Thursday, November 10, 2005

• Senate subcommittee rekindles Marriage Protection Amendment, process continues

  by Staff, posted Thursday, November 10, 2005 (18 years ago)

  WASHINGTON (BP)--A Senate subcommittee approved a constitutional amendment to protect marriage Nov. 9 in Congress’ first action on the measure this year. Read More

• Intelligent Design supporters lose in Pa. school board election

  by James Patterson, posted Thursday, November 10, 2005 (18 years ago)

  HARRISBURG, Pa. (BP)--Supporters of a Pennsylvania school district’s policy to make high school science students aware of Intelligent Design say they will not be dissuaded by a school board election that swept candidates into office who ran on a platform opposed to the policy. Read More

• Revival must come first to the pulpit, Gaines says

  by Kyle Smith, posted Thursday, November 10, 2005 (18 years ago)

  Gaines’ exhortation Bellevue Baptist Church pastor Steve Gaines exhorts Southeastern Seminary students to get a “full heart,” not just a “full head,” during their campus studies. Photo by Courtney Navey

  WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--In the midst of a culture of churches plagued by unbiblical proclamation and immature congregants and devoid of the glory of God, revival must begin in the pulpit, pastor Steve Gaines said at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary’s annual Sandy Creek Revival Week.

  Gaines, the new pastor of the Memphis-area Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tenn., preached a series of messages to bring spiritual refreshment to the next generation of Christians intent on returning biblical proclamation to the nation’s pulpits. Read More

• Cash’s daughter says new film fails to paint accurate picture

  by Staff, posted Thursday, November 10, 2005 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Kathy Cash, the second daughter of music legend Johnny Cash, says the upcoming film biography of her father, “Walk the Line,” portrays her family -- particularly her mother, Johnny’s first wife -- unfairly in an effort to further glamorize the love story between Johnny and June Carter Cash. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: ‘Walk the Line’ nudges toward faith

  by Phil Boatwright, posted Thursday, November 10, 2005 (18 years ago)

  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (BP)--The new film about the late Johnny and June Carter Cash ends just before the season in their lives when they became publicly vocal about their faith and how that faith helped Cash in his battle with drugs. Read More

• Baptist association responds to Tenn. school shooting

  by Staff, posted Thursday, November 10, 2005 (18 years ago)

  JACKSBORO, Tenn. (BP)--In the wake of a Tennessee school shooting that left an assistant high school principal dead, Campbell County Baptist Association and its churches are responding with crisis intervention debriefing and prayer sessions for the community. Read More

• Ark. Baptists to create nonprofit campground agency

  by Charlie Warren, posted Thursday, November 10, 2005 (18 years ago)

  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (BP)--The first step in granting agency status to the Baptist Assembly at Siloam Springs was approved during the Arkansas Baptist State Convention’s Nov. 8-9 annual meeting. Read More

• Seminary’s Roman Catholicism workshop draws participants from 5 states

  by Cory Miller, posted Thursday, November 10, 2005 (18 years ago)

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--A two-day interfaith evangelism workshop on Roman Catholicism drew more than 85 participants from five states to Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Kansas City, Mo., campus. Read More

• WORLDVIEW: After Hariri assassination, Lebanese still seek ‘The Truth’

  by Erich Bridges, posted Thursday, November 10, 2005 (18 years ago)

  BEIRUT, Lebanon (BP)--Bold black banners dominate the walls of many buildings in Beirut these days. Emblazoned in stark white on each banner are two words: “The Truth.” Read More