Stories tagged with: the cross

• Cross-cultural worship reflects Revelation 7:9 eternity

  by Rachel Cohen and Andrew Rivers, posted Monday, December 30, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

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  RICHMOND, Va., (BP) -- Missionaries sometimes say that worshiping in a cross-cultural context is a dress rehearsal for a Revelation 7:9 eternity. As a cross-cultural worker in South Asia, Rachel Cohen agrees. But if she is honest, sometimes the rehearsal is pretty awkward.

  Living in South Asia among a culture whose worship is loud, long, and -- perhaps most uncomfortable for a Baptist -- moving. Many South Asian Christians love to worship with what they call "action songs," and they encourage enthusiastic participation from everyone, no exceptions. Read More

• 'Overcomer': live-action drama, humor & inspiration

  by Phil Boatwright, posted Thursday, August 22, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (BP) -- It's good to know that although we have to be wise in our film choices, there are some quality live-action theatrical releases suitable for Christian parents and their kids.

  One such film is "Overcomer," the newest venture from Christian writers Alex and Stephen Kendrick, founders of Sherwood Pictures. Read More

• High court upholds cross on public land

  by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, June 20, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  WASHINGTON (BP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday (June 20) a 40-foot cross on public land that serves as a memorial to World War I soldiers does not defy the First Amendment's ban on government establishment of religion.

  In a 7-2 decision, the justices reversed the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals' opinion that a Latin cross in Bladensburg, Md., violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment under a nearly 50-year-old test by promoting Christianity. The American Humanist Association (AHA) challenged the constitutionality of the cross, which was completed in 1925 to memorialize 49 soldiers from Prince George's County, Md. Read More

• 'Holy moments': Floyd commissions son as successor

  by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, May 20, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (BP) -- Ronnie Floyd called them "holy moments." The senior pastor of Cross Church for nearly 33 years, Floyd preached his final sermon May 19 and commissioned his son Nick as his successor.

  "Pastor Nick and my son, even as [the apostle] Paul knelt and he prayed, I put my hands in your hands today as a sign and a symbol to our people that God is transferring this to you," Floyd said as both he and his son knelt before Cross Church's combined congregations at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Ark. Read More

• Cross Church affirms Nick Floyd as senior pastor

  by Art Toalston, posted Monday, April 29, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  SPRINGDALE, Ark. (BP) -- Nick Floyd was affirmed Sunday (April 28) as the next senior pastor of Cross Church in northwest Arkansas, to succeed his father, Ronnie Floyd, president/CEO-elect of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee.

  A statement posted at the church's website reported: "This morning, April 28, 2019, in the eleven services of Cross Church, Dr. Nick Floyd was voted upon and affirmed in an overwhelming manner to become the next Senior Pastor of Cross Church at the conclusion of morning worship on Sunday, May 19, 2019." Read More

• Nick Floyd nominated as Cross Church senior pastor

  by Art Toalston, posted Monday, April 15, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  SPRINGDALE, Ark. (BP) -- Nick Floyd has been nominated as senior pastor of Cross Church in northwest Arkansas, the church's board of directors announced to the congregation Sunday (April 14).

  A vote will be held in each service at Cross Church's four campuses on Sunday, April 28. Read More

• Court signals it may change church-state doctrine

  by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, February 28, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court gave hope Wednesday (Feb. 27) to at least some defenders of a 40-foot cross on public land that it might not only protect the memorial but clarify its doctrine on government establishment of religion. Read More

• Supreme Court eyes 'flawed' church-state precedent

  by Diana Chandler, posted Friday, February 22, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

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  WASHINGTON (BP) -- Religious liberty advocates including Southern Baptists hope the U.S. Supreme Court will establish a clear precedent Feb. 27 to answer a question regarding the separation of church and state in the public square. Read More

• Vets memorial cross gets Supreme Court lifeline

  by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, November 05, 2018 (5 years ago)

  

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  BLADENSBURG, Md. (BP) -- The U.S. Supreme court has agreed to hear the case of a near-century old World War I veterans' memorial in Bladensburg, Md., previously ordered dismantled because it's a cross.

  Erected in 1925 with private funds from The American Legion and mothers of slain soldiers, the Bladensburg WWI Veterans Memorial stood unchallenged for 90 years, until the American Humanist Association (AHA) sued in 2014.

  First Liberty Institute and international law firm Jones Day, representing The ... Read More

• 'Flawed,' 'hot mess' precedent defeats Fla. cross

  by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, September 11, 2018 (6 years ago)

  

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  PENSACOLA, Fla. (BP) -- If the federal court had its way, a 34-foot cross would remain at its Pensacola, Fla., post. But "flawed precedent" that judges called a "hot mess" forced them to rule otherwise, the judges wrote in their opinion.

  Judges said their hands were tied by the 1983 ruling in the nearly identical case of ACLU v. Rabun County, when the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ordered a cross be removed from Black Rock Mountain State Park in Georgia.

  "Given the parallels between the two cases -- and crosses -- we think it clear that Rabun ... controls our analysis and requires that we affirm the district court's decision," the three-judge panel in the current Eleventh Circuit Court wrote in its Sept. 7 decision. Read More