LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for Oct. 10: Jesus’ teachings extend far beyond morality_100404

Posted: 10/01/04

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for Oct. 10

Jesus' teachings extend far beyond morality

Luke 6:1-49

By Pakon Chan

Chinese Baptist Church, Arlington

10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for Oct. 17: Christ is worthy of loving, sacrificial service_100404

Posted: 10/01/04

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for Oct. 17

Christ is worthy of loving, sacrificial service

Luke 7:36-50

By Pakon Chan

Chinese Baptist Church, Arlington

10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

Family Care helps teens, adults wrestle with their problems_100404

Posted: 10/01/04

Family Care helps teens, adults wrestle with their problems

By Miranda Bradley

Texas Baptist Children's Home & Family Services

ROUND ROCK–Every Monday night, First Baptist Church of Round Rock becomes a battleground where adults and teenagers meet to wrestle with problems that torment them.

10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

LifeWay Family Bible Series for Oct. 10: Our hope is strong because God is its foundation_100404

Posted: 10/01/04

LifeWay Family Bible Series for Oct. 10

Our hope is strong because God is its foundation

Matthew 8:1-13

By Angela Hamm

First Baptist Church, Lewisville

10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

LifeWay Family Bible Series for Oct. 17: Allow Jesus to illuminate your life’s purpose_100404

Posted: 10/01/04

LifeWay Family Bible Series for Oct. 17

Allow Jesus to illuminate your life's purpose

Luke 4:42-5:11

By Angela Hamm

First Baptist Church, Lewisville

10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

Retirees retreat to Glorieta_100404

Posted: 10/01/04 Retirees retreat to Glorieta During a recent Retired Ministers' Retreat, Efrain Diaz(in photo at left) from Theo Avenue Baptist Church in San Antonio leads in a morning prayer…

10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

Texans bring hope to hurricane-ravaged Grenada_100404

Posted: 10/01/04

Texans bring hope to hurricane-ravaged Grenada

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

For the devastated island nation of Grenada, relief will arrive in the form of Texas Baptists with fryers.

10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

Health care needs in Texas demand innovative response, ministry leaders say_100404

Posted: 10/01/04

Health care needs in Texas demand
innovative response, ministry leaders say

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

SAN ANTONIO–Medical needs in Texas are vast, as 8 million uninsured residents struggle to receive adequate and timely healthcare, health ministry leaders maintain.

10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

Medical ministry focuses on patients as people, not problems to diagnose_100404

Posted: 10/01/04

Medical ministry focuses on patients
as people, not problems to diagnose

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

SAN ANTONIO–It may sound like a cliché, but people are not patients; patients are people. And that is the heart of medical ministry, a leader in the Baylor Health Care System insists.

10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

Mainstream pop music Hip-hop spirituality_100404

Posted: 10/01/04

Mainstream pop music:
Hip-hop spirituality

By Aymar Jean

Religion News Service

WASHINGTON (RNS)–Both pious and theatrical, rapper Kanye West's new video is not typical of MTV.

10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

Baptist volunteers continue clean-up, recovery after ‘Ivan the Terrible’ hits_100404

Posted: 10/01/04

Baptist volunteers continue clean-up,
recovery after 'Ivan the Terrible' hits

ORANGE BEACH, Ala.– “Ivan the Terrible” is gone, but Baptist volunteers will be hard at work quite awhile cleaning up the mess he left from the Caribbean to the Alleghenies.

The storm first made landfall in the United States Sept. 15 near Pensacola, Fla. But its lingering effects–tornadoes, straight-line wind damage and flooding from torrential rains– spread destruction along the East Coast as far north as West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland.

It also caused significant damage on several Caribbean islands, such as Jamaica, Grenada and the Bahamas.

10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

Author Jenkins sees Texas as laboratory for global Christianity_100404

Posted: 10/01/04

Author Jenkins sees Texas as
laboratory for global Christianity

By Alison Wingfield

CBF Communications

DALLAS–How Texas handles its ethnic diversity and recognizes the opportunities for missions in the next 20 to 30 years can be a model for the United States as a whole, says author Philip Jenkins.

10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge