Thursday, September 15, 2016

• Razor wire & steel door give way to layman's heart

  by Chris Turner/Tennessee Baptist and Reflector, posted Thursday, September 15, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo by David LaMar

  DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (BP) -- It is a familiar routine. First there is the sound of an obnoxious buzzer, then the sudden firing of a heavy deadbolt that unlocks the gray steel door separating freedom from incarceration. The closing slam reverberates down the gray cinderblock hall sending an authoritative reminder that freedom is not an option. Read More

• 'Horse whisperer' proclaims Gospel at state fair

  by Richard Nations/Missouri Pathway, posted Thursday, September 15, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo used by permission

  SEDALIA, Mo. (BP) -- David Frazier doesn't really like the term "horse whisperer."

  "That's kind of Hollywood. I haven't even seen the movie," Frazier said of a 1998 film starring Robert Redford who played the role of a horse trainer with a gift for understanding horses.

  "But we use the term here because people understand what it means, and it communicates to the audience that we are going to train a horse in front of them." Read More

• Kaine cites Genesis 1, pope to support gay marriage

  by David Roach, posted Thursday, September 15, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  Screen capture from YouTube

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- In a speech to America's largest pro-gay lobbying group, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine said the Bible buttresses his support of same-sex marriage. And he predicted the Roman Catholic Church eventually will change its mind on the issue, like he has.

  Evangelical theologians, however, said Kaine appeared to distort biblical teaching and Catholic doctrine in service of a political agenda. Read More

• 'Insanity of God' ticket sales top $1 million

  by Marty King, posted Thursday, September 15, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Ticket sales for an encore showing of "The Insanity of God" in theaters Tuesday, Sept. 13, pushed box office receipts to $1.1 million.

  "Due to the success of the film's two one-night theater showings," Trey Reynolds, manager of LifeWay Films, said, "we are planning a church simulcast for the film the first or second week of November, with a consumer DVD and church license DVD to be released Nov. 21." Read More

• Study: Radical Islam looming across African Sahel

  by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, September 15, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  Image from Google

  SAHEL, Africa (BP) -- The poverty- and drought-stricken Sahel region spanning northern Africa is becoming a breeding ground for radical Islamic groups intent on persecuting Christians, according to a study conducted by World Watch Research.

  The Sahel, a horizontal swath spanning parts of Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia, has become attractive to extremist groups that offer financial security to attract impoverished adherents facing uncertainties in the semi-arid land, reported World Watch Research, a division of the Open Doors International advocacy organization for persecuted Christians. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: January is coming

  by Gary Ledbetter, posted Thursday, September 15, 2016 (8 years ago)

  Gary Ledbetter laments the tone of division among Baptists displayed in social media over two unlikeable candidates vying for the White House. "It's time to talk less," Ledbetter, editor in chief of the Southern Baptist TEXAN, writes. "It's time to pray more" yet making sure of "your own core beliefs." Read More

• Bible Study: Sept. 18, 2016

  by Staff/LifeWay Christian Resources, posted Thursday, September 15, 2016 (8 years ago)

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- This weekly Bible study appears in Baptist Press in a partnership with LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Through its Leadership and Adult Publishing team, LifeWay publishes Sunday School curricula and additional resources for all age groups. Read More