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Thursday, April 06, 2000

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  • Partial-birth abortion ban approved, faces third veto
    by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, April 06, 2000 (24 years ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP)--The U.S. House of Representatives again voted overwhelmingly to prohibit a gruesome procedure known as partial-birth abortion, but a third, and final, veto from President Clinton apparently awaits.

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  • Okla. House pushes for 'one God as the creator' in science texts
    by Jerry Pierce, posted Thursday, April 06, 2000 (24 years ago)

    OKLAHOMA CITY (BP)--The Oklahoma House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill April 4 that includes an amendment requiring state-approved science textbooks to acknowledge "one God as the creator of human life in the universe."

    But a conference committee will likely strip the language from the bill, state Rep. Jim Reese, author of the amendment, told Baptist Press. Senate Bill 1139 would add requirements for a state textbook committee that drew controversy last November after approving an... Read More

  • Broadcasters, SBC's Land defend Dr. Laura against homosexual protest
    by Todd Starnes & Art Toalston, posted Thursday, April 06, 2000 (24 years ago)

    MANASSAS, Va. (BP)--The National Religious Broadcasters has come to the defense of syndicated radio psychologist Laura Schlessinger, whose upcoming television program has drawn angry protests by homosexual activists.

    NRB President Brandt Gustavson wrote a letter to Paramount Television encouraging the company to stand firm against homosexual activists' protests of Schlessinger's show, which is slated to begin Sept. 11. The NRB encompasses more than 1,250 Christian communicators in the United S... Read More

  • Baptist deacon's crazy games point teens to faith in Jesus
    by Michael Leathers, posted Thursday, April 06, 2000 (24 years ago)

    CARBONDALE, Ill. (BP)--To understand what makes Brian Lukes tick, all you have to do is read the handwritten note from his teacher on his third-grade report card. "Brian would be better served," she wrote to his parents, "if he concentrated more on his studies instead of organizing games for everyone else."

    If only his teacher could see the 46-year-old today. He's still orchestrating games, undoubtedly wilder and crazier than any ideas he had ever conceived for his childhood comrades. These ga... Read More

  • Case for the resurrection presented to 'ladies and gentlemen of the jury'
    by Rebecca Megli, posted Thursday, April 06, 2000 (24 years ago)

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary students were addressed as the "ladies and gentlemen of the jury" as Michael Whitehead provided evidence for the resurrection of Jesus.

    Whitehead, interim president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, has practiced law in Kansas City, Mo., for 25 years.

    Before making his case, Whitehead explained how Harvard law professor Simon Greenleaf came to the realization in the mid-1800s that the resurrection of Jesus is true. Gree... Read More

  • From SBC leaders to local churches, new vocal group gains a hearing
    by Bryan Cribb, posted Thursday, April 06, 2000 (24 years ago)

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Paige Patterson probably doesn't get serenaded from hotel balconies often. Neither do the Boyce Singers often sing to Southern Baptist Convention presidents.

    But last September, a chance encounter with the SBC president provided this group of vocalists from the James P. Boyce College of the Bible in Louisville, Ky., with a rare concert opportunity. Standing on an overhang of a Lynchburg, Va., hotel, the Boyce Singers presented Patterson with an a cappella performance.

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  • First-ever worship congress held by Latin American Baptists
    by Wendy Ryan, posted Thursday, April 06, 2000 (24 years ago)

    NITEROI, Brazil (BP)--More than 2,000 pastors, musicians, theologians and laypeople from 18 countries packed First Baptist Church, Niteroi, Brazil, for a first-ever Latin American Baptist congress on worship, March 15-18.

    The meeting included worship filled with vibrant praise and searching questions on worship styles, including content and music.

    Also, the congress provided the setting for a reconciliation between two Brazilian Baptist bodies that formerly had been divided over their differ... Read More