• Texas Tidbits: Bike Out Hunger Ride

  Texas Baptists have planned a 445-mile bicycle ride to raise money for the Texas Baptist Offering for World Hunger and to raise awareness about how Texans can be involved in fighting hunger and making the state food-secure by 2015.

  03/26/2010 - By admin

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  Church takes gospel CDs to Junction homes

  First Baptist Church in Junction is trying to share the gospel with every home in Junction by distributing 1,200 Texas Hope 2010 multimedia gospel compact discs.

  03/26/2010 - By admin

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  Jokester Jesus?

  Scholars agree that Jesus' humanity would include a sense of humor. But just how funny was the Man from Nazareth?

  03/26/2010 - By admin

• Baptist agency serves up Operation JAVA

  Baptist Child & Family Services has launched a one-of-a-kind program called JAVA that provides at-risk teens with innovative on-the-job training opportunities that aim to deter juvenile crime.

  03/26/2010 - By admin

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  Biologist who attempts to reconcile religion and science wins Templeton

  A biologist and former Dominican priest who has attempted to reconcile religion and science has won this year's Templeton Prize — an honor awarded to scholars who study how science and religion intersect.

  03/26/2010 - By Marv Knox

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  Bill Thorn: Paint a picture with words

  The secret to being humorous is same as most things in life, Bill Thorn believes—take what God has entrusted to you, work hard to polish it and be the individual you were created to be.

  03/25/2010 - By admin

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  Humor an important spiritual practice, theologian asserts

  Humor doesn’t show up on any spiritual practice list. But Richard Olson hopes to make that happen. “Humor is a very important spiritual practice, especially for those under stress and turmoil,” he said.

  03/25/2010 - By admin

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  Grady Nutt a pacesetter for Christian comedy

  Grady Nutt, a Baptist minister who attained national fame as the “Prime Minister of Humor” in 1979 as a regular cast member of the popular television series “Hee Haw,” was at the pinnacle of his career when he died in a plane crash after a speaking engagement in Alabama at age 48.

  03/25/2010 - By admin

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  Laughter is the best medicine … except when it’s a bitter pill to swallow

  Something that strikes one person as funny—even something heard at church—may seem inappropriate to another. How can believers strike a balance as they use humor and laughter in ministry?

  03/25/2010 - By admin

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  Grieving comic says humor, like hope, springs eternal

  Jinny Henson is heading back to the comedy circuit with a major event April 24 in Pearland, and an August date in Monroe, La., for the first time since her daughter's death at age 12 from injuries received in a tragic church bus accident last summer.

  03/25/2010 - By admin

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  A Time to Laugh

  What is the role of laughter and humor for Christians? When should believers take time to laugh?

  03/25/2010 - By admin

• Hispanic Baptist leaders become education advocates

  Although thousands of Texas students fail in high school each year, success still is possible for these students. That’s what more than 25 Texas Hispanic Baptist leaders discovered during an education advocacy day in Austin hosted by the Texas Baptist Hispanic Education Initiative and the Christian Life Commission.

  03/25/2010 - By admin