By Cecile S. Holmes Tim LaHaye believes it is yet to come. Hank Hanegraaff thinks some of it may have already happened during Christianity's first century. Their ongoing debate over the proper understanding of the fearsome prophecies in the biblical…
Many reasons to ‘Smile’
Another View for April 14, 2005 By Phil Boatwright Occasionally-it doesn't happen often-going to the movies serves our fellow man. Such is the case with an impressive little drama called Smile. The film begins in a rural Chinese village after…
NBC’s Revelations skewed, Left Behind authors warn
Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye, whose Left Behind series made end-times theology a nationwide topic of discussion, have expressed wariness of NBC's apocalyptic mini-series Revelations, which premiered April 13. One of the series‚ main characters, Dr. Richard Massey, a skeptic…
CP power
Guest Editorlal for April 14, 2005 By Bill Nieporte Having just returned from the April meeting of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, I am dealing with mixed emotions. On the one hand, I am overjoyed about the continued the work…
Jumping on the religious bandwagon
By Helena Andrews “Omnium finis imminet.” The end is here. So warns NBC's miniseries Revelations, based on the similarly named book of the Bible. It premiered April 13 at 9 p.m. Critics are calling it Hollywood's latest attempt to hop…
Splitting wood
Heritage Column for April 14, 2005 By Fred Anderson Abraham Lincoln said it. “Chop your own wood. It will warm you twice.” John Farrar is a Southerner, but he follows the rail-splitter's good advice. Last fall this columnist visited Falling…
The Frozen Chosen: A dozen Hokies journey to Lithuania
By Chris Hanley Most Americans have no clue where Lithuania is, but 12 Hokies from the Baptist Student Union at Virginia Tech invested their spring break in this small country, and witnessed God doing amazing things in the lives of…
Southwest Virginia network announceds first teaching events
The first teaching events of the newly-established Southwest Virginia Christian Leadership Network have been announced. The network is a ministry of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board, providing leadership training for ministers and laypersons in Southwest Virginia. The scheduled events include:…
Church & People News for April 14, 2005
Staff Changes Bryan Brooks, to Windsor Church, Windsor, as pastor. Phillip V. Faig, to Gayton Church, Richmond, as pastor. Tim Kirby, to Hermitage Church, Church View, as pastor. Harold Draper, to Fontaine Church, Martinsville, as interim pastor. Drexel Rayford, to…
McLaren speaks in Kentucky after controversy
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (ABP) — Challenging Christians to become “apprentices of Jesus,” emerging church leader Brian McLaren spoke at a Kentucky Baptist Convention-related school just a few weeks after being uninvited from speaking at a convention-sponsored event. McLaren, one of the…
In New York, legislators block reactivation of death penalty
NEW YORK (ABP) — A state legislative committee has effectively blocked the reinstatement of New York's death-penalty law. A committee of the New York State Assembly killed legislation April 12 that would have reinstated the state's capital-punishment statute. The law…
Sri Lanka asks Baptist agency to mold foster-care program
DALLAS (ABP) — The government of Sri Lanka has invited a Texas Baptist agency to shape the country's first child protective services program, with the man who got the group involved in January's tsunami-relief efforts taking the lead. David Beckett,…