Baptist Press Archive

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

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  • What happens to children who die in infancy?
    by David Roach, posted Tuesday, August 25, 2015 (9 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE (BP) -- In response to the release of a series of videos showing Planned Parenthood employees reportedly discussing the sale of baby parts obtained through abortion, evangelicals have expressed a range of views on the eternal destiny of children who die in infancy.

    Among Southern Baptists, most agree Scripture suggests aborted babies -- along with others dying in infancy and individuals with severe mental disabilities -- go to heaven. Read More

  • Orphaned but not alone: Sue's fulfilling life
    by Jim Burton, posted Tuesday, August 25, 2015 (9 years ago)

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    PRATTVILLE, Ala. (BP) -- Randall Tucker has conducted countless funerals during 32 years as pastor of Prattmont Baptist Church. But he faced a challenge for the memorial service of Sue Chapman. Tucker had never known her.

    Tucker learned that Chapman, 75, grew up at the Alabama Baptist Children's Home in Troy, the ministry's primary location for many years. Read More

  • Long-term investors urged to focus on objectives
    by Timothy E. Head, posted Tuesday, August 25, 2015 (9 years ago)

    DALLAS (BP) -- Monday's (Aug. 24) stock market drop, on the heels of disappointing performance over the last few days, led to headlines and some investor concerns. But long-term investors should continue to consider their objectives and time horizons, advises an investment strategist.

    David S. Spika, global investment strategist at GuideStone Capital Management, LLC, has offered ... Read More

  • Midwestern receives $7M gift toward student center
    by T. Patrick Hudson, posted Tuesday, August 25, 2015 (9 years ago)

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) -- In what President Jason Allen called an answer to prayer for one of the "most significant institutional needs" since Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's inception in 1957, the school has received a $7 million pledge from an Oklahoma family for a new student center.

    Allen said he could not adequately express gratitude to God for His providence in uniting the seminary with Harold and Patricia Mathena of Oklahoma City who have pledged $7 million to Midwestern Seminary as a lead gift toward an approximately ... Read More

  • ISIS rapes captives as 'worship,' experts say
    by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, August 25, 2015 (9 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Revelation that the ISIS caliph repeatedly raped American hostage Kayla Mueller before her murder has brought to light the terrorists' revival of an ancient practice of raping women captives as a form of religious "worship," experts say.

    Ayman S. Ibrahim, senior fellow for the Jenkins Center for the Christian Understanding of Islam at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., said the gruesome practice dates to a biographical text about Muslim prophet ... Read More

  • KATRINA 2005-15: 'Test of our faith'
    by Fred Luter, posted Tuesday, August 25, 2015 (9 years ago)

    NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- The devastation of Hurricane Katrina 10 years ago, New Orleans pastor Fred Luter writes, was "a test of our willingness to come back and rebuild. … We will never be the city we had before." Read More