2007 Archives
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Texas Tidbits
Posted: 8/03/07
Texas Tidbits
Scholarships awarded to two All-State musicians. The Baptist General Conven-tion of Texas recently awarded its first Texas Baptist All-State Choir and Band college scholarships to two students—Whitney Newman of Frisco and Camille Hurst of Midlothian. Newman will attend Baylor University this fall. At Frisco High School, she was a member of the varsity track, softball, wrestling and cheerleading teams. She also was a four-year member of the All-Region Band and Orchestra and was named first chair French horn player for the Texas All-State Band. Newman also served more than 200 community service hours, including work through First Baptist Church in Frisco. Hurst will attend Hardin-Simmons University this fall. At Midlothian High School, she was involved in the student council, a cappella choir, concert choir and was a National Merit Commended Scholar. She was a first chair member of the All Region Choir and was a member of the All-State Treble Choir. Hurst participated in numerous mission trips, served the homeless at Dallas Life Foundation and ministered through Project PROMISE (People Recognizing Others’ Misfortunes Thus Inspiring Social Equality).
Board nominating committee meeting set. The committee to nominate Executive Board directors for the Baptist General Convention of Texas will meet Aug. 16 at 10 a.m. in the Landes A Conference Room of the Baptist Building, 333 N. Washington, Dallas. Vice Chair, Dan Curry, pastor of South Oaks Baptist Church in Arlington will preside.
08/03/2007 - By John Rutledge
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TOGETHER: Jesus’ agenda still the answer today
Posted: 8/03/07
TOGETHER:
Jesus’ agenda still the answer todayWhen you go to church on Sunday morning, do you expect to hear from Jesus as to how he sees the world and what he plans to do about it?
On a Sabbath morning long ago, Jesus showed up for church in his hometown. The elders handed him the scroll, and he rolled it out to the place where Isaiah was celebrating Jubilee, rehearsing with his hearers, “that the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations” (61:11). “For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity. In my faithfulness I will reward them and make an everlasting covenant with them” (61:8).
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But Jesus honed in on the opening lines, boldly applying them to himself, and revealed to those who eagerly listened how he understood himself and what he knew he had come to do.
Let’s take time to hear again: “The Spirit of the sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
08/03/2007 - By John Rutledge
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TV ministries not just for televangelists
Posted: 8/03/07
TV ministries not just for televangelists
By Deborah Potter
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
LAS VEGAS (RNS)—Television ministry used to be the province of a few prominent preachers like Pat Robertson and the late Jerry Falwell. But the business—and it is big business—definitely has come of age.
At this year’s National Association of Broadcasters convention, the “technologies for worship” pavilion drew hundreds of religious broadcasters, and they are only part of the picture. Industry leaders say there are 10,000 TV ministries around the country, both big and small.
Participants at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas check out broadcast equipment. Industry officials estimate that some 10,000 churches have television ministries. 08/03/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Cybercolumn by Berry D. Simpson: Small voice
Posted: 8/06/07
CYBER COLUMN:
Small voiceThe other Sunday morning, I told my adult Bible study class this story from ourrecent family reunion vacation to Northern New Mexico:
We drove into Camp Oro Quay, east of Albuquerque, late Friday night,only to discover one missing suitcase. I’d left Cyndi’s suitcase in Angel Fire earlier that morning. Cyndi was pretty upset about it, but I couldn’t tell whether she was more upset at me for not loading the suitcase, or at herself for not checking to make sure it was loaded, or at the fact it was so late at night and she wasn’t asleep yet and now she had this to worry about.
Berry D. Simpson I knew I’d loaded everything that was outside in the driveway besidemy pickup, but I had no memory of seeing another suitcase anywhere.
When we went to bed, the communal thought was that Cyndi and I woulddrive back up to Angel Fire to get the suitcase Sunday morning afterputting Drew and Katie on the airplane in Albuquerque, then drive back to Midland by way of Clayton and Amarillo. It would add about five hours to our drive home.
So we went to bed. I slept well for the first two-thirds of the night, but about 4, I woke up, fretting about the missing suitcase. I was worried about Cyndi not having a good time with her family while wearing the same clothes over and over. Some people in her family are always leaving things behind: bags, important papers, money, bills, checkbooks, car keys; I knew Cyndi didn’t want to be included in that group. And I didn’t want people to think I was forgetful way, either. Of course, I had my clothes.
08/03/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Rising evangelical star Jason Christy leaves trail of fraud, associates say
Posted: 8/01/07
Rising evangelical star Jason Christy
leaves trail of fraud, associates sayBy Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (ABP)—When young, charismatic Christian publisher Jason Christy was tapped two years ago to lead the powerful Christian Coalition, the group’s leaders praised him for his ability “to inspire and encourage people of faith to action.” But Christy’s business dealings—both before and after his one-month affiliation with the Coalition—instead have inspired former customers and co-workers to file lawsuits charging Christy with defrauding their Christian businesses.
Christy, 36, who apparently had no previous public-policy experience, persuaded the Christian Coalition in 2005 to place him in one of the most visible and powerful positions in evangelical life. But before the coalition’s leaders officially turned over the reins of their 1.2 million-member national lobbying group, they learned of a trail of legal and financial problems that has followed Christy from coast to coast.
Jason Christy with Paul Crouch Jr., vice president of administration for Trinity Broadcasting Network, who has called him “the right man at the right time for Christian grass-roots activism.” Others accuse him of defrauding Christian businesses. Photos of Christy with other evangelical, media and political celebrities are on The Church Report's website here. 08/01/2007 - By John Rutledge
