Here’s why the new Texas school curriculum is so very, very bad

Last week I spent a day in Austin, Texas, to testify for the second time against the new (and newly named) “Bluebonnet Learning K-5 Reading Language Arts” curriculum. Despite significant opposition, the Bible-infused curriculum was approved, which should be unsurprising...

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Virginia students are ‘driven’ at 2008 Youth EnCounter event

Being “driven” in one's relationship with Christ and taking seriously the challenges that Christian faith presents was the focus of Virginia Baptists' Youth EnCounter 2008. Photo by Alice Rusher Sonicflood leads in worship at YEC. Held July 31 and August…

Virginia women ministers celebrate 20 years

Virginia Baptist Women in Ministry will hold a gala dinner to celebrate its 20th anniversary on Sept. 26 at the University of Richmond's Jepson Alumni Center. The dinner will feature the introduction of a new publication, displays and pictures from…

Baptist ministry assistants schedule fall conference

The Baptist Ministry Assistants of Virginia have scheduled their one-day fall conference for Friday, Sept. 26, at United Baptist Church, 7100 Columbia Pike in Annandale. The theme for the meeting will be “Excelling in His Service” and the Scripture reference…

EDITORIAL: Elsie evangelism

I read the 23rd Palm from her worn Bible and after making preliminary remarks, I sat down, as the family had requested. They had asked that friends and family members be allowed to share their thoughts. I would conclude the…

On our doorsteps

At the Baptist World Alliance gathering held in Prague, Czech Republic, the world-wide body of Baptists considered a reply to an open letter sent last fall from Islamic religious leaders to the Christian community. The letter calls on Christians and…

On our doorsteps

At the Baptist World Alliance gathering held in Prague, Czech Republic, the world-wide body of Baptists considered a reply to an open letter sent last fall from Islamic religious leaders to the Christian community. The letter calls on Christians and…

SECOND OPINION: Scandal in light of private, public story

The recent spectacle of John Edwards's confession of adultery managed to be at once pathetic and instructive. While bearing in mind Lily Tomlin's observation that no matter how cynical one becomes, it's impossible to keep up, I can't imagine anyone…

OUT LOUD

“Look at the attention I get: It's because I throw a football. But that's what society values. That's not what God values. … He didn't invent the game. We did. I have some eye-hand coordination, and I can throw the…

RIGHT OR WRONG?

I've been reading a lot about whether it is right or wrong to applaud in church. Is this just a cultural issue, or is there something deeper? The preaching of John Chrysostom 1,600 years ago troubled people of nobility but…