My first Bible was a red King James Version New Testament given to me by the Gideons when I was in the fifth grade. I took it home and read its first words: “The book of the generation of Jesus…
Train up a child: It takes parents and churches working together
Parents must take the lead in guiding children to love and learn the Bible, but the church should help, according to specialists in children’s ministry. The process begins at birth, directing children toward God long before they even know about…
CD REVIEW: There’s grace inside the sound of U2’s ‘No Line on the Horizon’
(ABP) — “This is the most thoroughly Christian thing they’ve done yet.” That was my initial reaction to the last two U2 albums in 2000 and 2004. In retrospect, that was just as true of the triad of albums U2 released…
REVIEW: ‘Knowing’ explores age-old theological conundrum
Do our lives have a purpose, or are we products of random chance? If everything is predestined, is there anything we can do to improve our fate? If not, are we without hope? These questions are discussed daily in seminary…
BOOK NOTES: Study Bible wins Christian Book of the Year award
The ESV Study Bible has been named the “Christian Book of the Year” by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, marking the first time the honor has been given to a study Bible. The Bible, which is in the English Standard…
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Living with Purpose in a Worn-Out Body,’ by Missy Buchanan
Missy Buchanan, in her book, Living with Purpose in a Worn-Out Body, shares with the reader 41 easy readable meditations with brief supportive scripture passages which give encouragement and hope to senior adults and their caregivers. The heart warming and…
Top 100 Virginia Baptist churches in 2008 per capita gifts listed
Mappsville Baptist Church in Mappsville led churches affiliated with the Baptist General Association of Virginia last year in per capita contributions to total Cooperative Missions. Rounding out the top 10 churches in total per capita CM gifts were Beulah Baptist…
For the Bible tells me so
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Last year, sacred music composer Christopher Teichler noted a disturbing paradox. The widely observed decline in biblical literacy among American Christians has paralleled a growing interest in developing new and enriched ways of worshipping. Some ministers…
Author seeks to offer ‘eyewitness’ account of Christ’s life
KELLER, Texas (ABP) — More than a dozen years ago, computer programmer Frank Ball became consumed with a passion — to tell the story of Jesus in a compelling way for a contemporary audience. “Just tell the story first. It…
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Iowa Supreme Court says state cannot deny marriage to gays
DES MOINES, Iowa (ABP) — Iowa will soon join the ranks of states that allow same-sex marriage, thanks to a unanimous April 3 ruling by the state’s highest court. The Iowa Supreme Court said a law limiting marriage to heterosexual…
Church-state group opposes state funds going to Baptist school
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A church-state watchdog group says the Kentucky Supreme Court should strike down a $10 million state appropriation to build a pharmacy school at Baptist-owned University of the Cumberlands, claiming it uses taxpayer funds to advance a particular…