BaptistWay Bible Series forJune 18: Women and men in the church

Posted: 6/07/06

BaptistWay Bible Series for June 18

Women and men in the church

• 1 Timothy 2:8-15

By Joseph Matos

06/07/2006 - By John Rutledge

Family Bible Series for June 18: Be obedient in following the Spirit’s leadership

Posted: 6/07/06

Family Bible Series for June 18

Be obedient in following the Spirit’s leadership

• Acts 8:26-35

By Greg Ammons

06/07/2006 - By John Rutledge

Explore the Bible Series for June 18: The trials of life are not always easily explained

Posted: 6/07/06

Explore the Bible Series for June 18

The trials of life are not always easily explained

• Job 15:1-21:34

By James Adair

Baptist University of the Americas, San Antonio

When Galileo Galilei read Nicolaus Copernicus’s book On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres, he was intrigued by the hypothesis that the sun, rather than the earth, was the center of the solar system. Galileo, however, was not one to take the ideas of another person by faith; he had to test those ideas to see if they were true.

06/07/2006 - By John Rutledge

Standard Editor Emeritus named Texas Baptist Elder Statesman

Posted: 6/05/06

Standard Editor Emeritus named
Texas Baptist Elder Statesman

By Ken Camp

Managing Editor

INDEPENDENCE—Praised as a prophetic writer who remained “firm in his beliefs but fair to those who disagreed with him,” Baptist Standard Editor Emeritus Presnall Wood received the 2006 Texas Baptist Elder Statesman Award June 4.

Family and friends—including members of Wood’s Sunday school class from Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas—assembled at the historic Independence Baptist Church for the awards presentation, Bible study, worship service and old-fashioned covered-dish church picnic.

06/05/2006 - By John Rutledge

Cybercolumn by Jeanie Miley: ‘Jesus sells!’

Posted: 6/03/06

CYBER COLUMN:
'Jesus sells!'

By Jeanie Miley

The words coming from my television stopped me in my tracks.

“In the next segment, we will hear a report on how Jesus is big business,” the news reporter announced while enticing visuals played across the screen right before the commercial for the latest drug for pain relief.

06/03/2006 - By John Rutledge

Burleson charges IMB trustee ‘coercion’

Posted: 6/01/06

Burleson charges IMB trustee 'coercion'

By Greg Warner

Associated Baptist Press

ENID, Okla. (ABP)—Wade Burleson is calling for the Southern Baptist Convention to investigate “manipulation” and “coercion” by his fellow trustees of the International Mission Board.

But the Oklahoma pastor backed down from his threat to publish details of those alleged abuses on his blog, saying a formal SBC-level investigation is “a better road” that will allow “for all to defend their actions before things are made public.”

06/01/2006 - By John Rutledge

SBC Executive Committee drops ’10 percent’ recommendation

Posted: 6/01/06

SBC Executive Committee
drops '10 percent' recommendation

By Hannah Elliott

Associated Baptist Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP)—The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee has amended a recommendation that the convention encourage the election of SBC officers “whose churches give at least 10 percent of their undesignated receipts to the Cooperative Program.”

The move came amid scrutiny of the two announced SBC presidential candidates—Ronnie Floyd, pastor of First Baptist Church in Springfield, Ark., and Frank Page, pastor of First Baptist Church in Taylors, S.C.

06/01/2006 - By John Rutledge

BaptistWay Bible Series forJune 11: Pray for the freedom to live faithfully

Posted: 6/01/06

BaptistWay Bible Series for June 11

Pray for the freedom to live faithfully

• 1 Timothy 2:1-7

By Joseph Matos

06/01/2006 - By John Rutledge

Family Bible Series for June 11: Refuse to compromise faith regardless of costs

Posted: 6/01/06

Family Bible Series for June 11

Refuse to compromise faith regardless of costs

• Daniel 6:3-5, 10-13, 16, 19-23, 25-27

By Greg Ammons

06/01/2006 - By John Rutledge

Explore the Bible Series for June 11: Be careful how you diagnose sin in another

Posted: 6/01/06

Explore the Bible Series for June 11

Be careful how you diagnose sin in another

• Job 3:1-14:22

By James Adair

Baptist University of the Americas, San Antonio

When calamity strikes a person’s life, he often can count on friends and family to be there to comfort him. Unfortunately, he also often can count on adversaries, detractors and amateur theologians to be there to increase his misery.

06/01/2006 - By John Rutledge

UMHB offers military counseling degree program

Posted: 6/01/06

UMHB offers military
counseling degree program

By Laura Frase

Communications Intern

BELTON—A new, Pentagon-approved program implemented by a Texas Baptist university will have lasting effects on the military—nationally and internationally.

The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, near Fort Hood, created a master’s degree program in marriage and family Christian counseling, which has caught the military’s eye for their chaplains.

06/01/2006 - By John Rutledge

CERI ministry in Africa pairing with groups to help orphans

Posted: 6/01/06

CERI ministry in Africa pairing
with groups to help orphans

By Craig Bird

Baptist Child & Family Services

Dearing Garner found Blessings in Africa—and he expects to find ongoing blessings from assisting orphans in several African nations.

Garner, who retired recently after 27 years as pastor of First Baptist Church in Kingwood, leads Children’s Emergency Relief International’s expanding ministry to Africa. CERI, the international arm of Baptist Child & Family Services, already has ongoing work in Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and Latin America.

06/01/2006 - By John Rutledge