I am responding to the letter of Raylene Harton from the May 25, 2006 issue of Religious Herald. She says that she is not upset about the book or movie “The Da Vinci Code.” She says that, “God does not…
ANOTHER VIEW: Would you run?
What would you do if a group of hooded strangers walked into your church service and asked who would be willing to take a bullet for Christ? This is the premise of a popular internet parable. In the parable, most…
‘Nevaeh’ soars in popularity
Spell heaven backwards and what do you get? The 70th most popular name for American baby girls. Nevaeh, usually pronounced nuh-VAY-uh, cracked the top 100 names for newborn baby girls for the first time in 2005, with 4,457, according to…
News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for June 8, 2006
STAFF CHANGES Jim Graham, to Wallers Church, Partlow, as interim pastor. Susan Harvey, to Mount Ararat Church, Stafford, as children's minister. Connie Scruggs, to Rivermont Church, Danville, as part-time minister to children. Retirements Frank W. Casper Sr., pastor of Calvary…
Virginia Baptist is state’s teacher of the year
When the members of the Virginia Senate rose to their feet and applauded earlier this year to honor Debi Goforth as Virginia's teacher of the year, the elementary school librarian's thoughts turned to a small pouch she had been carrying…
ANOTHER VIEW: Always preach for commitment — and expect a response
Another View for May 4, 2005 By Rick Warren Baptist Press When we were getting ready for the first service of Saddleback Church 26 years ago, I planned to extend a traditional “come forward” altar call at the end of…
ANOTHER VIEW: Fear factor slows growth of gospel in Egypt
Some time ago, the elder sister in an Egyptian Muslim family decided to follow Jesus Christ as Lord. Instead of keeping her faith a secret, as many Muslim-background believers do, she told her younger sister-who also became a believer. One…
ANOTHER VIEW: Entertaining ourselves to death
Aerican society and even Christians, it seems, are surrendering to the insatiable desire to be entertained. Our quest for amusement has become not only a national pasttime, it has become an addiction. There is little about life in the United…
The house of educators
Heritage Column for May 4, 2005 By Fred Anderson There is a pretty brick house tucked away on a side residential street in a Petersburg suburb. There are signs of life everywhere-in the flower garden so lovingly tended, in the…