Friday, April 18, 1997

• Prof's attack on Calvinism renews debate among Baptists

  by Keith Hinson, posted Friday, April 18, 1997 (27 years ago)

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--A well-known Southern Baptist professor's attack on Calvinism has drawn sharp responses from adherents to reformed theology within the convention. Read More

• History professor disputes Calvinism of early Baptists

  by Keith Hinson, posted Friday, April 18, 1997 (27 years ago)

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--A church historian's claim that Calvinism is not a part of Southern Baptist heritage has fueled sharp disagreement from Baptists who hold to reformed theology. Read More

• New Age, Heaven's Gate reflect 'pampered' society, expert says

  by Dan Martin, posted Friday, April 18, 1997 (27 years ago)

  DALLAS (BP)--New Age religion is "intellectual Velcro dragged across the great religions traditions of the world picking up odd bits of theological lint as it goes," Mark Thames, a Dallas interfaith witness speaker, said. Read More

• SBC second vice president speaks at BSSB emphasis

  by Linda Lawson, posted Friday, April 18, 1997 (27 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Lying in a New Orleans hospital bed in September 1977 with broken bones and intense pain, 21-year-old Fred Luter Jr. didn't know if he would live or die.

  He was a street-wise young man whose mother had always made him go to church no matter how late he was out on Saturday night. But he had fallen into the wrong crowd and made a series of choices that had led him away from God. Read More

• Strive for better rewards than earthly ones: Criswell

  by Tammi Ledbetter, posted Friday, April 18, 1997 (27 years ago)

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--In his first visit to Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, W.A. Criswell spoke on being a workman for God to a packed chapel service April 17. They responded to his message by kneeling throughout the auditorium in a prayer of commitment to serve wherever God should call them. Read More

• Richard Stephenson dies at 75, was Va. exec nearly 20 years

  by Staff, posted Friday, April 18, 1997 (27 years ago)

  FALLS CHURCH, Va. (BP)--Richard M. Stephenson, former executive director of the Baptist General Association of Virginia for nearly 20 years, died April 17 in Falls Church, Va., following an extended struggle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 75. Read More