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Monday, July 25, 2016

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  • Hell defended amid National Geographic's challenge
    by David Roach, posted Monday, July 25, 2016 (8 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE (BP) -- The doctrine of hell, claims an article in National Geographic, "isn't as popular as it used to be."

    But evangelist David Stockwell apparently hasn't received the memo. He has preached on hell at every single one of his evangelistic meetings through 45 years of fulltime evangelism and told Baptist Press he sees people respond "with conviction and a great desire to get right with God."

    Stockwell, president of the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists, is among ... Read More

  • 'Left Behind' author Tim LaHaye dies at 90
    by David Roach, posted Monday, July 25, 2016 (8 years ago)

    SAN DIEGO (BP) -- Tim LaHaye, author of the bestselling Left Behind novels who helped stir a national interest in end-times prophecy, died today (July 25) of a stroke. He was 90.

    In addition to his end-times novels, LaHaye was a pastor, evangelical leader and author of more than 60 other books with 14 million copies in print on topics ranging from family life and sexuality to secular humanism and God's will, according to an obituary from Tim LaHaye Ministries. Read More

  • United Methodists elect first openly gay bishop
    by Ciera Horton/WORLD News Service, posted Monday, July 25, 2016 (8 years ago)

    ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP) -- The United Methodist Church's (UMC) Western Jurisdiction unanimously elected the denomination's first openly lesbian bishop on July 15, going against the UMC"s official stance on homosexuality.

    The Rev. Karen Oliveto's election follows long-term disputes within the 12.7 million-member UMC about homosexuality, furthering concerns of an impending church division.

    "This election raises significant concerns and questions of church polity and ... Read More

  • Severe injuries teach what's 'really important'
    by Redunda Noble, posted Monday, July 25, 2016 (8 years ago)

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    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (BP) -- Watching Laura Spradlin drain 3-pointers and block shots, it's hard believe a car crash nearly took her life.

    "I love that basketball is a game for tall people," said Spradlin, who has played since she was 5. At almost 6-foot-2, not being able to play basketball was torture. "I couldn't run for months because of my injuries," she said.

    "But I knew I needed to try my hardest because I really wanted to play again." Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: They need an invitation
    by Ernest L. Easley, posted Monday, July 25, 2016 (8 years ago)

    You never know who may be in a worship service and how they might be stirred by the sermon, evangelism professor Ernest Easley writes. The invitation to turn to Christ should be "prayed through and prepared for as much as the message itself," Easley, a former pastor, writes. Read More