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Posted 8/13/03

Rick Warren sees his role as Bible
'translator' for 21st century people

By Ted Parks

Religion News Service

LAKE FOREST, Calif. (RNS)–Before his junior year in high school, Rick Warren knelt in a cabin at summer camp. “God, if you're really alive, I want to know you,” he prayed. The response? Nothing he could hear or see. “No thunder, lightning,” Warren said. But it didn't deter him.

08/15/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted 8/13/03

Operation Rescue protester disrupts worship service

By Steve DeVane

N.C. Biblical Recorder

CONCORD, N.C.–A protester was arrested at McGill Baptist Church in Concord, N.C., July 13 after he stood up at the end of a worship service and started shouting.

08/13/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 8/8/03 "Let's try that new church down the street," you said. "What harm can come from that?" News of religion, faith, missions, Bible study and Christian ministry among Texas…

08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 8/8/03

Ex-gay warns of winning argument, losing neighbor

By Hannah Lodwick

Associated Baptist Press

ORLANDO, Fla. (ABP)–Sy Rogers, an author and speaker who lived as a woman for 18 months, has apologized to Exodus International delegates and members of the homosexual community for “a church that would rather win an argument than a neighbor.”

08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 8/8/03

Exodus International's convention
touts 'freedom' from homosexuality

By Hannah Lodwick

Associated Baptist Press

ORLANDO, Fla. (ABP)–A panel consisting of a mental-health counselor, a former lesbian now mother of three and three men who consider themselves “ex-gays” held a press conference this summer to promote “freedom from homosexuality through the power of Jesus Christ.”

08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 8/8/03

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for Aug. 17

The body's most powerful muscle–the tongue

James 3:1-12, 17-18

By Jim Perkins

Madison Hills Baptist Church, San Antonio

08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 8/8/03

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for Aug. 24

Submission to God is key to glorious living

James 4:1-17

By Jim Perkins

Madison Hills Baptist Church, San Antonio

08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 8/8/03

LifeWay Family Bible Series for Aug. 17

God uses those who perservere through the test

Genesis 41:15-16, 25-28, 33-40

By Tim Owens

First Baptist Church, Bryan

08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 8/8/03

LifeWay Family Bible Series for Aug. 24

A primer for mending broken relationships

Genesis 45:4-8, 25-28; 46:1-5

By Tim Owens

First Baptist Church, Bryan

08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 8/8/03

Bush weighs in on defining marriage

By Robert Marus

Associated Baptist Press

WASHINGTON (ABP)–President Bush joined the chorus calling for a legal restriction against homosexual marriage, while new polls suggest public opinion may be turning in favor of such a limit.

08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 8/8/03

Charitable choice component
slows advancement of Head Start bill

By Robert Marus

Associated Baptist Press

WASHINGTON (ABP)–The popular Head Start program is the centerpiece of another “charitable choice” controversy in Congress.

08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 8/8/03

Retirement means teaching duty for Rainey

By Heather Price

Texas Baptist Communications

BROWNWOOD–While retirement means rest for most, Frankie Rainey plans to use his retirement to provide rest to others.

08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge