Monday, August 21, 2006

• LIFE DIGEST: Closings of abortion clinics continue; ...

  by Tom Strode, posted Monday, August 21, 2006 (18 years ago)

  WASHINGTON (BP)--A summer of judgment for abortion clinics continues as operations at six more abortion clinics were shut down recently in Alabama and Florida, maintaining a pattern that began developing in mid-June. Read More

• Fox show highlights Warren's partnership with Rwanda

  by Tobin Perry, posted Monday, August 21, 2006 (18 years ago)

  Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., visited with local children in Kibuye, Rwanda, earlier this month. The Rwandan ministry of Warren and his wife, Kay, were the focus of a one-hour feature on Fox News Aug. 21. Photo by Allison Cox, Saddleback Church

  LAKE FOREST, Calif. (BP)--Either he’ll mobilize the world’s Christians to tackle global giants like spiritual emptiness, ego-centric leadership, poverty, disease, and illiteracy or Rick Warren will die trying, the Southern Baptist pastor told Fox News Aug. 21.

        “Throwing money at it is not the answer,” Warren told Fox interviewer David Asman. “These are the problems that the United States has failed to solve. The United Nations has failed to solve. The only thing big enough to solve them actually is the church.”

  "Rick Warren can't, but Jesus can."

  Rick Warren when asked 'Can Rick Warren save the world?'

        Warren shared his global P.E.A.C.E Plan, a purpose driven vision to tackle global evils in the world, during the hour-long documentary on Fox News.

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• As Beirut’s buildings crumbled, so did barriers to the Gospel

  by Dea Davidson, posted Monday, August 21, 2006 (18 years ago)

  BEIRUT, Lebanon (BP)--Downtown Beirut was the place to be. Read More

• Students consider their callings during Collegiate Week

  by Brooklyn Noel, posted Monday, August 21, 2006 (18 years ago)

  More than 1,000 students stand in Glorieta's Holcomb Auditorium during LifeWay's Collegiate Week services for a time of praise with worship leader Jacob Winn and his band. Photo by Blake Noel

  GLORIETA, N.M. (BP)--The statements of uncertainty seem never-ending:

  “I graduate next semester, but I have no idea what I’m doing next.”

  “Well, I’m majoring in education, but I don’t know if I really want to teach for the rest of my life.”

  “Maybe seminary....”

  These, and their infinite variations, are uttered by countless college students on a regular basis, and they are exactly the type of statements LifeWay’s Collegiate Week 2006 theme addressed. Read More

• NAMB honors 18 conventions for church planting & evangelism

  by Staff, posted Monday, August 21, 2006 (18 years ago)

  RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP)--The North American Mission Board’s church planting and evangelization groups recognized achievements by 18 state Baptist convention partners during NAMB’s Aug. 1-3 “Mission Celebration” at LifeWay Ridgecrest Conference Center in North Carolina. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: A call to prayer

  by Frank Page, posted Monday, August 21, 2006 (18 years ago)

  TAYLORS, S.C. (BP)--Following the destruction of Hurricane Katrina, Southern Baptist volunteers descended en masse to the stricken areas. One public official flying over the area asked the question, “Who are those people in yellow shirts?” Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Known by God

  by Henry Blackaby, posted Monday, August 21, 2006 (18 years ago)

  ATLANTA (BP)--Every believer should read and reread Psalm 139 on a regular basis. It is David’s beautiful description of God’s perfect and divine knowledge of Him and His ways: Read More