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…
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…
Police raid Baptist home in Azerbaijan
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) — A Baptist minority in the South Caucasus country of Azerbaijan continues to face run-ins with police. In the latest, reported by the Baptist World Alliance April 2, officials charged three Baptists with “illegally spreading Christianity…
Former Baptist pastor indicted on murder charge
WACO, Texas (ABP) — A former pastor of Baptist churches in Texas was indicted March 25 on a charge that he murdered his wife three years ago. A McLennan County grand jury alleged that Matt Dee Baker, 37, "intentionally or…