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Former Baptist deacon charged with attempted robbery of S.C. bank

TAYLORS, S.C. (ABP) — An active member and former deacon at one of South Carolina’s most historic Baptist churches faces charges of kidnapping and attempted robbery of a bank Feb. 26. Bruce Lee Windsor, 43, was held on bond totaling…

Court says Montana election law wrongly applied to church

SAN FRANCISCO (ABP) — A federal appeals court ruled Feb. 25 that Montana officials violated the free-speech rights of a Southern Baptist church when they required the congregation to register as a political action committee for supporting a 2004 ballot…

On interpreting the Bible

By R. Alan Culpeppe The story is told that when William Tyndale was a young man, a priest told him that it was better that the Bible was in Latin (a language only a few Englishmen could read) and that…

Jesus’ vacation and the Canaanite woman

(Editor’s Note: A column that Associated Baptist Press published Feb. 23, written by Miguel De La Torre and offering a novel take on one of the New Testament’s most difficult passages, set off a lively discussion about biblical interpretation in…

Music review: Grace inside a sound — U2, ‘No Line on the Horizon’

By Steve Harmon “This is the most thoroughly Christian thing they’ve done yet.” That was my initial reaction to the last two U2 albums in 2000 and 2004. In retrospect, that was just as true of the triad of albums…

Former Baptist deacon charged with attempted robbery of South Carolina bank

TAYLORS, S.C. (ABP) — An active member and former deacon at one of South Carolina's most historic Baptist churches faces charges of kidnapping and attempted robbery of a bank Feb. 26. Bruce Lee Windsor, 43, was held on bond totaling…

Dobson resigns as Focus on the Family chairman

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Focus on the Family's James Dobson has stepped down as board chairman of the ministry he founded 32 years ago, according to a news release on the organization’s Web site (www.focusonthefamily.com). James Dobson Dobson’s wife, Shirley,…

Arkansas guns-in-church bill dies in state Senate

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (ABP) — A highly publicized bill that would have allowed worshipers to carry concealed weapons in Arkansas churches died Feb. 25 in the state Senate. According to the Associated Press, the proposal to amend the state’s concealed-weapons…

Increasingly, Baptists turning to the observation of Lent

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40-day observance of Lent. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Though traditionally viewed as a Catholic rite, increasing numbers of Baptists are discovering the discipline of Lent. Belmont University, until recently affiliated with the Tennessee…

Dispirited Christians must prepare to stand in the gap, historians urge

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