Familiar Bible phrases in culture
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Familiar Bible phrases in contemporary culture: All things to all people (1 Corinthians) Cast the first stone (John) Doubting Thomas (John) Eat, drink, be merry (Luke) Forbidden fruit (Genesis) Man after his own...
FIRST-PERSON: A church as inspiring as its films
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ALBANY, Ga. (BP)--There are more than enough multi-million-dollar theatrical releases out there with a storyline so boring it makes you wish you had stayed home and watched, say, a rerun of the 6 o'clock...
Raymond Coppenger dies at 100
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ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (BP)--Retired Ouachita Baptist University philosophy professor Raymond A. Coppenger died Nov. 24 following a bout with pneumonia at age 100.Coppenger celebrated his 100th birthday on Sept. 20 with a...
FIRST-PERSON: 2 teachers of gratitude
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DRY CREEK, La. (BP)--It's a beautiful word that gently rolls off the tongue --gratitude.It's also a visible word: You can see gratitude when a person is full of it.The best lessons I've ever learned on thankfulness are...
FIRST-PERSON: Thanksgiving & adversity
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MAYFIELD, Ky. (BP)--The American holiday of Thanksgiving possesses a long history of taking place during times of adversity. As we pause to thank God for our blessings on Thanksgiving Day, we also should remember our...
FIRST-PERSON: Thanksgiving in India
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INDIA (BP)--Many friends and relatives have asked about how we celebrated Thanksgiving here in India. Well, obviously, it is not an Indian holiday, even though it began with Indians at the first celebration in the 1600s...
It can begin with a sandwich
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NEW YORK (BP)--It's a cold, rainy Saturday in New York City, and Vaughn McLamb ladles up steaming cups of chicken soup for the homeless, addicts, immigrants and urban poor gathered at Tompkins Square Park on the Lower...
Lutherans splitting after gay pastor vote
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NEW BRIGHTON, Minn. (BP)--The nation's largest Lutheran denomination is splitting following a controversial decision at its August conference to allow noncelibate homosexuals to serve as pastors.It will take months to...
STDs on the rise despite sex education
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WASHINGTON (BP)--The rates of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States are among the highest of any developed country in the world, a spokesman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said after a...
Welch visits Vietnam, thankful for wounds
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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (BP)--"For 43 years, there hasn't been a day in my life that I haven't thought about Vietnam," Bobby Welch told a crowd of nearly 725 Vietnamese believers, former missionaries and government...
Baptists celebrate 50 years in Vietnam with hugs, tears
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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (BP)--Shortly before the fall of Saigon in 1975, Le Quoc Chanh, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), came with his wife and young son to the home of missionary Sam...
'Woe is me' to those who miss biblical rhetoric
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Woe is me: If you want to be all things to all people, remember that many are called but few are chosen. If those phrases have a familiar ring, they should: They come from the Bible and have entered the secular...
Religion News in Brief
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An Oregon legislative leader plans to introduce a bill to repeal a 1923 state law that bans teachers from wearing religious garb. House Speaker Dave Hunt, D-Gladstone, said he will push to "allow teachers to have the...
FIRST-PERSON: Darwin's sad legacy
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Editor's note: Today, Nov. 24, is the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's "On the Origin of Species." PETERSBURG, Ky. (BP)--Most people, when asked what they consider to be Charles Darwin's legacy, would...
FIRST-PERSON: Remembering Washington's Thanksgiving proclamation
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!P>ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)--George Washington understood the need for our fledgling country to set aside a day to give thanks to Almighty God for His providence in creating and protecting this great nation. On Oct. 3,...
FIRST-PERSON: Getting over our love for Darwin
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Editor's note: Today, Nov. 24, is the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's "On the Origin of Species." FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Charles Darwin published his "Origin of Species" in 1859. There he presented the...
BGAV sets budget for 'God-sized job'
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FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (BP)--Despite a shaky economy, messengers to the annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia acknowledged their "God-sized" mission task Nov. 18 and adopted a 2010 budget of $14...
Dakota Baptists celebrate 25th year
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RAPID CITY, S.D. (BP)--Dakota Baptists celebrated their 25th year as a convention during their Nov. 11-12 annual meeting at Calvary Baptist Church in Rapid City."We celebrate the past, but we don't worship it," said...
Wyo. Baptists affirm sanctity of life
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CASPER, Wyo. (BP)--Messengers to the 26th annual meeting of the Wyoming Southern Baptist Convention went on the record against "national wanton disregard for innocent and defenseless human life" that they see evident in...
Research among pastors sheds light on Manhattan Declaration
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--With the Nov. 20 release of the Manhattan Declaration -- a 4,700-word statement declaring the commitment of 148 Christian signatories to the sanctity of human life, biblical marriage and religious...
3rd MVP lifts Pujols to Musial's level
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ST. LOUIS (BP)--The narratives of Albert "El Hombre" Pujols and Stan "The Man" Musial continue to be woven together in St. Louis Cardinals history with the Nov. 24 announcement that Pujols had matched Musial with his...
U.S. lobbyist for Sudan nixed
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WASHINGTON (BP)--Efforts by the Sudanese government to hire a U.S. lobbyist have been stopped, according to The Washington Post. An application seeking approval of a lobbying contract was submitted to the Treasury...
Southern Baptist president has prostate cancer
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Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt says that he has prostate cancer and expects to have surgery in January. The 57-year-old Hunt, pastor of the Atlanta-area First Baptist Church of Woodstock, said Monday...
FIRST-PERSON: A hopeful scenario
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The following column, although a hopeful scenario for evangelicals, is a work of fiction.MOUNT VERNON, Ga. (BP)--One fine Sunday morning biologist Richard Dawkins and philosopher Daniel Dennett were...
FIRST-PERSON: A must-see DVD on ID
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WACO, Texas (BP)--I recently watched "Darwin's Dilemma," the latest production by Illustra Media supporting the Intelligent Design (ID) view of various findings of science.The DVD is a thorough examination of a big...
Missionary kids take Gospel to Tokyo
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TOKYO (BP)--"Five-minute English! Five-minute English! Do you want to practice your English?" a college intern asked outside a busy Tokyo subway station as 27 teenage MKs -- sons and daughters of Southern Baptist...
Naylor named BGR medical consultant
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Rebekah Naylor, an emeritus Southern Baptist missionary physician who served for 35 years at Bangalore Baptist Hospital in India, has joined the staff of Baptist Global Response as a U.S.-based...
Heavy fines, bans levied on Uzbek Baptists
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TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (BP)--On the basis of allegedly fabricated evidence, a court in Uzbekistan has effectively removed three leaders of the country's Baptist Union on charges of tax evasion and illegally teaching...
Johnny Hunt diagnosed with cancer
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WOODSTOCK, Ga. (BP)--Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt has announced that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will undergo initial treatment in January.Hunt, 57, pastor of the Atlanta-area...
Pro-life Democrats let down movement, leaders say
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!P>WASHINGTON (BP)--Pro-life leaders expressed disappointment with Senate Democrats who advocate protecting unborn children after the upper chamber voted Nov. 21 to move forward with a health-care bill that authorizes...
Atheist student groups flower on college campuses
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The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: "Ask an Atheist." Whenever a student gets within a few feet, Anastasia Bodnar waves and smiles, trying to make a good first impression before eyes drift...
FIRST-PERSON: 'Blind Side' one of the best of the year
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (BP)--The key words in John 3:16, for the purpose of this article, are "world" and "whosoever." Those two words indicate that God finds value in each person. So God bless those who understand that each...
FIRST-PERSON: Your tax dollars, funding abortion
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WASHINGTON (BP)--It will be a while before we know all that Senate majority leader Harry Reid is proposing in the name of health care reform in his "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," which exceeds 2,000 pages...
FIRST-PERSON: The AP 'goes rogue'
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!P>ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)--I don't know which frustrates me more: hypocritical politicians -- Democrats and Republicans - who are more concerned about their own power than their constituents concerns, or liberal members...
LIFE DIGEST: 40 Days for Life reports more than 580 unborn babies saved
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!P>WASHINGTON (BP)--The 40 Days for Life campaign reported more than 580 unborn children were saved and eight abortion clinic workers left the business by the close of the initiative Nov. 1.In the waning days of this...
Bingo machines illegal, Ala. high court rules
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP)--The Alabama Supreme Court dealt the state's electronic bingo gambling industry a severe blow Nov. 13 when it ruled that so-called "electronic bingo machines" are in fact an illegal form of...
Alabama affirms CP, adopts $46M budget
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (BP)--Messengers to the Alabama Baptist State Convention affirmed the effectiveness of cooperative missions and adopted a $46 million 2010 Cooperative Program budget during their annual meeting, Nov....
Reaching the Berbers of North Africa
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering supplements Cooperative Program giving to support more than 5,600 Southern Baptist missionaries as they share the Gospel overseas. This year's offering goal is $175...
WORLDVIEW: A tale of five cities
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Visit "WorldView Conversation," the blog related to this column, at http://worldviewconversation.blogspot.com/RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--My son wants to go to school next year in New York City.In midtown...
Fruitful second chance in Jakarta
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EDITOR'S NOTE: To view a video about followers of Christ in Jakarta, go to www.commissionstories.com/stories/421.JAKARTA, Indonesia (BP)--On the day she almost died, Betty* began to live.The young Indonesian Muslim...
Their vision: Jakarta a city of God
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The following stories about Jakarta, Indonesia, are the final installment in "A Tale of Five Cities," a series about the challenge of reaching an increasingly urban world with the Gospel. To view a video...
'Manhattan Declaration' commits to engage culture
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WASHINGTON (BP)--A diverse group of Christian leaders joined together Nov. 20 to declare a commitment to defend the sanctity of human life, biblical marriage and religious liberty without compromise.In a 4,700-word...
Christian leaders issue 'call of conscience'
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More than 150 Christian leaders, most of them conservative evangelicals and traditionalist Roman Catholics, issued a joint declaration Friday reaffirming their opposition to abortion and gay marriage and pledging to...
FIRST-PERSON: ENDA VS. religious liberty
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DALLAS (BP)--Could the United States government think of any more ways to control businesses in this country? It is already a major owner of over 600 financial institutions, two automakers and an international insurance...
CP VIEWS: My two cents' worth
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MADISON, Ind. (BP)--Many Southern Baptists are watching from a distance as the Great Commission Task Force goes about its work. As comments from the formal listening sessions, buzz in the blogosphere, and published...
CP VIEWS: Cooperating for missions
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ZACHARY, La. (BP)--For more than 80 years, the Southern Baptist Convention has relied upon a common methodology we call the Cooperative Program (CP) to fund its entities, ministries and missions. The Cooperative Program...
Churches become 'Missionary Encouragers'
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WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (BP)--One catalyst for transforming ordinary churchgoers into mobilized, on-mission Christians is a personal connection with a missionary.Friendship Baptist Church in Warner Robins, Ga., made that...
Northwest Baptists welcome 13 churches
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TACOMA, Wash. (BP)--Northwest Baptist Convention messengers elected a Washington pastor as president, approved a $5.85 million budget for ministry needs in 2010 and welcomed 13 churches into affiliation during their...
La. Baptists express CP support
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SHREVEPORT, La. (BP)--Missions and the Cooperative Program took center stage at the Louisiana Baptist Convention's 62nd annual meeting, Nov. 9-10 at Summer Grove Baptist Church in Shreveport.The meeting was preceded by...
Suit: D.C. voters should have say on 'gay marriage'
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WASHINGTON (BP)--The nation's capital appears poised to become the sixth jurisdiction in the U.S. to legalize "gay marriage" unless a lawsuit succeeds in calling for citizens to be allowed to have a say.At issue is the...