Wednesday, August 23, 2006

• Iran responds to United Nations proposals, but not with bombs, on Aug. 22

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 (18 years ago)

  TEHRAN, Iran (BP)--Despite a warning from a Princeton scholar of Iran possibly initiating catastrophic events Aug. 22, the Muslim nation continued its exchanges with the international community on nuclear weapons production by releasing a 21-page counterproposal. Read More

• Execution ‘stayed indefinitely’ for 3 Indonesian Catholics

  by Art Toalston, posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 (18 years ago)

  WASHINGTON (BP)--The execution of three ethnic Indonesian Christians has been “stayed indefinitely,” a spokesperson for International Christian Concern told Baptist Press Aug. 23. Read More

• CULTURE DIGEST: Military dismissals over homosexuality rose in ’05; geneticist reasons the existence of God; ...

  by Erin Roach, posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The U.S. Department of Defense reports that 726 service members were discharged from the military for being homosexual in 2005, which represents an 11 percent increase over the previous year. Read More

• Coca-Cola best family friendly advertiser, GM worst, PTC says

  by Erin Roach, posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 (18 years ago)

  LOS ANGELES (BP)--Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. ranks as the best family friendly advertiser this year on the Parents Television Council’s fifth annual list of “Top Ten Best and Worst Advertisers,” which ranks advertisers according to how frequently they sponsor wholesome, family oriented television shows or those containing sexually graphic, violent or profane material. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: A call for theological triage & Christian maturity

  by R. Albert Mohler Jr., posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 (18 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--In every generation, the church is commanded to "contend for the faith once for all delivered to the saints." That is no easy task, and it is complicated by the multiple attacks upon Christian truth that mark our contemporary age. Assaults upon the Christian faith are no longer directed only at isolated doctrines. The entire structure of Christian truth is now under attack by those who would subvert Christianity's theological integrity. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: 3 signs of optimism for the American church

  by Thom S. Rainer, posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--If you have read earlier columns by me, you know that I am deeply concerned about the American church. Evangelistic effectiveness is waning. Biblical illiteracy is growing. And many of the 400,000 churches in the United States seem to be caught up in activities with little purpose of meaning. Read More