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Resources available to help problem gamblers

Like most addictions, compulsive gambling usually has more than one victim. Take the example of a 16-year-old named Jerry. The picture he painted of his own experience as he began treatment is common among young people who struggle with problem…

Warning signs identified

The University of Missouri's Keeping the Score website — gambling.missouri.edu — lists some of the problem gambling signs to look for in family member or friend: • Frequent unexplained absences from classes or work • Sudden drop in grades •…

Baptist youth from Virginia, Hungary travel together to Leipzig conference

What began as a cost-saving effort — a shared 15-hour, two-day bus trip — for two groups trying to get to Leipzig, Germany, for the Baptist World Alliance youth conference resulted in a unique time of fellowship for youth from…

Fuller Seminary professor David Scholer dies at 70

PASADENA, Calif. (ABP) — David Scholer, noted American Baptist scholar and professor of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary, died Aug. 22 after a long struggle with cancer. He was 70. Scholer was a specialist in several areas of New…

Baptists active in wake of Hurricane Gustav

NEW ORLEANS (ABP) — Although Hurricane Gustav apparently was much less of a disaster than 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, Baptists have mobilized throughout the Gulf Coast region to provide a wide array of disaster-aid services. From churches hosting evacuees to chainsaw…

Baptists active in wake
of Hurricane Gustav

Believers minister to delegates, law enforcement during DNC

DENVER (ABP) — Baptists were among the many Christian groups who ministered to the delegates, journalists and others who flocked to the Democratic National Convention in Denver Aug. 24-29. And while the impact of the political event will culminate Nov….

A true ‘Bold Mission Thrust’

By Beth Newman Years ago (more than I like to remember), I did Southern Baptist home-missions work in Paducah, Ky. At the beginning of my sojourn there, I received a small hand mirror, which came in a glossy case embossed…

Baptists aiding after Georgia crisis; Russians seek talks

TBLISI, Georgia (ABP) — Baptists around the world continued to respond with prayer and humanitarian aid to people displaced by continuing conflict between Georgia and Russia Aug. 29. Meanwhile, Russian Baptists have invited their Georgian counterparts to discuss the future….

Mohler again claims same-sex marriage harms children

Dan Patrick reiterates: ‘No separation of church and state’

Baptists know better than this

Judge bars Tennessee from revealing immigration status of sick children

Resources available to help problem gamblers

Warning signs identified

Baptist youth from Virginia, Hungary travel together to Leipzig conference

Fuller Seminary professor David Scholer dies at 70

Baptists active in wake of Hurricane Gustav

Baptists active in wake
of Hurricane Gustav

Believers minister to delegates, law enforcement during DNC

A true ‘Bold Mission Thrust’

Baptists aiding after Georgia crisis; Russians seek talks

Social conservatives express delight at McCain’s pick of Sarah Palin

Citing Scripture on historic day, Obama accepts DNC nomination

Hawaii hosts WMU’s first-ever co-ed student-missions event

Mexico’s Churches Seek a Gospel Win This World Cup

Roughly a third of the way into Steven Spielberg’s new blockbuster film “Disclosure Day,” which focuses on the theoretical release of evidence documenting the existence of alien life, a conversation between the two main characters takes a sudden turn toward the spiritual.

Religious groups are more prepared for aliens than you think

Nigerian Churches Are Fighting Soccer-Fueled Gambling Addictions

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Mohler again claims same-sex marriage harms children

Dan Patrick reiterates: ‘No separation of church and state’

Baptists know better than this

Judge bars Tennessee from revealing immigration status of sick children