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  The Voice finalist wants to be force for good, light for God

  For Holly Tucker, a top-six finalist on the NBC hit program The Voice, her passion for music developed at her home congregation, Woodway First Baptist Church near Waco.

  06/03/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  SBC Calvinism study calls for trust, dialogue

  An ad-hoc task force appointed to study Calvinism’s impact on the Southern Baptist Convention says the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message is a sufficient guide for orthodoxy.

  06/03/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Analysis: Texas legislative session—win, lose and draw

  The Texas Legislature expanded nutrition programs for children and gave law enforcement agencies more tools to fight human trafficking, but they failed to pass meaningful reform of payday and auto-title lending practices. And no major gambling expansion bill advanced beyond committees.

  06/03/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas Tidbits: Baylor track stadium approved

  Baylor University’s board of regents approved construction of phase one of an on-campus track and field stadium.

  05/31/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Around the State: Deaf conference

  The 64th annual Texas Baptist Conference for the Deaf will be held June 14-16 at Baylor University in Waco.

  05/31/2013 - By John Rutledge

• On the Move: Josh Bolch

  Josh Bolch to Shiner Baptist Church in Shiner as pastor.

  05/31/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Obituaries: Bradshaw, Elliott

  DEATHS: Kenneth Bradshaw, 83, April 26 in Corpus Christi and Bob Elliott, 79, May 22 in Lufkin.

  05/31/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Zombie apocalypse offers secularized twist on Scripture

  The Walking Dead, Doomsday Preppers and Left Behind may have more in common than meets the eye.

  05/31/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Paranormal craze part of new religion, theologian insists

  Fascination with zombies and vampires reflects a global New Spirituality shaped by America through pop culture, said theologian Ross Clifford, author of The Cross is not Enough: Living as Witnesses to the Resurrection.

  05/31/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Seeking redemption in the macabre

  Cultural observers say the recent public fascination with vampires, and zombies has happened before, and reflects a deep need for redemption and release, a distrust of technology and fear and curiosity about death.

  05/31/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas musician ceased ‘running from God’

  As Justin Brinker leads worship for ministry events around the state, he cannot help but tell about the influence of God’s unfailing love in his own life.

  05/30/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Faith prompted Emancipation Proclamation, scholar insists

  A “profound spiritual odyssey” prompted Abraham Lincoln’s crafting of the Emancipation Proclamation, one of “the most revolutionary documents ever signed by an American president,” a prominent religious historian told a conference on racial reconciliation.

  05/30/2013 - By John Rutledge