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Baptists support earthquake relief, recovery
Posted: 10/14/05
Baptists support earthquake relief, recovery
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP)–Rescue specialists from Hungarian Baptist Aid have joined the recovery effort in Pakistan, where the region's worst earthquake ever killed an estimated 41,000 people.
Other Baptist organizations–including the Baptist World Alliance, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Southern Baptist Convention–are supporting relief efforts either directly or with funding.
The Hungarian team includes 10 rescue specialists, two rescue dogs and 2.5 tons of equipment. A medical team is expected to follow.
A Kashmiri couple cries outside their earthquake-damaged house in Salambad, 68 miles north of Srinagar, India. A 7.6-magnitude earthquake left an estimated 41,000 people dead in Pakistan and India. (Photo by Danish Ismail/ REUTERS) 10/14/2005 - By John Rutledge
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EDITORIAL: Baylor needs to put first things first
Posted: 10/14/05
EDITORIAL:
Baylor needs to put first things firstHow often have you seen a troubled and divided church call a pastor, hoping and wishing–and praying–the new leader could heal their divisions and mend their spirit? And how often have you seen a pastor move into a congregation like that, only to be swept under by the swirling currents of strife and partisanship that preceded him there?
This scenario repeats itself over and over, not just in Texas, but throughout the country and beyond. When a pastorless church finds itself bitterly conflicted, the first order of business should be to restore relationships. Then, when that priority is completed, the church can call a pastor. Otherwise, unless the pastor can walk across the local lake to church on Sunday morning, cause the water fountain to produce Lord's Supper juice, and feed all the city's poor with a child's lunch, that pastor probably won't have the miracle-strength to fix a broken church.
The same is true with businesses and organizations of all kinds. It is true of Baylor University and its quest to elect a new president. Baylor needs to take on the hard task of reconciling its disparate but passionate constituencies before it chooses a new leader to guide them toward their common future.
10/14/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Baptist Forum
Posted: 10/14/05
Texas Baptist Forum
Definition of 'days'
Nora Ann Best's insistence that the “days” of Genesis 1 must be interpreted as 24-hour days (Oct. 3) is inconsistent with the use of the same word in Genesis 2:4.
The introductory statement in this verse clearly applies to the whole sequence of creation described in subsequent verses. Thus, “day” is used to mean an age or era of time.
Letters are welcomed. Send them to marvknox@baptiststandard.com; 250 words maximum.
"We call him our missionary lizard. When people realize the T. Rex lived in Eden, it will lead us to a discussion of the gospel."
Mark Looy
Vice president at the Answers in Genesis museum, whose animatronic dinosaurs display is designed to teach creation science (BP)
"The landscape of sports is so crazy–parents beating up coaches, NBA players going into the stands, baseball players getting traded halfway through the season. A wooden bat and a leather ball make a horrible god. We say, let's go to the Bible."
Dan Britton
Fellowship of Christian Athletes vice president, linking a change in athletic culture to a trend toward spirituality among athletes (Washington Post/RNS)
"It's a mind-blowing concept that the God who created the universe might be looking for company, a real relationship with people, but the thing that keeps me on my knees is the difference between grace and karma. … Love interrupts, if you like, the consequences of your actions, which in my case is very good news indeed, because I've done a lot of stupid stuff."
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Lead singer of the rock group U2 (World magazine/RNS)10/14/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Retreat leaders challenge retired ministers
Posted: 10/14/05
Retreat participants join hands as they sing "Blest be the Tie that Binds." (Photos by Jim Newton) Retreat leaders challenge retired ministers
By Orville Scott
Special to the Baptist Standard
GLORIETA, N.M.–Retirees never reach a point where they can rest from re-aching other people for Christ, a retired West Texas pastor told a retreat at Glo-rieta Confer-ence Center.
10/14/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Bible study on poverty and racism available
Posted: 10/14/05
Bible study on poverty and racism available
A New Orleans resident is distaught over the unimaginable conditions at the Morial Convention Center, temporary shelter established after Hurricane Katrina. (Photo by Newhouse News Service) The Cooperative Baptist Fellow-ship has worked in partnership with the American Baptist Churches USA to produce a five-lesson Bible study addressing poverty and racism issues brought to light by Hurricane Katrina.
The study is available as a series of downloadable PDF documents accessible from the Fellowship's website, www.thefellowship.info.
Study topics include uncovering poverty, seeing the pain of poverty and racism, confession and repentance, and redemption and reconciliation. For more information, contact Rick Bennett at rbennett@thefellowship.info.
10/14/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Faces of hunger and poverty
Posted: 10/14/05
Angela Jenkins screams, "Help us, please!" She was outside the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, a shelter of last resort for New Orleans residents who lacked the means to flee the city when Hurricane Katrina approached. (Photo by Brett Duke/NEWHOUSE NEWS SERVICE) Faces of hunger and poverty
By Ken Camp
Managing Editor
Hurricane Katrina and the plight of people from New Orleans forced many Americans to focus on an often-ignored image–the faces of fellow citizens trapped by poverty.
10/14/2005 - By John Rutledge
Joe Dowdy has resigned as pastor of Frost Church in Frost. 
