Edit Caption Here ATLANTA-Breaking down barriers, healing the hurting, challenging Christians to transcend categories of "us and them" and announcing the coming kingdom of God are just a few of the roles prophetic preachers must fill, according to speakers at…
Testing on Tuesday Morning
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Opinion: Are we there yet?
If you've ever traveled with children, you will inevitably hear these four words. When my children ask, “Are we there yet?” I usually try to give a response vague enough to distract them so that won't repeat the question. Of…
Fantasy: Where do Hobbits and Hebrews intersect?
(ABP) — Evangelical Christians have long struggled with literature and films espousing a view of reality that confronts the values of their Christian lives. In general, if a book or movie challenges what are generally perceived as Christian values or…
Fantasy: Should Christians use violent video games to lure teens to church?
(ABP) — What do warthogs, pelicans, energy swords and Spartan lasers have in common? And how do they relate to John 1:17? They're all part of a video game called Halo 3, the top-selling video game of 2007 that pre-sold…
Judge dismisses Klouda lawsuit against Patterson, Southwestern
FORT WORTH, Texas (ABP) — A federal judge has ruled that Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's decision to fire a female Hebrew professor was akin to a church's decision to fire its pastor — and therefore outside the purview of the…
CBF receives $1 million from anonymous donor
ATLANTA (ABP) — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has received an anonymous $1 million gift for funding “micro-finance” loans in poor countries and other CBF ministries. Daniel Vestal, the moderate Baptist group's executive coordinator, announced the gift March 20, according to…
FAITHSHAPERS: Spiritual formation 2: Indoctrination
During the school years, children develop greater ability to focus and sit still, and their brains are developed enough to soak in staggering amounts of information. As preschoolers, children also learn quickly, but they learn primarily through direct experience —…
Couple urges truce in war between faith and science
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (RNS) — The poster in Deborah Haarsma's office at Calvin College bears the bold title, “Long, long ago in galaxies far, far away” — appropriate Star Wars jargon for an astronomy professor. It shows photos of galaxy…
Study links subprime mortgage crisis to U.S. poverty & hunger
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The poorest counties in the United States are among the hardest hit by the subprime mortgage crisis, according to a study released by the Christian anti-hunger advocacy group Bread for the World. The report, titled “Home Ownership,…
News about Virginia Baptists and the ministries for March 20, 2008
DEATH • Retired Virginia Baptist pastor Donald P. Stroud died Feb. 15 in Yorktown at the age of 72. He served as pastor of churches in Florida, North Carolina and Georgia, before coming to Virginia and serving as pastor of…
Catholics paid $615 million on abuse claims
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The U.S. Catholic Church paid out $615 million in costs related to sexual abuse claims in 2007, even as the number of victims coming forward fell for the third straight year, according to an annual report issued…