Baptist Press Archive

Monday, April 05, 2004

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  • Holman Christian Standard Bible dedicated; described as historic, accurate, readable
    by Staff, posted Monday, April 05, 2004 (20 years ago)

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--New Bible translations are a rarity. So rare, in fact, there have only been seven pure translations in the past 570 years.

          “This is a historic event for us, and we pray future generations will see this as a profoundly historical day as well,” James T. Draper Jr., president of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, said as he opened the April 2 dedication service for the new Holman Christian Standard Bible. “This just doesn’t happen that often.”

          Draper was joined Broadman & Holman Vice President Ken Stephens, Holman CSB General editor Ed Blum and a standing-room only crowd of several hundred LifeWay employees and guests in Nashville, Tenn., in celebrating the completion of the first major English-language translation of the Bible in more than 30 years.

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  • Father leads physician Martha Myers’ tribute in chapel
    by Susan Reed, posted Monday, April 05, 2004 (20 years ago)

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    Remembering Martha


    Ira and Woodie Myers, in background, receive Midwestern Seminary President Phil Roberts’ thanks as part of a tribute to their daughter, Martha Myers, a physician who was one of three workers killed in Yemen’s Jibla Baptist Hospital in December 2002.


    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--“God doesn’t call extraordinary people. He calls ordinary people to do extraordinary jobs.”

    With these words, Ira Myers challenged students, faculty and staff at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary during a March 30 chapel service. Myers was a special guest at the Kansas City, Mo., campus as the father of Martha Myers, one of the three Baptist workers killed by a lone gunman at Jibla Baptist Hospital in Yemen on Dec. 30, 2002. Ira Myers was joined by his wife, Woodie, and their pastor, Rick Evans of Dalraida Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala.

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  • Worship Circus recounts when God's love 'landed in our town’
    by Kelli Cottrell, posted Monday, April 05, 2004 (20 years ago)

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    Rock 'N' Roll Worship Circus

    LONGVIEW, Wash. (BP)--"I remember the day when the love of God landed in our town / He took all the silent and broken hearts, fixed them up and gave them a sound / You had almost every different kind of kid from every different kind of social background / Taking all the cool they had and praising God, as He spun them around / When God came to town."

          The lyrics by Gabriel Wilson, lead singer of a Christian band named the “Rock 'N' Roll Worship Circus,” recount a time when the Holy Spirit swept into the lives of teens in his hometown of Longview, Wash. Read More

  • Graham sees passion movement & 'ultimately a mission’
    by Katherine Albers, posted Monday, April 05, 2004 (20 years ago)

    NEW ORLEANS (BP)--Most Christians will not be called upon to die for their faith, “but we are all called upon to live for our faith, to live for Jesus and, in becoming living sacrifices, to share His passion with the world,” said Jack Graham.

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  • FIRST-PERSON: Creative tension in the ‘real world’
    by Henry Blackaby, posted Monday, April 05, 2004 (20 years ago)

    ATLANTA (BP)--All of us live in a world where creative tension exists. As Christians, we have a very real and personal desire to live under Christ’s Lordship. Yet we live in a world that does not submit to His Lordship. Often the directives we are given to follow are against our values and commitments to Christ. How then should we live?

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  • SPORTS: The Admiral's greater cause
    by Tim Ellsworth, posted Monday, April 05, 2004 (20 years ago)

    MULKEYTOWN, Ill. (BP)--David Robinson has never been one to seek the spotlight. He was selfless with the basketball, and he's selfless with his money.

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