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  Team hopes biblical_61404

  Posted: 6/11/04

  CYBERCOLUMN: Loyalty

  By Berry D. Simpson
  

  It was a hard week. My 20-year companion let me down; my calculator stopped working. And I am broken-hearted.
  

  Well, it didn’t just stop working on its own, I dropped it. But I’ve dropped it many times, including several times on caliche-covered well locations, and this is was the first time it quit.

  Berry D. Simpson

  06/11/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  DOWN HOME: ‘Two-fer’ teaches Texans a lesson_61404

  Posted: 6/11/04

  DOWN HOME:
  'Two-fer' teaches Texans a lesson

  Sometimes, I think God must use reverse-psychology.

  What other rationale could possibly explain dumping, say, the Gulf of Mexico onto North Texas in early June?

  We all know folks love to complain about the weather. But a complete and utter inundation this time of year heads off gripes in two directions.

  06/11/2004 - By John Rutledge

• European Baptist leaders ‘repent’ of colonial-era sins_61404

  Posted: 6/04/04

  European Baptist leaders 'repent' of colonial-era sins

  BERLIN, Germany (ABP)—European Baptists leaders "repented" for their century-old role in colonizing Africa, which they admit divided and exploited the continent.
  

  The European Baptist Mission, the mission society of European Baptists, recognized the 120th anniversary of the Berlin Congo Conference of 1884, during which political leaders from 14 Western nations divvied up Africa for colonization.
  

  The Baptist leaders adopted a statement in which they repented for the civil strife and economic injustice that resulted from Europe's colonization of Africa, according to the Baptist World Alliance.

  06/04/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Cybercolumn by Jeanie Miley: Talk, action and love_61404

  Posted: 6/04/04

  CYBERCOLUMN:
  Talk, action & love

  By Jeanie Miley

  For most of my life, I’ve been seduced into thinking that critical people are also critical thinkers.
  

  Now, I know that critical people are … well, they are critical, and just because they have a wide audience or a big vocabulary doesn’t mean they are necessarily smarter than anyone else!

  06/04/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Two Texas churches partner with CBF in mission to Navabps_53104

  Posted: 5/28/04

  Volunteers talk with children during a mission trip to the Navajo reservation.

  Two Texas churches partner
  with CBF in mission to Navajos

  By Craig Bird

  Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

  GALLUP, N.M.–A people at the crossroads just got another traveling companion.

  06/02/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Baylor president keeps post; benefactor may pull out money_53104

  Posted: 5/28/04

  Baylor president keeps post; benefactor may pull out money

  By Ken Camp

  Managing Editor

  WACO–Embattled Baylor University President Robert Sloan came within one vote of losing his job at the school's May 14 board of regents meeting.

  05/28/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Reach Millennials by helping them decode life, futurist says_53104

  Posted: 5/28/04

  Reach Millennials by helping
  them decode life, futurist says

  By Marv Knox

  Editor

  HOUSTON–Churches can reach Millennials–the conservative generation of Americans born since 1982–by helping them “figure out the code” to life's profound questions, futurist Neil Howe advised.

  05/28/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Terrorist attacks underscore need to evangelize, Spanish leader says_53104

  Posted: 5/28/04

  Terrorist attacks underscore
  need to evangelize, Spanish leader says

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  Evangelical Christians in Spain are feeling an increased urgency for evangelism in the aftermath of terror attacks that killed almost 200 people March 11, said Manuel Sarrias, general secretary of the Union Evangelica Bautista Española.

  05/28/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Tornado rips roof off Conroe church_53104

  Posted: 5/28/04

  Tornado rips roof off Conroe church

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  CONROE–A tornado slammed RiverPointe Baptist Church, ripping off a large section of the sanctuary roof and damaging much of the facility's interior.

  05/28/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Flood leaves pastor praising God for volunteers_53104

  Posted: 5/28/04

  	Larry Blackmon, pastor of First Baptist Church in Hearne, helped his grandchildren escape rising water by lifting them through a window.
  Maria Rodriguez, temporary emergency child care volunteer from First Baptist Church in Magnolia, plays with a toddler.

  Flood leaves pastor praising God for volunteers

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  HEARNE–In two weeks, Larry Blackmon went from watching furniture float in his swamped home to singing the praises of Christian workers who helped him and his town after widespread flash flooding hit May 13.

  05/28/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Pastor sends potent picture postcards to patrons of ‘adult’ businesses_53104

  Posted: 5/28/04

  Pastor sends potent picture postcards
  to patrons of 'adult' businesses

  By Erin Curry

  Baptist Press

  KENNEDALE–Jim Norwood got so fed up with the negative impact sexually oriented businesses were having on his local community he began an unusual campaign to run them out of town.

  05/28/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  REBECCA ST. JAMES: Preaching purity_53104

  Posted: 5/28/04

  REBECCA ST. JAMES:
  Preaching purity

  By Leann Callaway

  Special to the Baptist Standard

  NASHVILLE–At age 26, Rebecca St. James has been voted the most influential woman in Christian music by Crosswalk.com and listed as one of the top 50 evangelists under age 40 by Christianity Today.

  05/28/2004 - By John Rutledge