ST. LOUIS (RNS) — As contract talks broke down between Albert Pujols and the Cardinals, St. Louis baseball fans nervously began asking themselves a host of questions. He’s a Cardinal for life, right? He wouldn’t go to Wrigley Field, because…
FAITH DIGEST
Views on homosexuality bar foster couple. Two judges in England banned a Christian couple from foster care because they oppose homosexuality — a stance the judges said has no place in the laws of Britain. Owen and Eunice Johns, of…
Reciprocity or dependency?
Relationship is the heart of mission involvement, and the form that relationship takes determines whether believers minister “with” or “to” others, missiologists insist. Today, they add, relationship translates as partnership, collaboration and reciprocity. Access to safe drinking water means healthier…
Some foreign aid helps, others do more harm than good, experts assert
Even though the Green Bay Packers won this year’s Super Bowl 31-25, up to 100,000 individuals in developing countries are wearing new T-shirts erroneously labeling the losing Pittsburgh Steelers as NFL champions. For marketing purposes, the NFL preprinted memorabilia for…
Newspaper reports Chowan-BTSR talks are off
MURFREESBORO, N.C. (ABP) — A newspaper reported March 10 that a possible merger of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond and Chowan University in North Carolina is off the table. The Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald said the executive committee of Chowan's board of…
Newspaper reports BTSR-Chowan University merger talks are off
MURFREESBORO, N.C. (ABP) — A newspaper reported March 10 that a possible merger of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond and Chowan University in North Carolina is off the table. The Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald said the executive committee of Chowan's board of…
OPINION: Predestination, free will and Matt Damon
I wish I could say that deep theological reflection spurred my action, but I'll go ahead and admit that Matt Damon probably had more to do with my inspiration to head to the movie theater to see The Adjustment Bureau….
Slain pastor laid to rest
ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) — Mourners filled First Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, March 9 to celebrate the life of a young mission pastor cut short by murder, while more than 500 others watched live on the Internet. Clint Dobson Clint…
Houston Baptist University opens board to non-Baptists
HOUSTON (ABP) — Houston Baptist University trustees voted March 10 to allow non-Baptist Christians a minority presence on the school’s governing board. The move is designed to help HBU — the only evangelical university in the city of Houston — reach out…
Passport offers free online Lenten devotions
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — March 9 is the first day in a 40-day Lenten series titled Journey to the Cross at an online devotional website that recently surpassed the 1-million-reader mark. Passport, a student mission and education ministry started in…
Vote slated on plan to allow some non-Baptists on HBU trustee board
HOUSTON — Houston Baptist University trustees voted March 10 to allow non-Baptist Christians a minority presence on the school’s governing board. HBU relates to the Baptist General Convention of Texas by a special agreement that allows the university to elect…
Funeral of slain pastor to be streamed live on Internet
ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) — The March 9 funeral of a Baptist pastor murdered during a robbery in his Texas church will be streamed live over the Internet, according to a staff member at a sister congregation. Clint Dobson David McDurham,…