Tuesday, April 12, 2005

• Gallup: Marriage amend. support at all-time high of 57 percent

  by Michael Foust, posted Tuesday, April 12, 2005 (19 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Nearly one year after same-sex "marriage" was legalized in Massachusetts, support for a marriage amendment to the U.S. Constitution appears to be at an all-time high, according to a new Gallup poll. The poll found that by a margin of 57-37 percent, adults favor amending the Constitution to protect the traditional definition of marriage, thus banning "gay marriage." It is a significant increase from last July, when only 48 percent said they favored a marriage amendment.

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• College students are valuable assets, Passion's Giglio says

  by Erin Curry, posted Tuesday, April 12, 2005 (19 years ago)

  Louie Giglio

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Sometimes college students are lumped into one big category, but the truth is they vary vastly from school to school and region to region, Passion movement leader Louie Giglio told Baptist Press during Gospel Music Association Week in Nashville, Tenn., April 9-13.

  "I'm incredibly encouraged by what I've seen not only in the United States but around the world," Giglio said. "I came from England on Wednesday and I was with 1,000 college students there from most all of the major universities in England and they had such a passion for God and such a passion for their campuses. We had a prayer time the last morning and they prayed for a half-hour out loud -- all of them at once. And they were seeking God so earnestly for their campuses and crying out. When you see that happening, you can't help but be encouraged." Read More

• 'Passion: How Great is Our God' album captures live worship

  by Erin Curry, posted Tuesday, April 12, 2005 (19 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--More than 11,000 college students gathered in Nashville, Tenn., in January for Passion '05. They were led in worship by Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, Charlie Hall, the David Crowder Band and others, and now the power of those moments has been captured in a "Passion: How Great is Our God" CD. Read More

• Prayer: No. 1 issue in churches, survey of leaders shows

  by Staff, posted Tuesday, April 12, 2005 (19 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A LifeWay Christian Resources survey of more than 1,300 evangelical leaders from around the world revealed that the need for consistent and passionate prayer in church and personal life is the No. 1 issue in today’s churches. Read More

• 98-year-old’s insights yield ‘Prayers of the Heart’

  by Leigh Pritchett, posted Tuesday, April 12, 2005 (19 years ago)

  PELL CITY, Ala. (BP)--Eunice and David George Milligan welcome a visitor into their home with the warmth of lives spent well in the Lord. In a decidedly Irish brogue, Milligan tells his wife they should offer “this lady a cup of tea.” Read More

• Estimated 3 million watch Falls Creek special in Okla.

  by Staff, posted Tuesday, April 12, 2005 (19 years ago)

  OKLAHOMA CITY (BP)--In a final goodbye to the 76-year-old tabernacle at Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center, an estimated 3 million viewers across Oklahoma and in north Texas tuned in for a worship service recorded live during the final week of last summer’s activities. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: A leap of faith

  by Ginger Plowman, posted Tuesday, April 12, 2005 (19 years ago)

  OPELIKA, Ala. (BP)--Nausea swelled in my gut as I watched her tiny legs climb the 150-foot staircase. Why anyone would want to experience falling through the sky only to be yanked back up into the air by a bungee cord -- just before splattering all over the concrete -- is beyond me. Everyone enjoys a good thrill ride from time to time, but bungee jumping, in my opinion, is taking it a bit too far. Especially when the thrill-seeker is my eight-year-old daughter, Alex. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: The meek shall inherit Malibu

  by Russell D. Moore & Robbie Sagers, posted Tuesday, April 12, 2005 (19 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--In Malibu, Calif., people don't talk about Mel Gibson, Jennifer Aniston or Barbra Streisand. Instead, they refer to their fellow citizens as "Mel," "Jennifer" and "Barb." And so it is only natural that the mayor of the coastal city just goes by his first name, "Winston."

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