ARLINGTON, Va. (ABP) — The influence of evangelical Christians in the military's highest ranks is again under question, after complaints about an evangelical group's promotional video that features several top-ranking Pentagon officers, some in uniform. The Pentagon inspector general's office…
Opinion: A glimmer of hope for Iraq
This recent report of the Iraq Study Group offers a welcome infusion of wisdom and bipartisanship in the tortured struggle over what to do about Iraq. The carefully written report offers the only glimmer of hope recently seen in this…
For Christians, ‘Nativity’ overcomes mixed reviews, potential scandal
LOS ANGELES (ABP) — One week after its debut, a movie based on the Gospels' simple Nativity narrative is spurring optimism among Christian film fans, who seem willing to overlook potentially scandalous news about one of the movie's stars. “The…
Evangelical Forum meets in Virginia Beach
A gifted pastor and a professor were enlisted this year to address the Evangelical Forum. Using Romans 11:33 as his focal passage, Andrew Davis, pastor of First Baptist Church in Durham, N.C., modeled doctrinal preaching in delivering an expository sermon…
Md./Del. Baptists encouraged to ‘Embrace the Call’
Baptists in Maryland and Delaware were challenged to “Embrace the Call” to worship, disciple, serve and witness during their 171st annual meeting in Solomons, Md., Nov. 13-14. Robert Smith Jr., an associate professor of divinity at Beeson Divinity School in…
FIRST PERSON: Oh God, it’s not my time!
Unless it was your birthday, not many of you will recall exactly where you were on the evening of Oct. 2. It wasn't a holiday. No unusual weather pattern created a crisis. It was just an ordinary old Monday, the…
Maryland court to hear arguments in marriage case
For a few months at least, the epicenter of the nationwide legal debate over gay marriage will reside in Maryland. The state's highest court was to hear oral arguments Monday, Dec. 4, in a case that could make the Old…
In the beginning
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! But not on April 4, 1987, of all days. It was our first meeting to organize the Virginia Baptist Secretaries Association and it did snow. In fact, several groups from the…
BGCT to turn over probe results to law enforcement
Officials with the Baptist General Convention of Texas will give law-enforcement agencies the documents produced by an independent investigation that revealed financial malfeasance in its church-starting efforts. Executive Director Charles Wade will provide officials “complete copies of a BGCT-commissioned investigative…
Warren, Obama dismiss criticism of AIDS conference at Saddleback
A star evangelical pastor and a star Democratic senator have fired back at anti-abortion leaders who criticized an AIDS conference designed to rally Christians to fight the global pandemic. Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church in Orange County, Calif.; and…
Opinion: Waiting with a purpose
When I was giving birth to our first child, one of the nurses asked my husband how he was doing, since he was just standing there, having nothing to do but watch me struggle through labor. My husband, who would…
Rick who?
If Britney Spears, Denzel Washington and James Dobson were in a lineup, most Americans would know the first two but draw a blank on the evangelical leader. A new study by the Barna Group found that a majority of Americans,…