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The Bootleg Stone

The grey headstone looks like many others in the cemetery surrounding the old sanctuary of Mount Hermon Baptist Church in Moseley, but a few taps on this grave marker quickly demonstrates that it is hollow and made of metal. The…

Venturers: Virginia Baptists introduce a new avenue for mission service around the world

Along with warmer weather, budding leaves and blooming flowers, the advent of April 2006 brought with it another form of growth — this one within Virginia Baptists' opportunities for mobilizing volunteers for mission service. On April 3, the Venturer Program,…

EDITORIAL: Glad to be a Virginia Baptist

You would think after 25 years in the pastorate, I would have learned not to call the office while I'm on vacation. I'm a slow learner. In fact, I may fit into the “old dogs” category at this stage of…

ANOTHER VIEW: Judas, Dan Brown and Jesus

I'm not sure if I've ever seen such an explosion of public interest in Jesus — from a variety of angles old and new (some would say odd). Whether this fascination simply means that Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code…

The devil’s revival

William E. Hatcher, the popular preacher of the 19th century whose persona this columnist frequently assumes, told the following story in his autobiography. It is a fascinating revelation of a time that is no more. The only part of the…

ANOTHER VIEW: Outrageous and anti-semitic, Gnostics penned more than Gospel of Judas

From all the hullabaloo in the press over the Gospel of Judas, one might easily conclude that something like the plot of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code had suddenly been demonstrated as historical fact rather than fiction. Much of…

SIDEBAR: The Gospel of Judas: What is it?

The manuscript know as the Gospel of Judas is a series of tattered and fragmented sheets of papyrus in Coptic, an Egyptian script, and is contained in a 66-page, leather-bound “codex” that the National Geographic Society unveiled April 6. Terry…

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In Iraq, man distributes study Bibles to soldiers facing ‘ultimate sacrifice’

DALLAS (ABP) — As a civilian contractor in Iraq, Brad Blauser has seen a lot when it comes to war. He's lost friends in combat and faces the possibility that more will follow. That knowledge, however, doesn't get him down….

Baptist conventions pledge $1 billion in Katrina relief

DALLAS (ABP) — In the largest cooperative effort of its kind, three historically African-American Baptist denominations have agreed to raise $1 billion for ongoing recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The National Baptist Convention USA, the National Baptist…

Despite lawsuit, Ky. governor holds funds in gay student case

FRANKFORT, Ky. (ABP) — Kentucky's governor has said he will hold, but not veto, $11 million in government funding for a Baptist college that made headlines by expelling a gay student. Gov. Ernie Fletcher (R) said he will not disburse…

High court turns away N.Y. case on religious discrimination

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The Supreme Court declined April 24 to hear a case that pits an elementary school student's religious and speech rights against her school district's responsibility to not endorse Christianity. The justices declined, without comment, to hear the…

What Disclosure Day reveals about evangelicals’ fears

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6 ways the Reflecting Pool boondoggle mirrors Trump and MAGA

Pilate asked Jesus, ‘What is truth?’