Wayland dean & chemistry prof on the roll 23 years

Posted: 8/18/06

Wayland dean & chemistry prof on the roll 23 years

By Teresa Young

Wayland Baptist University

PLAINVIEW—Don’t expect to find Emmitt Tipton in his office at Wayland Baptist University around 11 a.m. on Thursdays. And if you’re looking in the chemistry lab for Professor Harold Temple around that same time, don’t bet on finding him, either.

The two have worked at Wayland Baptist University for several decades, and for nearly all that time, they’ve shared a Thursday morning ritual that has touched the lives of hundreds.

08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge

RIGHT & WRONG? Social issues vs evangelism

Posted: 8/18/06

RIGHT & WRONG?
Social issues vs evangelism

“Our church receives denominational literature that suggests we should address social issues. Doesn’t this smack of pulling us away from missions and evangelism endeavors?”

08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge

Cybercolumn by Berry Simpson: Looking back

Posted: 8/04/06

CYBER COLUMN:
Looking back

By Berry Simpson

I was thinking about the dinner my wife, Cyndi, and I attended in China with three other Midland couples and former Dongying Mayor Lei.

It was a fun evening with lots stories. Mayor Lei dominated the evening; he talked 75 percent of the time, and one of his favorite topics was how China is 5,000 years old and the United States is only 200 years old, yet the United States is the leader of the world. He thinks China had a lot to learn from us. He said China is too proud of its past and keeps looking back and bragging, while the West is always looking forward to the future. The mayor repeated, “China must learn to look forward.”

08/15/2006 - By John Rutledge

Farmersville church vandalized; members respond by ‘tagging’ for God

Posted: 8/15/06

Farmersville church vandalized;
members respond by 'tagging' for God

By Gregory Tomlin

Baptist Press

FARMERSVILLE (BP)—Members of First Baptist Church in Farmersville arrived for Sunday morning worship Aug. 13 to find anti-Christian and communist slogans scrawled across their church’s property.

But instead of merely scrubbing the messages off the building and walkways, church members responded by writing messages of their own about God’s love for sinners.

08/15/2006 - By John Rutledge

Judge orders Missouri Baptist Convention, university to try mediation again

Posted: 8/15/06

Judge orders Missouri Baptist Convention,
university to try mediation again

By Vicki Brown

Missouri Word & Way

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP)—The Missouri Baptist Convention and Missouri Baptist University must sit down and discuss possible solutions to their ongoing legal battle.

In 2002 the convention sued five of its agencies that decided to elect their own trustees—a right previously granted to the convention.

08/15/2006 - By John Rutledge

BaptistWay Bible Series for August 27: The gospel transforms human relationships

Posted: 8/15/06

BaptistWay Bible Series for August 27

The gospel transforms human relationships

• Philemon

By Joseph Matos

08/15/2006 - By John Rutledge

Family Bible Series for August 27: Maximize the opportunities God provides

Posted: 8/15/06

Family Bible Series for August 27

Maximize the opportunities God provides

• Acts 19:1-5, 8-10, 23-28

By Greg Ammons

08/15/2006 - By John Rutledge

Explore the Bible Series for August 27: The love song of the Old Testament

Posted: 8/15/06

Explore the Bible Series for August 27

The love song of the Old Testament

• Song of Songs 1:1-8:14

By James Adair

Baptist University of the Americas, San Antonio

Imagine a reader standing before the congregation on a Sunday morning: “Our Old Testament lesson today,” he begins, “is from Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. ‘How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. …’”

08/15/2006 - By John Rutledge

Lebanese Baptist schools sheltering refugees wonder about academic year

Posted: 8/11/06

Lebanese Baptist schools sheltering
refugees wonder about academic year

By Robert Marus

Associated Baptist Press

BEIRUT (ABP)—As international negotiations to end the war in Lebanon proceeded slowly, Lebanese Baptist leaders questioned whether two Baptist schools—now housing hundreds of refugees displaced by the conflict—will be able to begin the academic year on time.

Meanwhile, Baptists around the world continue to solicit prayers seeking an end to the conflict and aid for relief and rebuilding work in the ransacked nation.

08/11/2006 - By John Rutledge

Cybercolumn by Brett Younger: God and science

Posted: 8/11/06

CYBER COLUMN:
God and science

By Brett Younger

When I was in the eleventh grade, I was in A.W. Dolan’s chemistry class. He had been a research chemist, but at the age of 60, he decided to spend the rest of his working days with teenagers. He knew a lot about chemistry, but not a lot about 16-year-olds. He was easily flustered and wasn’t always fair. For instance, he kept count of how many test tubes we broke and at the end of the year he presented us with bills. I’m not complaining for myself. Mine was not the largest. I finished second. My parents, who weren’t always fair either, insisted I pay the bill myself even though it was clearly an educational expense.

In Ohio, you were supposed to take chemistry in the tenth grade, but I had transferred from Mississippi, where science was not our strong suit—football was our strong suit—so I was a little behind. My lab partner was Randy Zur, because we were in alphabetical order. The alphabet also dictated that Zurbo and I were in the far corner of the lab and were always the last to receive whatever chemicals we were experimenting with.

08/11/2006 - By John Rutledge

BaptistWay Bible Series for August 20: Salvation results in good works

Posted: 8/10/06

BaptistWay Bible Series for August 20

Salvation results in good works

• Titus 3:1-9

By Joseph Matos

08/10/2006 - By John Rutledge

Family Bible Series for August 20: Make a difference in the world

Posted: 8/10/06

Family Bible Series for August 20

Make a difference in the world

• 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Matthew 5:13-16

By Greg Ammons

08/10/2006 - By John Rutledge