By Bob Allen Southern Baptists top public-policy spokesman said on his radio program March 31 that black leaders are exploiting outrage over the shooting death of a Florida teenager to help President Obama get re-elected. Richard Land, president of the…
Chilean miner credits God for rescue
By Kalie Lowrie Trapped in a mineshaft in Copiapó, Chile, in 2010 with 32 other miners, Jose Henriquez experienced firsthand God’s provision during 69 days of waiting and praying for rescue. “Without any doubt, the power of God has no…
FBC Jacksonville settles defamation lawsuit
By Bob Allen A defamation lawsuit against a Florida Baptist mega-church has been settled under confidential terms, according to the formerly anonymous blogger who filed the complaint in 2009. First Baptist Church of Jacksonville Pastor Mac Brunson apologized at the…
VITAL SIGNS: The rise of church discipline
Have you noticed our tendency to try and control others with rules? We started with Ten Commandments. That led to Jewish scholars noting that the Torah actually contains 613 commandments, which can be divided into 365 “negative commandments,” and 248…
LETTER: Mired in cultural perceptions
One of the cultural perceptions in which we are mired in the 21st century is that we are superior to those who have gone before. That comes across in your opinion column in the March 5 issue [“Politics as usual?”]….
Burmese family settles in Virginia, thanks to church
HANOVER COUNTY, Va.—Before the end of April, the Htoo family will be able to hang the welcome sign on their newly-constructed house just outside of Richmond, Va. Their new home in America is an answer to prayer for the family…
WINN RECOMMENDS
First Corinthians, Richard Hays (WJK) Hays is best known as an ethicist, penning the now classic Moral Vision of the New Testament. With this volume, however, Hays brings his ethical vision to the task of interpreting I Corinthians, a biblical…
Church custodian tells story of a life changed by faith
RICHMOND, Va.—When Grayson “Sonny” Miller was just a small child, his mother left him in the care of his grandmother. By the time he was 13, he had run away from home, learned how to live on the streets, and…
LETTER: Concern about speaker
At first I thought the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia had an ad on your back page about a leadership conference [March 5], but it says Virginia Baptist Mission Board. I lived through the “Baptist Wars,” and my jugular is…
Retirement centers’ tournaments to benefit funds
RICHMOND, Va.—Need a good excuse to golf? How about for a great cause? The residents of Virginia Baptists’ four retirement communities hope golfers will swing into spring at the Virginia Baptist Homes Foundation’s annual golf tournaments that will benefit the…
HERITAGE: A famous shootout and the Baptists
It has been exactly 100 years since the infamous shootout on March 14, 1912, involving the Allen family at the Carroll County Courthouse in Hillsville, Va., in which five persons were killed. It happened in the packed courtroom immediately after…
Atheists rally in D.C. in bid to show political force
WASHINGTON (RNS)—Atheists and nonbelievers gathered on the National Mall March 24 in a bid to show politicians, voters and even themselves that they have grown into a force to be recognized and reckoned with. “We are here to deliver a…