiritual formation and ill-equipped to engage their world with the claims of Christianity.”
Gary Long
Pastor of Willow Meadows Baptist Church in Houston, critiquing some Christians’ fear that The Da Vinci Code would prevent people from placing their faith in Christ (Not a Sermon—Just a Thought weblog)“Quite frankly, I'm more interested in seeing our Hispanic friends afforded citizenship in heaven than I am seeing them become Americans. Having their souls redeemed by the red blood of Christ is more important than having their worker status confirmed by the green card of Uncle Sam.”
Wiley Drake
SBC gadfly and pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, Calif. (BP)The attempt to redefine marriage is an argument based on emotion that is contrary to truth and to a stable society. It is a selfish argument willing to deform the basic institution of civilization—marriage—in order to legitimize an immoral lifestyle—homosexuality. Those who love God and people must speak this truth in this love at this time.
06/09/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Photographer captures heart of African-American worship
Posted: 6/09/06
Marsha Jackson lifts her arms in praise at St. Paul Baptist Church in Capitol Heights, Md. This photo of Jackson, a member of the St. Paul Voices Choir, is one of 165 featured in Soul Sanctuary a new book of images of African-American congregational life. (RNS photos courtesy of Jason Miccolo Johnson) Photographer captures heart
of African-American worshipBy Adelle Banks
Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)—Alarmed by the rash of church fires that struck the South a decade ago, photographer Jason Miccolo Johnson felt driven to help preserve the vibrancy and history of the nation’s black churches.
06/09/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Tidbits
Posted: 6/09/06
Texas Tidbits
Baptist Health Foundation grants scholarships. Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio has awarded $125,470 in scholarship grants to Bap-tist Health System’s School of Health Professions and Wayland Baptist University-San Antonio. The foundation’s scholarship committee granted 57 scholarships totaling $75,470 to 58 summer school students enrolled in the School of Health Professions’ nursing and allied health educational programs. Earlier, the foundation approved $50,000 to fund 10 nursing scholarships at Wayland’s San Antonio campus next fall.
Baylor center receives $1.7 million Templeton grant. The John M. Templeton Foundation has awarded $1.7 million to Baylor University’s Center for Religious Inquiry Across Disciplines to conduct an empirical study on spiritual beliefs and practices in China. The cornerstone of the study will be a nationwide survey, conducted by the Gallup Organization.
06/09/2006 - By John Rutledge
