Despite disabilities, Dyer feels called to pro fishing circuit

Posted: 3/17/06

Despite disabilities, Dyer
feels called to pro fishing circuit

By George Henson

Staff Writer

ROCKWALL—Clay Dyer believes without a doubt God called him to become a professional fisherman—and not just the “fisher of men” variety.

03/29/2006 - By John Rutledge

Family Bible Series for April 2: Honor Christ’s suffering with persistent service

Posted: 3/21/06

Family Bible Series for April 2

Honor Christ’s suffering with persistent service

• Luke 22:14-20, 24-27, 31-34

By Greg Ammons

03/27/2006 - By John Rutledge

Passage to India: Faith of native missionaries impresses Texas pastors

Posted: 3/01/06 (Updated 3/24/06)

Passage to India: Faith of native
missionaries impresses Texas pastors

By John Rutledge

Webmaster, baptiststandard.com

A group of Baptist ministers from Texas travelled to India last month at the invitation of Carrollton-based Gospel for Asia, and what they found could be summed up in the face of a girl named Biva.

03/24/2006 - By John Rutledge

Storylist for 3/06/06 issue

Storylist for week of 3/06/06 GO TO SECTIONS: • Around Texas       • Baptists       • Faith In Action       • Departments      • Opinion       • Bible Study       •…

03/24/2006 - By John Rutledge

Churches rediscovering Lent and ‘full impact’ of Easter

Posted: 3/24/06

Churches rediscovering Lent
and 'full impact' of Easter

By Hannah Elliott

Associated Baptist Press

DALLAS (ABP)—For Ray Vickrey and Mike Clingenpeel, Easter doesn’t mean much without about 40 days of reflection and repentance before it.

03/24/2006 - By John Rutledge

Cybercolumn by Brett Younger: The joy of socks

Posted: 3/24/06

CYBER COLUMN:
The joy of socks

By Brett Younger

Most biblical scholars neglect to point out how prominent footwear is in Scripture. In Ezekiel 16:10, the prophet predicts $200 tennis shoes, “I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.”

The name of Jacob, one of Israel’s patriarchs, means “one who grabs the heel”—which could be paraphrased “one who grabs the sock.”

Brett Younger

03/24/2006 - By John Rutledge

BaptistWay Bible Series for April 2: Every choice carries its own consequence

Posted: 3/21/06

BaptistWay Bible Series for April 2

Every choice carries its own consequence

• 1 Samuel 12

By Joseph Matos

03/21/2006 - By John Rutledge

Family Bible Series for April 2: Honor Christ’s suffering with persistent service

Posted: 3/21/06

Family Bible Series for April 2

Honor Christ’s suffering with persistent service

• Luke 22:14-20, 24-27, 31-34

By Greg Ammons

03/21/2006 - By John Rutledge

Explore the Bible Series for April 2: Put trust only in God

Posted: 3/21/06

Explore the Bible Series for April 2

Put trust only in God

• Isaiah 24:1-31:9

By James Adair

Baptist University of the Americas, San Antonio

Isaiah 24-27 is a collection of oracles, probably from different periods of time, dealing primarily with judgment of Israel’s enemies, though some prophecies of salvation for Israel also appear.

03/21/2006 - By John Rutledge

Satellite photos fuel controversy about Noah’s ark

Posted: 3/20/06

Satellite photos fuel
controversy about Noah's ark

By Hannah Elliott

Associated Baptist Press

DALLAS (ABP)—Recently released satellite images of an unknown formation or object on Mt. Ararat in Turkey have added fuel to archeologists’ ongoing quest to find Noah’s ark.

03/20/2006 - By John Rutledge

Network hopes to avert clergy shortage

Posted: 3/17/06

Network hopes to avert clergy shortage

By Hannah Elliott

Associated Baptist Press

DURHAM, N.C., (ABP)—In a demonstration of their commitment to develop young ministers, about 40 churches have signed a covenant to coordinate their efforts and—they hope—avert a clergy shortage.

03/17/2006 - By John Rutledge

2nd Opinion: Partisan churches will feel IRS heat

Posted: 3/17/06

2nd Opinion:
Partisan churches will feel IRS heat

By Melissa Rogers

Consider yourself warned. That’s a key message the Internal Revenue Service sent to churches and charities with the materials it recently released on impermissible electioneering. While the IRS has merely slapped the wrists of most noncomplying organizations in the past, the new materials put churches and charities on notice that it will react more vigorously to violations in future election cycles.

Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code provides an exemption from tax for organizations with charitable, religious or educational purposes. The code also flatly prohibits these organizations from directly or indirectly participating or intervening in any political campaign on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for elective public office. In short, this tax benefit is intended to flow to charitable, religious or education work, not partisan political activity.

03/17/2006 - By John Rutledge