Prof says BF&M needed for Trinity view_111003

Posted: 11/07/03

Prof says BF&M needed for Trinity view

FORT WORTH (BP)–One word can make all the difference between voicing an incorrect view of God and confessing the God of the Bible, said Malcolm Yarnell, assistant dean of theological studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

That is precisely why changes to the Baptist Faith & Message, the Southern Baptist Convention's statement of beliefs, were necessary, Yarnell said in chapel Oct. 30.

“For a time in the late 1980s and early 1990s, I wondered whether a number of evangelicals were actually trinitarian,” he said. “The Trinity was notably absent from many evangelical pulpits for much of the 20th century … even among Baptists. The 1963 Baptist Faith & Message could easily have been affirmed by modalists.”

11/07/2003 - By John Rutledge

Court ruling on ‘under God’ will matter either way_111003

Posted: 11/07/03

Court ruling on 'under God' will matter either way

By Kristen Campbell

Religion News Service

WASHINGTON (RNS)–The Supreme Court's decision to consider whether the 1954 addition of the words “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional has religious leaders weighing the possible impact of a court ruling on religious liberty.

11/07/2003 - By John Rutledge

Virginians may withhold from Averett_111003

Posted: 11/07/03

Virginians may withhold from Averett

By Robert Dilday

Virginia Religious Herald

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP)–Virginia Baptists will be asked to withhold about $350,000 they planned to contribute to Averett University next year until a dispute over homosexuality and biblical interpretation can be resolved.

11/07/2003 - By John Rutledge

Wayland students back on the air with news show_111003

Posted: 11/07/03

Wayland students back on the air with news show

By Teresa Young

Wayland Baptist University

PLAINVIEW–It's 3 p.m. on Thursday, and Paul Finley is giving the springs in an outdated office chair a workout with his nervous energy.

11/07/2003 - By John Rutledge

Weekday education brings unchurched to the church_111003

Posted: 11/07/03

Weekday education brings unchurched to the church

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

Non-Christians are walking in and out the doors of the church every week through church weekday education ministry, according to Ann Parnell, executive director of the Texas Baptist Church Weekday Education Association.

11/07/2003 - By John Rutledge

Youth will look to athletes as role models, Sturm says_111003

Posted: 11/07/03

Youth will look to athletes as role models, Sturm says

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

ARLINGTON–Christians can raise up athletes as role models if they push through negative media stereotypes to spotlight people acting out their faith, said Bob Sturm, a Dallas sports-radio talk show host.

11/07/2003 - By John Rutledge

Road to youth evangelism ministry passed through rural Texas paths_111003

Posted: 11/07/03

Road to youth evangelism ministry
passed through rural Texas paths

By Leann Callaway

Special to the Standard

GRAND PRAIRIE–After graduating from Texas Tech University, Keith Roberson was eager to sink his teeth into ministry. Instead, he found himself delivering dental products all over the Texas Panhandle.

11/07/2003 - By John Rutledge

By any and all names, youth work is changing_111003

Posted: 11/07/03

By any and all names, youth work is changing

By Toby Druin

Editor Emeritus

He, and sometimes she, has had many titles–youth worker, youth leader, youth director, often youth and music director or other combinations, youth minister or minister to youth, student minister or minister to students and now, in many instances, youth pastor.

11/07/2003 - By John Rutledge

Religious involvement helps parents of teens_111003

Posted: 11/07/03

Religious involvement helps parents of teens

By Mark Wingfield

Managing Editor

Teenagers who live in families that are religiously involved report stronger relationships between their parents than other teens, according to a new study.

11/07/2003 - By John Rutledge

Bible Study Resources

Bible Study Resources Available Tools from Crosswalk: Interlinear Bible Commentaries • Matthew Henry Concise • Matthew Henry Complete • Geneva Study Bible • Jamieson, Fausset, Brown • Treasury of Scripture…

11/06/2003 - By John Rutledge

Four Southwestern faculty resign to join new Carroll Institute_111003

Posted: 11/05/03

Four Southwestern faculty resign
to join new Carroll Institute

By Mark Wingfield

Managing Editor

DALLAS–Four faculty members have resigned from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary to become the inaugural faculty of the B.H. Carroll Theological Institute.

11/05/2003 - By John Rutledge

Cybercolumn: Grace, hope & marriage_younger_110303

Posted 11/04/03

CYBERCOLUMN:
Grace, hope & marriage

By Brett Younger

In September, my family went to a Texas Rangers baseball game. It was late in the season, so the Rangers were out of the pennant race. (That would have also been true in May.) In the bottom of the fourth inning, the Rangers were losing 3-0. The pitcher for Kansas City, Paul Abbott, who reminds no one of Nolan Ryan, had a no-hitter going.

Then the announcer said with his first hint of excitement, “Would you please turn your attention to the Jumbotron for a special message?” In big letters, it said, “Britney, will you marry me? John.” The camera zoomed in on section 30 to show John kneeling in front of Britney.

Brett Younger

11/04/2003 - By John Rutledge