Friday, August 05, 2016

• Olympics: 'Thy will be done' is shooter's prayer

  by Tim Ellsworth, posted Friday, August 05, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo courtesy of USA Shooting

  RIO DE JANEIRO (BP) -- In Sarah Scherer's competitions, the slightest movement -- even an errant breath -- can be the difference between winning and losing.

  It's understandable that such circumstances can cause times of nervousness and tension during a shooting competition. That's why the Olympic shooter a few months ago decided to start reciting the Lord's Prayer to herself when the pressure is on.

  "I realized I do that in life," Scherer told Baptist Press. "I might as well do that when I'm competing. Being able to say a prayer that's a structured prayer is very comforting." Read More

• EDITORIAL: La solución para el racismo y la retaliación

  by Peter Citelli, posted Friday, August 05, 2016 (8 years ago)

  Recientemente varios pastores de nuestra Asociación Bautista local fuimos convocados para asistir a una reunión en la que se trataron varios temas sobre la diversidad social, el racismo y la retaliación los cuales son temas frecuentes a nivel nacional. ... Read More

• Olympics: U.S. diver abandons chase of fame, pursues Christ

  by Tim Ellsworth, posted Friday, August 05, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

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  RIO DE JANEIRO (BP) -- Diver David Boudia had accomplished his life's dream when he captured a gold medal in the men's 10-meter platform competition at the 2012 Olympics in London.

  He soon learned how small and inconsequential that medal actually was.

  "My biggest issue was my continued belief in the lie I had started listening to as a child -- that the gold medal would be all satisfying," Boudia writes in his book "Greater Than Gold: From Olympic Heartbreak to Ultimate Redemption," published this year by Thomas Nelson. "Even though I was a Christian, and even though I had gone to the London Olympics with a proper perspective on my purpose, I began to lose sight of that in the days that followed." Read More

• Team USA flag bearer Phelps' rehab 'Purpose-Driven'

  by Tim Ellsworth, posted Friday, August 05, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  BP file photo

  RIO DE JANEIRO (BP) -- Michael Phelps, Team USA flag bearer at the Olympics opening ceremony tonight (Aug. 5) in Rio De Janeiro, was heavily influenced by Rick Warren's "The Purpose-Driven Life" during rehab after his second arrest on a drunken driving charge.

  "It's turned me into believing that there is a power greater than myself, and there is a purpose for me on this planet," Phelps said about the book in an ESPN feature. Read More

• TRUSTEES: GuideStone reports during 'Year of Influence'

  by Timothy E. Head, posted Friday, August 05, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (BP) -- Citing gratefulness to the Lord for the privilege to serve those who serve Him, GuideStone executive officers and staff provided updates on key lines of business during the entity's summer trustee meeting. Read More

• Teen gender transitions harmful, pediatricians say

  by David Roach, posted Friday, August 05, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- An association of pediatricians has released a research paper citing scientific evidence that permitting gender-confused adolescents to impersonate the opposite sex through surgery or hormone therapy is harmful.

  "The treatment of [gender dysphoria] in childhood with hormones effectively amounts to mass experimentation on, and sterilization of, youth who are cognitively incapable of providing informed consent," the American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) stated in an Aug. 3 document titled "Gender Dysphoria in Children." Read More

• Abedini: $400M 'ransom' debate best left to leaders

  by Diana Chandler, posted Friday, August 05, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  BOISE, Idaho (BP) -- Pastor Saeed Abedini is reluctant to question the purpose of $400 million in foreign currency the Obama administration paid to Iran during a prison swap that secured Abedini's release from an Iranian prison in January. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: So help me God

  by Brian Hobbs, posted Friday, August 05, 2016 (8 years ago)

  During this year's U.S. presidential race, Brian Hobbs challenges Christians to consider the words of the oath of office when deciding which candidate should have their vote. "This is a sobering time for America, as well as a time to pray deeply about the decisions we make," writes Hobbs, editor of The Baptist Messenger of Oklahoma. Read More

• Aspiraciones olímpicas enfrentarán los retos de Río

  Por Tim Ellsworth, posted Friday, August 05, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  RÍO DE JANEIRO, Brasil (BP) -- Sid Hopkins es una atracción llamativa cuando visita las Olimpiadas.

  El retirado director de misiones de la Asociación Bautista Metropolitana Gwinnett del área de Atlanta lleva un sombrero y un chaleco decorado con cientos de broches que a la gente no le da vergüenza inspeccionar. Hopkins intercambia los broches con otros fanáticos olímpicos mientras distribuye broches hechos especialmente para las Olimpiadas que cuentan la historia de Jesús. Read More

• PC 5.28% por encima de proyección a la fecha

  Por el personal, posted Friday, August 05, 2016 (8 years ago)

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Las contribuciones hasta la fecha a las misiones y ministerios nacionales e internacionales de la Convención Bautista del Sur recibidas por el Comité Ejecutivo de la CBS están 5.28 por ciento por encima de la proyección a la fecha de la asignación de presupuesto del Programa Cooperativo, y están 2.99 por ciento por encima de las contribuciones recibidas durante el mismo período el año pasado, de acuerdo al comunicado del presidente y director ejecutivo del Comité Ejecutivo de la CBS, Frank S. Page.

  El total a la fecha representa el dinero recibido por el Comité Ejecutivo para el ... Read More

• Sandra Wisdom-Martin electa directora de WMU

  Por Julie Walters, posted Friday, August 05, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- Sandra Wisdom-Martin fue unánimemente elegida como directora ejecutiva y tesorera de la Unión Femenil Misionera nacional por la junta ejecutiva durante una reunión especial, 29 y 30 de julio, en Birmingham, Alabama.

  Sandra Wisdom-Martin, quien ha servido como directora ejecutiva de la Unión Femenil Misionera (WMU por sus siglas en inglés) de Texas, sucede a Wanda Lee. La señora Lee ha servido como directora ejecutiva de la organización de misiones de 128 años durante los pasados 16 años. La señora Wisdom-Martin comenzará ... Read More

• El discurso de Clinton en la CND se quedó corto en cuanto a los asuntos sociales

  Por David Roach, posted Friday, August 05, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

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  FILADELFIA (BP) -- El discurso de 5,000 palabras de la candidata presidencial demócrata, Hillary Clinton, en la Convención Nacional Demócrata en Filadelfia el 28 de julio, dedicó un total de una frase al aborto y un poco menos a los llamados derechos de los homosexuales.

  La breve mención de los asuntos sociales llevó a Walter Bradley, un ex fideicomisario de la Comisión de Ética y Libertad Religiosa y quien sirvió como gobernador teniente republicano en Nuevo México de 1995 al 2002, a expresar su preocupación ya que pareciera que Clinton estuviera "evitando estos asuntos ... Read More

• EDITORIAL: La solución para el racismo y la retaliación

  Peter Citelli, posted Friday, August 05, 2016 (8 years ago)

  Recientemente varios pastores de nuestra Asociación Bautista local fuimos convocados para asistir a una reunión en la que se trataron varios temas sobre la diversidad social, el racismo y la retaliación los cuales son temas frecuentes a nivel nacional. ... Read More