by Bob Allen | Sep 12, 2006 | News
“Is this the beginning of World War III?” queries the cover story in the September issue of Jerry Falwell’s “National Liberty Journal.” “The crisis in the Middle East is escalating beyond imagination,” writes Edward Hindson,...
by Bob Allen | Sep 8, 2006 | News
The president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary took exception to a newspaper’s reference to his decision to censor a chapel sermon that included a reference to speaking on tongues as a “rebuke” of a seminary trustee. At the same time, the...
by Jeff Kosseff | Sep 7, 2006 | News
WASHINGTON (RSN) Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has said he will try to block a federal bill that would override Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide law. Wyden said Tuesday he has placed a hold on the Assisted Suicide Prevention Act, introduced by Sen. Sam Brownback,...
by Bob Allen | Sep 6, 2006 | News
An Associated Press story last week profiled a movement among evangelical Christians to convince parents to withdraw their children from public schools. “The courts say no creationism, no prayer in public schools,” the story quoted Roger Moran, co-sponsor...
by Bob Allen | Sep 6, 2006 | News
A sixth defendant in the Baptist Foundation of Arizona criminal trial pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony charges of fraudulent schemes and artifices. According to terms of a plea bargain proposed by prosecutors, former BFA board member Lawrence Dwain Hoover could be...
by Bob Allen | Sep 6, 2006 | News
The Baptist Center for Ethics has released a pastoral letter calling on Baptist clergy to support an international Christian campaign asking world leaders to keep their promises to reduce global poverty by half. The Micah Challenge, launched officially in October...
