‘He taught the Bible every Sunday from World War II to COVID’

Another View for April 7, 2005 By James Leo Garrett Jr. John Paul's 26-year pontificate, the third longest in history, we are told, will be remembered for much more than its longevity. Its impact both on the Roman Catholic Church…

Another View for April 7, 2005 By David S. Dockery This week many around the world will mourn the death of Pope John Paul II. No pope in recent memory has had the impact of John Paul II. His tours…

Guest Editorial for April 7, 2005 By Robert Marus The Terri Schiavo case polarized public opinion on end-of-life issues, but for many Americans the issues are anything but clear-cut. For example, House Republican leader Tom DeLay, who has crusaded to…

Heritage Column for April 7, 2005 By Fred Anderson My last column concerned the various dates in the history of the University of Richmond, a school founded by Virginia Baptists, which celebrates its 175th anniversary this year. Across the long…

National Woman's Missionary Union executive director Wanda Lee will follow through with a commitment to speak at the annual meeting of the moderate Baptist General Convention of Missouri in April-despite an attempt to convince her to decline. David Clippard, executive…

Charles Bugg, professor of preaching at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, is the new dean of Gardner-Webb University's school of divinity. Bugg, 62, an author and popular preacher, will also serve as professor of church ministry and leadership at the…

The next time your cell phone rings, it could be Mel Gibson-or at least the soundtrack from his The Passion of the Christ-calling. Los Angeles-based AG Interactive is making three snippets of the movie's soundtrack available to download as ringtones…

A convicted rapist and murderer should not receive the death penalty because some of the jurors who sentenced him consulted biblical law in making their decision, according to the Colorado Supreme Court. A closely divided panel of that state's highest…

Orthodox Jews in Israel and abroad have reacted angrily to the High Court's decision March 31 to grant citizenship to some non-Orthodox converts who studied to be Jews in Israel. The ruling was issued in response to a petition filed…