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Catholic scholar among experts named to White House bioethics panel

WASHINGTON (RNS) — President Obama has named 10 medical and legal experts — including a Franciscan friar — to a commission that will advise the White House on bioethical issues. Daniel P. Sulmasy The appointees include Daniel Sulmasy, a friar…

Innovative cancer procedure performed at Baptist hospital

HARLINGEN, Texas — A new treatment for cancer patients that kills cancer cells with electricity while not harming surrounding healthy tissue was performed for the first time in Texas at Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas. Daniel Fuentes, an…

FAITH DIGEST

Preacher agrees to stop rocking the boat. Technically, Michael Ihedioha still can share his faith aboard the Staten Island Ferry. But odds are that the preacher who scuffled with cops on the boat will remain mum — or greatly reduce…

Obama, Graham meet at evangelist’s home

MONTREAT, N.C. (RNS) — President Obama and ailing evangelist Billy Graham exchanged prayers during their first meeting recently at Graham’s home in western North Carolina. President Obama meets with evangelist Billy Graham at his house in Montreat, N.C. (RNS/Pete Souza/The…

RIGHT or WRONG? Prayer for small decisions

All my life, I’ve heard about the importance of praying when we must make a major decision. But what about small decisions? Just how should we pray and recognize God’s responses to our decisions? A family member or friend goes…

Mo. appeals panel returns suit over property to lower court

(Editor's Note: An editing error in the first version of this story — briefly posted May 6 — mischaracterized the appeals court's ruling in the first and second paragraphs. The corrected version is below.) SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (ABP) — In the…

Vestal confident in future as CBF emerges from its adolescence

MARION, N.C. (ABP) — With the death of founding coordinator Cecil Sherman and the approaching 20th anniversary of its birth, the national Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is reaching a point where its viability into the future will either be cemented or…

Liberty U. backs seminary president amid charges of misrepresentation

LYNCHBURG, Va. (ABP) — The president of Liberty Theological Seminary, who apologized in February for calling the head of the Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board a liar, is now being questioned about his own testimony of conversion from radical…

UK Baptists take aim at nuclear weapons

PLYMOUTH, England (ABP) — From the port city that launched the Pilgrims on their journey to what would become the United States, British Baptists took aim May 3 at those in America, their own United Kingdom or elsewhere who would…

British Baptists take aim at nuclear weapons, hear about budget deficit

1st reaction to Great Commission Resurgence, 2nd verse

By Norman Jameson The long-awaited second edition of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force was released May 3, and interest is high. Revisions indicate task force members heard the reactions of Baptists to their initial progress report which came out…

Supreme Court slides into partisanship

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The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war

Catholic scholar among experts named to White House bioethics panel

Innovative cancer procedure performed at Baptist hospital

FAITH DIGEST

Obama, Graham meet at evangelist’s home

RIGHT or WRONG? Prayer for small decisions

Mo. appeals panel returns suit over property to lower court

Vestal confident in future as CBF emerges from its adolescence

Liberty U. backs seminary president amid charges of misrepresentation

UK Baptists take aim at nuclear weapons

British Baptists take aim at nuclear weapons, hear about budget deficit

1st reaction to Great Commission Resurgence, 2nd verse

Vestal confident in future as CBF emerges from its adolescence

From Augustine to Jefferson, the idea of separating church and state has deep religious and secular roots

Defying pope and facing excommunication, SSPX consecrates bishops at huge outdoor Mass

BWA Leader Transitions to Full-Time Role with BWA Women

The Bible verses dividing Washington: How Matthew 25 became a political litmus test

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Supreme Court slides into partisanship

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war