Storylist for week of 3/17/08
• Will evangelical center emerge to rival waning Christian Right?
• Should Christians use violent video games to lure teens to church? • What has Hobbiton to do with Jerusalem?
• Robbie Seay Band musically tells story of âGod who created and pursues us' • Houston pulpiteer urges: Be a blessing • After a long dry spell, church gives revival meetings another try • More than 4,800 declare faith in Christ during Caracas evangelistic effort • UMHB Easter pageant draws thousands • On the Move • Around the State • Texas Tidbits Only Make Believe?
• Should Christians use violent video games to lure teens to church? • What has Hobbiton to do with Jerusalem?
• Judge rules for Windermere; Missouri convention to appeal • Baptist Briefs
• Study links subprime mortgage crisis to U.S. poverty & hunger • Science has contributions, limitations in end-of-life issues • Oxford researchers get $4 million to study origins of belief in God • Some analysts say Huckabee may be new face of the Religious Right • Faith films still not flooding big screen • Movie argues for gentler church approach to divorce • Couple urges truce in war between faith and science • Catholics paid $615 million on abuse claims • Muslim leader decries American âbigotry' • Prof claims he has found lost Ark of the Covenant • Some Southern Baptists decry timidity on environmental issues • Christian rocker Larry Norman launched genre • Faith Digest
• Reviewed in this issue: The Begotten by Lisa T. Bergren, William Wilberforce: A Biography by Stephen Tomkins and The House That Love Built: The Story of Linda & Millard Fuller, Founders of Habitat for Humanity and the Fuller Center for Housing by Bettie B. Youngs.
• Texas Baptist Forum • Classified Ads • Cartoon • On the Move • Around the State
• EDITORIAL: U.S. faith swapping & relationships • DOWN HOME: A father's love plumbs divine depths • IN BETWEEN: Mentoring: Is someone coaching you? • 2nd Opinion: A microcosm of the body of Christ • RIGHT or WRONG: Membership for couple 'living in sin'? • Texas Baptist Forum
• Explore the Bible Series for March 23: Celebrating Easter's Significance • Bible Studies for Life Series for March 23: Alive with power
Previously Posted:
• Nabors resigns as BGCT chief financial officer
• Ethicist describes recipe for global warming skepticism
• Volunteer missionaries needed for Eagle Pass
• Obama speech to denomination spurs IRS investigation of UCC
• Baptists provide opportunities to oft-shunned Roma people
• Circles of Support help teens devise a plan for the future
• Circumcision: Are parents cutting out the sign of the covenant?
• Moyers describes recovery from addiction, recovery of lost faith
• Academy president announces retirement plans
• Texas Baptists held at gunpoint in Mexico
• Kidnapped worker, Afghan driver apparently dead in Afghanistan
• Buckner to resume mission trips to Kenya
• Children's home opens cottages to leadership program for intercultural youth
• See articles from the previous 3/03/08 issue here.
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