Baptist Press Archive

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

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  • Boston Marathon bomb amputee: 'blessed'
    by Todd Deaton/Kentucky Western Recorder, posted Tuesday, February 24, 2015 (9 years ago)

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    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- Rebekah DiMartino was at the Boston Marathon in April 2013, standing just three feet from where a bomb exploded at the finish line.

    "Here was me," she said, pointing to a spot on the floor at a Kentucky church where she was speaking.

    "Right here was a bomb!" she exclaimed. Read More

  • Texas Supreme Court issues stay on gay marriage
    by Bonnie Pritchett/Southern Baptist TEXAN, posted Tuesday, February 24, 2015 (9 years ago)

    AUSTIN (BP) -- The Texas Supreme Court issued a stay halting the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples, Feb. 20, less than 24 hours after a Travis County Clerk issued a license to a lesbian couple in Austin. Read More

  • LifeWay letter of intent narrows potential buyers
    by Art Toalston, posted Tuesday, February 24, 2015 (9 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- LifeWay Christian Resources, continuing to move toward selling its downtown Nashville complex, signed a letter of intent Feb. 23 with "a firm that represents a group of local and national developers." Read More

  • ERLC joins brief at 8th Circuit defending marriage
    by Staff, posted Tuesday, February 24, 2015 (9 years ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP) -- A state law that restricts marriage to a man and a woman does not express hostility toward same-sex couples, the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and four other religious organizations say in a new brief filed with a federal appeals court. Read More

  • WORLDVIEW: Counter culture with Gospel, Platt says
    by Erich Bridges, posted Tuesday, February 24, 2015 (9 years ago)

    RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- It's hard not to offend people these days, especially if you actually believe what the Bible says about right, wrong, sin and salvation.

    Fearing the loss of friends, being dismissed as irrelevant -- or worse, being called intolerant -- many evangelicals jump on the bandwagon of popular social-justice causes, but lapse into uncomfortable silence on issues such as same-sex marriage and abortion. Some quietly abandon biblical positions on controversial issues altogether. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: The church & social media
    by Darrel Girardier, posted Tuesday, February 24, 2015 (9 years ago)

    Church digital strategy director Darrel Girardier believes "the church is in a position for God to use social networking for some amazing things." But, among his suggestions, "We need to stop tweeting that our worship band 'rocks'" and "Don't argue online. No one wins and we all lose when we argue online." Read More