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Thursday, February 09, 2006

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  • Forgiveness yields chapel to change inmates' lives
    by Brian Blackwell, posted Thursday, February 09, 2006 (18 years ago)

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    Fruit of forgiveness


    Burl Cain (center), warden at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, and Gary and Jennifer Hobbs were among 200 people on hand to break ground for a chapel at the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women in St. Gabriel, the byproduct of a visit by Gary Hobbs to Angola to forgive a convicted murderer.

    MANSFIELD, La. (BP)--The day started like any other that Oct. 23 in 1990. Gary Hobbs was working his usual Tuesday night 3-11 shift for the police department in Mansfield, La. At 9:20 p.m., Hobbs was accompanying a parole officer to issue a probation warrant for the arrest of Todd Bass.

    Bass, however, resisted the arrest and fatally wounded the parole officer. Bass then fired six shots at Hobbs, who retaliated with nine rounds. Hobbs suffered only a minor wound to his wrist and missed a week of work. Read More

  • She didn’t want to be asked, ‘What’s God doing in your life?’
    by Karen L. Willoughby, posted Thursday, February 09, 2006 (18 years ago)

    COCHRANE, Alberta, Canada (BP)--Connie Cavanaugh just pretended all was well. She taught Sunday School, played keyboard in the church’s worship team and hosted home Bible studies. But, even as a conference speaker and author, she avoided situations in which she might be asked, “What’s God doing in your life?” Read More

  • LifeWay trustees welcome president, approve new VP
    by Staff, posted Thursday, February 09, 2006 (18 years ago)

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Trustees of LifeWay Christian Resources welcomed Thom S. Rainer as the company’s ninth president, named a new vice president and executive associate to the president, and designated retired president James T. Draper Jr. as president emeritus during their semiannual meeting Feb. 6-7. Read More

  • Rainer calls for boldness in a spiritually hungry world
    by Chris Turner, posted Thursday, February 09, 2006 (18 years ago)

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Christians live in a time of great irony, LifeWay Christian Resources president Thom S. Rainer told LifeWay’s board of trustees Feb. 6 -– the church sleeps while the world hungers for the truth of the Gospel. Read More

  • Tom Hellams approved by LifeWay trustees as new VP
    by Chris Turner, posted Thursday, February 09, 2006 (18 years ago)

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Trustees of LifeWay Christian Resources Feb. 7 unanimously approved the recommendation of Tom Hellams to be vice president and executive associate to LifeWay’s president. Read More

  • WORLDVIEW: Truth versus ‘truthiness’
    by Erich Bridges, posted Thursday, February 09, 2006 (18 years ago)

    RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Jesus wasn’t afraid to show His emotions. He wept when Lazarus died. He shed tears over Jerusalem. He raged against hypocrites and moneychangers defiling His Father’s house. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: Taking off the mask
    by Connie Cavanaugh, posted Thursday, February 09, 2006 (18 years ago)

    COCHRANE, Alberta, Canada (BP)--One day Susan called and asked if I had time to squeeze in a walk. We hadn’t walked for weeks because life had dished up a few extra helpings on both our plates. I missed our visits and although I greatly desired to go, I told her I was too busy. Read More