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  Researchers probe whether, why, free will exists

  Are people really responsible for all the things they do? Do they have “free will” to choose between right and wrong? Those questions are at the heart of a four-year research project at Florida State University to determine whether, and how, free will exists.

  05/12/2010 - By admin

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  Chilean pastors living in tents as winter approaches

  More than two months after an earthquake rocked Chile, rains have begun and winter soon will arrive, leaving a group of Baptist pastors bracing for the cold in small tents that have become their impromptu homes in the wake of the disaster.

  05/12/2010 - By admin

• Memorial cross at center of recent Supreme Court case reportedly stolen

  A cross in the middle of the Mojave Desert that inspired a passionate Supreme Court debate about religious freedom reportedly has been stolen.

  05/11/2010 - By Administrator

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  University to investigate alleged untruths by seminary president

  Liberty University will investigate reports that its seminary president has misled the public in his testimony about converting from militant Islam to Christianity, officials of the school in Lynchburg, Va., announced May 10.

  05/11/2010 - By Administrator

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  Kagan’s views on church-state, social issues largely unknown

  President Obama’s latest Supreme Court nominee Solicitor General Elena Kagan has an exceedingly thin paper trail on some of the legal questions most important to people of faith.

  05/10/2010 - By Administrator

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  Biomedical ethics in a brave, new world

  When a Texas pastor exhausted treatments available for his multiple sclerosis and began looking at other options, he excluded embryonic stem cell treatments. But then his condition worsened.

  05/07/2010 - By admin

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  Survey finds Africa is most religious part of world

  Researchers say they’ve found the most religious place on Earth—between the southern border of the Sahara Desert and the tip of South Africa.

  05/06/2010 - By admin

• Northeast Texas church shows love for its community

  First Baptist Church in Bogata loves its town and every person in it—all 1,300 of them. The congregation is in a campaign called “First loves Bogata,” an effort to share the gospel with every person in the city.

  05/06/2010 - By admin

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  Students compete in Bible drill, speakers’ competitions

  Several hundred junior high and high school students participated in the Texas Bill Drive state finals May 1, drilling against each other in the areas of finding Scripture and reciting Scripture.

  05/06/2010 - By admin

• USDA offers churches free food for summer feeding programs

  In communities where more than 50 percent of children or youth are eligible for free or reduced lunch programs at school, the USDA and Texas Department of Agriculture are offering to provide free food for congregations willing to serve as distribution or feeding points.

  05/06/2010 - By admin

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  Obama, Billy Graham meet at evangelist’s home

  President Obama and ailing evangelist Billy Graham exchanged prayers during their first meeting recently at Graham’s home in western North Carolina.

  05/06/2010 - By admin

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  Catholic scholar among experts named to White House bioethics panel

  President Obama has named 10 medical and legal experts—including a Franciscan friar—to a commission that will advise the White House on bioethical issues.

  05/06/2010 - By admin