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Posted: 10/13/06
“The Great Physician needs to do some work on you, but it might be outpatient surgery.” 10/13/2006 - By John Rutledge
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DOWN HOME: Even better than Texas-OU football
Posted: 10/13/06
DOWN HOME:
Even better than Texas-OU footballThis was a voicemail that, any other year, would have made me sing “The Eyes of Texas are Upon You” from the rooftops.
I’d been running Saturday errands and walked in the back door when Joanna handed me the phone and said: “You’ve got to listen to this. It’s your cousin Max.”
Sure enough, Max (not only a second cousin by marriage, but a true friend) left a message. He and Gene Alice had tickets to the Texas-OU football game, but they couldn’t come to Dallas, and he wanted to know if I could use them.
People may debate the exact location of heaven, but on a year when the Longhorns are better than the Sooners, I’d nominate the Cotton Bowl—at least for one Saturday afternoon in October.
10/13/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Retired ministers challenged to keep on serving Christ
Posted: 10/13/06
Dick Baker, former minister of music at Prestonwood Baptist Church, Dallas, leads worship at the Retired Ministers’ Retreat at Glorieta Baptist Conference Center. (Photos by Jim Newton) Retired ministers challenged
to keep on serving ChristBy Orville Scott
Special to the Baptist Standard
GLORIETA, N.M.—A record 423 people at the eighth annual Retired Ministers’ Retreat at Glorieta Baptist Conference Center were challenged to keep on serving Christ into eternity.
Speaking to the conference theme of “Carry On…Let’s Go,” Russell Dilday, chancellor of the B.H. Carroll Theological Institute and former president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, said the supernatural power of God is unlimited “to carry you through.”
10/13/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Coast shares gospel through over-the-top object lessons
Posted: 10/13/06
Photo courtesy of Keith Coast Coast shares gospel through
over-the-top object lessonsBy Leann Callaway
Special to the Baptist Standard
Keith Coast isn’t a typical evangelist. After all, what other evangelist would crawl into a six-foot balloon, light his tongue on fire or ride a unicycle?
But Coast has a method behind his madness. By using over-the-top object lessons, Coast shares the gospel with children and their families.
10/13/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Kirk Franklin’s music, message focus on God’s power
Posted: 10/13/06
Kirk Franklin’s music,
message focus on God’s powerBy Mary Colurso
Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)—Kirk Franklin’s speaking voice sounds thick and fuzzy, but let’s not get any rumors started about throat problems.
Actually, the gospel triple-threat—performer, songwriter and producer—said he just rolled out of bed and picked up the phone. This is his morning voice—his 9 a.m., “haven’t-brushed-my-teeth-yet” voice.
10/13/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Baptist Forum
Posted: 10/13/06
Texas Baptist Forum
God and war
Our Sunday school director made us aware of a spread in the Baptist Standard regarding Muslims (Sept. 18). One source noted their God is the same as our God. That may be true for him, but it certainly is not for me.
My God is the Lord Jesus Christ.
Letters are welcomed. Send them to marvknox@baptiststandard.com; 250 words maximum.
“When you withhold forgiveness, it’s like swallowing the poison you intended for your worst enemy.”Al Meredith
Pastor of Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, describing how members of the church have been able to forgive Larry Gene Ashbrook, who massacred seven people in the church’s sanctuary in 1999 (Dallas Morning News)“We will forgive you.”
An unnamed Amish neighbor
Embracing the father of Charles Carl Roberts IV, the gunman who killed five Amish schoolchildren and injured five others before taking his own life (Lancaster New Era/Sojourners)“Neither Jesus nor Paul ever intended to blend the person of Christ with the patriotism of a nation. Nor did they intend for the sovereignty of a nation over its borders to be equal with the sovereignty of Jesus over his creation.”
Thom Rainer
President of LifeWay Christian Resources, discussing God and politics (Facts & Trends)“Faith convictions, moral values and defining religious experiences of life sustain the vitality of the whole society. We never stand alone, disconnected, uprooted—at least not for long.”
Donald Wuerl
Roman Catholic archbishop of Washington (RNS)I dare him to go up to a Muslim and suggest this is the true God. He would be lucky if the Muslim didn’t whack his head off even with his shoulders.
10/13/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Relief efforts in North Korea not affected by political tension
Posted: 10/13/06
Relief efforts in North Korea
not affected by political tensionBy John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
DALLAS—The political uncertainty surrounding North Korea in the wake of an apparent nuclear test should not adversely affect Baptist hunger-relief ministry there.
U.S. intelligence officials believe North Korea performed nuclear testing in recent days, prompting the United Nations Security Council to consider sanctions against the country.
10/13/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Rodriguez to be nominee for BGCT 2nd vice president
Posted: 10/13/06
Rodriguez to be nominee
for BGCT 2nd vice presidentBy Marv Knox
Editor
DALLAS—Robert Rodriguez, a veteran bivocational pastor from the Rio Grande Valley, will be nominated for second vice president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas this fall.
Rodriguez, pastor of Primera Iglesia Bautista and chaplain with Heart of the Valley Hospice in Harlingen the past 15 years, will be nominated by Ellis Orozco, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in McAllen.
Robert Rodriguez 10/13/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Sri Lanka ministry continues in spite of ethnic violence
Posted: 10/13/06
A yellow tarp fends off rain in the middle of the monsoon season at the dedication of the two houses by the Baptist Child & Family Services foster care program in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. At right, the ministry cares for 150 children orphaned by the tsunami. Sri Lanka ministry continues
in spite of ethnic violenceBy Craig Bird
Baptist Child & Family Services
Continued ethnic clashes in Sri Lanka have complicated—but also expanded—Baptist Child & Family Services’ work with children in that country.
The Texas Baptist agency’s practice of putting Sri Lankans in charge of programs instead of imposing projects from the outside helps target resources for maximum efficiency and effectiveness, said Baptist Child & Family Services President Kevin Dinnin.
10/13/2006 - By John Rutledge
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TOGETHER: Attend Texas Baptists’ ‘family reunion’
Posted: 10/13/06
TOGETHER:
Attend Texas Baptists’ ‘family reunion’Please accept this as a very special invitation to join other Texas Baptists for our “family reunion” Nov. 13-14 in Dallas. This event officially is called our annual meeting, and some call it our convention. But it’s more like a family reunion.
Evangelistic events called “City Reach Dallas” will be conducted the entire week before the reunion. Cowboy churches will meet in Ellis County on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10-11. And Saturday evening, young Christian bands from across Texas will play in the Battle of the Bands at the Dallas Convention Center.
Executive Director
BGCT Executive Board
On Sunday morning, the family will gather in churches across the Metroplex, and later on Sunday, there will be gatherings that celebrate our unity in diversity as the Hispanic and African-American members of our family gather for worship and praise at Cockrell Hill Baptist Church in Dallas and Westside Baptist Church in Lewisville, respectively. Wow! I go every year to both and am thrilled and blessed each time.
Three missions celebrations will take place on Sunday, as well—Texas Baptist Men, Texas Woman’s Missionary Union (both at the Dallas Convention Center) and a missions rally at First Baptist Chuch in Arlington. There will even be a Family Fun Fest that afternoon at the convention center.
10/13/2006 - By John Rutledge
