BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) — Samford University President Thomas Corts, who has led Alabama's largest private university for 22 years, will retire in May 2006, or earlier if a presidential search committee identifies his successor before then. Corts announced his retirement…
Gay-union proponents get two wins, one loss
(Editor's note: This updates the April 13 ABP story titled “Connecticut, Maryland legislators pass domestic-partner bills.”) WASHINGTON (ABP) — Proponents of legal recognition for same-sex couples have taken two steps forward and one step back, thanks to votes in Connecticut…
Baptist Joint Committee hires staffers for legal, communications positions
WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty has recently acquired two new professional staffers. The BJC has hired Stephen Reeves as staff attorney and Emilee Simmons as associate director of communications. Reeves served last fall as a…
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…