Volunteers help church building committees visualize their dreams, plans_51704

Posted: 5/14/04

Volunteers help church building
committees visualize their dreams, plans

By George Henson

Staff Writer

DETROIT–Shirley Wright draws dreams.

05/14/2004 - By John Rutledge

SURVIVOR: Mandy Biggs, ‘Chemo Chick’_51704

Posted: 5/14/04

SURVIVOR:
Mandy Biggs, 'Chemo Chick'

By George Henson

Staff Writer

CEDAR HILL–Karen Biggs vividly remembers the moment she and her husband, Ray, told their 13-year-old daughter she had cancer.

05/14/2004 - By John Rutledge

Care for dying requires ‘watchful medicine,’ ethicist insists_51704

Posted: 5/14/04

Care for dying requires
'watchful medicine,' ethicist insists

By Ferrell Foster

Texas Baptist Communications

SAN ANTONIO–The Christian's view of sickness and death should be understood in the light of resurrection, and that understanding should lead toward a “watchful medicine” in caring for the dying, ethicist Allen Verhey said.

05/14/2004 - By John Rutledge

Violent retribution should be unthinkable to Christians, pastor maintains_51704

Posted: 5/14/04

Violent retribution should be
unthinkable to Christians, pastor maintains

By Ferrell Foster

Texas Baptist Communications

SAN ANTONIO–God made peace with mankind through Jesus' “nonviolent self-sacrifice rather than violent retribution,” and that is how Christians should make peace with others, said Dallas pastor George Mason in stating his opposition to capital punishment.

05/14/2004 - By John Rutledge

Another View: A new network for doing missions_51704

Posted: 5/14/04

ANOTHER VIEW:
A new network for doing missions

By Bill Tinsley

God's vision always has been the spark that ignited missions. But the world in which we carry out God's vision has changed.

To create an effective missions entity for the 21st century, we must understand the world in which we live. Here are seven significant changes that are re-shaping the context of missions.

05/14/2004 - By John Rutledge

DOWN HOME: He got far more than he deserved_51704

Posted: 5/14/04

DOWN HOME:
He got far more than he deserved

They call this “silver,” but I'd say that's undervaluing the event by cosmic proportions.

Next week, the former Joanna Jarchow and I will celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary.

I know what you're saying: “But, Marv, you're impossibly young. You must've only been 5 when you got married.”

05/14/2004 - By John Rutledge

Editorial: Abu Ghraib pornography presents warning about power_51704

Posted: 5/14/04

EDITORIAL:
Abu Ghraib pornography presents warning about power

Right now, we all remember why we teach our children to avoid pornography. Pornography debases human beings for whom Christ died. It treats people created in the divine image as objects, and thus it blasphemes God. But the most crippling aspect of pornography–at least to the voyeur–is its ability to crowd out all other images. It replaces beauty with revulsion and nobility with scandal.

So, we should not be surprised that the porn we have seen from Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad reflects the genre. Naked prisoners stacked in a pyramid. A naked Iraqi, grimacing in fear, taunted by dogs. Another, also naked and on a leash, mocked by a young female soldier. Vile and degrading, the images sear themselves into our minds' eyes, shoving aside the beautiful and noble images we cherish when we think of our nation.

Those pictures from Baghdad should not reflect negatively on the tens of thousands of heroic U.S. troops who are serving courageously and sacrificially in Iraq. They are risking their lives to ensure democracy for people who live half a globe away. By all accounts, the deplorable behavior at Abu Ghraib does not represent the vast majority of military personnel.

05/14/2004 - By John Rutledge

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for May 23: Mature Christians should provide an example_51704

Posted: 5/14/04

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for May 23

Mature Christians should provide an example

Titus 2:1-15

By David Morgan

Trinity Baptist Church, Harker Heights

05/14/2004 - By John Rutledge

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for May 30: Good citizenship should be a mark Christians_51704

Posted: 5/14/04

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for May 30

Good citizenship should be a mark Christians

Titus 3:1-15

By David Morgan

Trinity Baptist Church, Harker Heights

05/14/2004 - By John Rutledge

LifeWay Family Bible Series for May 23: A touch from God can heal broken relationships_51704

Posted: 5/14/04

LifeWay Family Bible Series for May 23

A touch from God can heal broken relationships

Genesis 27:41; 32:3-5, 9-11; 33:1-5, 10-11

By Rodney McGlothlin

First Baptist Church, College Station

05/14/2004 - By John Rutledge

LifeWay Family Bible Series for May 30: Contentious spirits can hurt the cause of Christ_51704

Posted: 5/14/04

LifeWay Family Bible Series for May 30

Contentious spirits can hurt the cause of Christ

Proverbs 17:17; 18:24; 27:5-6, 9-10, 17; Philippians 4:1-3, 10, 14-16

By Rodney McGlothlin

First Baptist Church, College Station

05/14/2004 - By John Rutledge

Texas economy the big loser if slots OKed, professor says_51704

Posted: 5/14/04

Texas economy the big loser if slots OKed, professor says

By Ken Camp

Managing Editor

AUSTIN–Texas could lose more than $520 million from its economy each year if the state's lawmakers approve 40,000 video slot machines, a Las Vegas professor has estimated.

05/14/2004 - By John Rutledge