Another View for February 2, 2006 By Todd E. Brady Union University In the fast-paced world of flashy journalism, thoughtful fans of the television program Nightline found themselves frustrated when Ted Koppel announced his departure from ABC last fall. Immediately,…
EDITORIAL: Beyond tragedy
Editorial for February 2, 2006 By Jim White On January 25, Ed Scott, chairman of deacons at the Ochwilla Baptist Church in rural Hawthorne, Florida, learned that seven grandchildren, aged 20 months to 15 years, the children of his two…
Letters to the Editor for February 2, 2006
Evolution vs. Intelligent Design The two letters printed in the Jan. 19 edition of the Herald, by Albert Mohler and Brent Walker, were the benchmarks for either side of the evolution/ID debate. I respect both these men, especially Walker, for…
Texas pastor’s open letter suggests all IMB trustees should be dismissed
ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) — As debate escalates over the Southern Baptist International Mission Board's effort to remove one of its trustees from office, a Texas Baptist pastor has warned that he might seek to have the entire board dismissed. Benjamin…
Senate vote on Alito reflects country’s division on issues
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A new era began at the Supreme Court Jan. 31 when Samuel Alito took a crucial seat on the panel, little more than an hour after a close Senate confirmation vote — a vote that reflected the…
Coretta King mourned as ‘First Lady’ of America’s civil-rights movement
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Baptist leaders mourned the passing of a life — and an era — Jan. 31 in honoring the legacy of Coretta Scott King. Family members told media organizations Jan. 31 that King, the widow of slain civil-rights…
Conflict over speaking in tongues speeds departure of Criswell dean
DALLAS (ABP) — Doctrinal differences among Southern Baptist conservatives apparently have claimed another victim — Scott Camp, dean of students at Criswell College in Dallas. Camp's contract as dean, which ran through Jan. 31, was not renewed, in part because…
Conservatives expel Texas church for ties to gay-friendly ministry
BAYTOWN, Texas (ABP) — A conservative church in Baytown, Texas, has been kicked out of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention because it lets a ministry to homosexuals use church meeting space. Although the Eklektos ministry affirms homosexuality, the church…
Former Brewton-Parker president Starr Miller, 84, dies in Georgia
NEWNAN, Ga. (ABP) — W. Starr Miller, president emeritus of Brewton-Parker College, a Georgia Baptist school in Mt. Vernon, Ga., died Jan. 26. Miller, 84, had lived in Newnan, Ga., in retirement. Miller served as Brewton-Parker's president from 1979 to…