Wednesday, November 09, 2016

• After election: The Christian response

  by Steve Gaines, posted Wednesday, November 09, 2016 (7 years ago)

  

  

  Southern Baptist Convention leaders Steve Gaines and Frank S. Page issued separate articles on how Christians should respond to the Nov. 8 presidential election. "The world is watching us," Gaines writes. "May they see Jesus in us." Read More

• With election over, prayer & grace urged

  by Tom Strode, posted Wednesday, November 09, 2016 (7 years ago)

  

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  WASHINGTON (BP) -- Donald Trump pulled off a startling victory with the support of four in five white voters who identified themselves as evangelical Christians, and Southern Baptist leaders called for prayer for the president-elect and grace toward others.

  Trump -- the billionaire, celebrity businessman -- completed his unexpected rise through the Republican Party and the American electorate to defeat Democratic favorite Hillary Clinton Tuesday (Nov. 8), surprising pollsters and most observers in the process. Read More

• Physician-assisted suicide approved in Colorado

  by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, November 09, 2016 (7 years ago)

  DENVER, Colo. (BP) -- Colorado voters overwhelmingly legalized physician-assisted suicide Nov. 8, joining five other states where similar laws already exist. Read More

• Marijuana legalization expands despite Ariz. stand

  by David Roach, posted Wednesday, November 09, 2016 (7 years ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Eight of the nine states with marijuana-related ballot measures Nov. 8 expanded legalization of the drug.

  Of the five states to consider recreational marijuana legalization for adults, only Arizona rejected it. California, Massachusetts, Maine and Nevada all voted in favor of legalization. Read More

• FROM THE SEMINARIES: MBTS $1M student center challenge grant; state senator highlights SWBTS prison program

  by SBC Seminary & BP Staff, posted Wednesday, November 09, 2016 (7 years ago)

  The J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation has issued a $1 million challenge grant to Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary toward the construction of the Mathena Student Center. At Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, a Texas state senator underscores the viability of its degree program at a state maximum security prison. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Staring at the persecuted church

  by Robert Jackson, posted Wednesday, November 09, 2016 (7 years ago)

  In a small, crowded room in India, family physician Robert Jackson encounters the persecuted church. "I didn't deserve to rub shoulders with men who had been beaten, imprisoned and tortured for advancing the Kingdom of Christ," he writes. Read More