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Ethics essential to a free society, lecturer insists_40405
Posted: 4/01/05
Murphy Smith with Rusty Brooks, professor of marketing and holder of the Prince-Chavanne Professorship at HBU. (Photo by Martha Morrow) Ethics essential to a free society, lecturer insists
By Marv Knox
Editor
HOUSTON–Society will fail without ethics, an accounting professor told business students at Houston Baptist University.
04/01/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Baptist Forum_40405
Posted: 4/01/05
Texas Baptist Forum
Intentional blessing
How wonderful it is to see God at work in his churches. The Intentional Interim Ministry has been a great blessing to each of the churches where I have been privileged to serve. I just fall on my knees and say, “Thank you, Jesus, for all you have done.”
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"If you must curse, use your own name!"
Billboard attributed to God
One of nine new messages in the God Speaks campaign of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America. (RNS)
"Death is not sin's penalty, but its consequence. It is the inevitable, natural result of our rebellion against God. It is what sin produces. Sin separates us from God, and this separation leads to spiritual, physical and eternal death. As surely as a plant dies when separated from light, our souls die when separated from the Lord."
Jim Denison
Pastor of Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas ("The Word Today" daily e-mail devotional)
"We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think that religion stops people from thinking. I think it justifies crazies. … I think religion is a neurological disorder."
Bill Maher
Comedian and talk-show host (MSNBC/The Washington Post/RNS)
"Then I better see a doctor."
Kathie Lee Gifford
Talk-show host, responding to Maher (Fox/The Washington Post/RNS)
My latest assignment has been at First Baptist Church in Waxahachie. After about a year of self-study and working through the tasks of the intentional interim process, this church is poised for a phenomenal future. Indicators of FBC's vitality are seen in initiatives since the start of this year:
A pastor-search committee has been commissioned with a clear understanding of what to look for in the next pastor; see cpis.org for further information. 04/01/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Pop culture opens doors to religious discussions on campus_40405
Posted: 4/01/05
Frodo (Elijah Wood), left, and Sam (Sean Astin) approach Mount Doom in "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", part of the film trilogy inspired by the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien and a learning tool in a philosophy class at New York's Fordham University. (Photo by Pierre Vinet/New Line Productions) Pop culture opens doors
to religious discussions on campusBy Michele Melendez
Religion News Service
NEW YORK (RNS)–Elves, sorcerers and hip-hop poets are steering college students to God and the meaning of life.
04/01/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Spring break means missions to many Texas Baptist students_40405
Posted: 4/01/05
Dallas Baptist University students work on a Habitat for Humanity building. (Photos courtesy of Hardin-Simmons University, Dallas Baptist University and Houston Baptist University) Spring break means missions
to many Texas Baptist studentsBy Ferrell Foster
Texas Baptist Communications
Hundreds of Texas Baptist college students used their spring breaks for missions efforts again this year. Some went to distant countries; others just went down the street.
04/01/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Tidbits_40405
Posted: 4/01/05
Texas Tidbits
Reform group honors CLC director. Campaigns for People will honor Phil Strickland, director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas' Christian Life Commission, along with Mickey Jo Lawrence, former member of the Texas Ethics Commission, at a "Clean Up Texas Politics" dinner at 6 p.m. April 12 in Austin. The event will be at Hill's Café, 4700 South Congress. Tickets are $30 per individual and $15 per student. For more information, contact Amy Prichard Tutt at (512) 472-1007.
TBM volunteer presumed dead after refinery fire. A veteran Texas Baptist Men volunteer was missing and presumed dead following an explosion at a Texas City oil refinery, where he worked. Dan Hogan was unaccounted for after the March 23 blast. Hogan had been involved in nearly every aspect of Texas Baptist Men service for three decades, including disaster relief, church renewal and Royal Ambassadors.
ETBU group visits Poland. Faculty and staff representatives from East Texas Baptist University are slated to travel to Czestohowa, Poland, this week to visit the campus of Jan Dlugosz University. "Our hope is to establish a partnership/exchange program for faculty and students similar to the one we have with the Lanzhou University of Technology in Lanzhou, China," said ETBU Vice President for Academic Affairs Paul Sorrels.
04/01/2005 - By John Rutledge
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TOGETHER: Pray for the ministers in your church_40405
Posted: 4/01/05
TOGETHER:
Pray for the ministers in your churchAlmost 3,000 Hispanic young people erupted in applause and celebration at Congreso when I shared the news that the Baptist General Convention of Texas has added 1,024 new congregations during the past five years. Those congregations represent the ethnic and racial diversity that is today's Texas–83 ethnic congregations, 223 African-American, 296 Anglo and 422 Hispanic.
Then I asked: “Who will be the youth ministers, the worship leaders, the future pastors of these and other new churches? They will come from the people in this room.” Again they cheered.
Executive Director
BGCT Executive Board
I rejoice at what God is doing in and through our Hispanic youth. These young people want to be leaders in their churches, in their homes and in their society. They want to be great fathers and mothers, giving themselves to raising their children. And some of them will be pastors and ministers in churches for years to come.
04/01/2005 - By John Rutledge
A pastor-search committee has been commissioned with a clear understanding of what to look for in the next pastor; see cpis.org for further information. 
Truman Johnson to First Church in Baird as pastor. 
