Stories tagged with: primary

• Disabled pastor labors 6 months on last sermon

  by Tammi Reed Ledbetter/Southern Baptist TEXAN, posted Monday, October 16, 2017 (6 years ago)

  

  Photo courtesy of KLTV

  ALBA, Texas (BP) -- For 34 years, Ron Dyess preached the sufficiency of God's grace, encouraging folks amid trials in their lives with God's promise to supply all their needs.

  He thought he understood those Scriptures -- until he began dealing with a neurological disease.

  In 2013 the signs of an undiagnosed condition began to appear. First, he began falling. Then he noticed he was mispronouncing some of his words. That gave ... Read More

• Trump wins GOP, 'evangelical' vote in S.C. primary

  by Tom Strode, posted Monday, February 22, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- Billionaire Donald Trump easily won the Republican primary Feb. 20 in the evangelical Christian stronghold of South Carolina, strengthening his frontrunner's status for the presidential nomination.

  Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton defeated Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Nevada caucuses the same day, providing an important victory after her 20-point loss in New Hampshire. The former secretary of state and first lady gained 52.6 percent of the vote, while Sanders, a self-described socialist, polled 47.3. Read More