by Cliff Vaughn | Mar 10, 2005 | News
Kevin Costner has always loved the movies. Born in California in 1955, Costner grew up learning some of life’s lessons from the silver screen. “Movies affected me a great deal,” Costner said recently while promoting his latest movie, “The...
by Bob Allen | Mar 9, 2005 | News
The judge at the center of a Florida right-to-die dispute is a Southern Baptist and conservative Republican, whose vilification by pro-life groups has affected his relationship with his church, according to a newspaper profile. The St. Petersburg Times portrayed...
by Cliff Vaughn | Mar 9, 2005 | News
Filmmaker Len Morris finds it shameful that a documentary on child labor is even possible in the 21st century. But it is, and Morris’ Galen Films, in conjunction with Romano Productions, spent years documenting a human rights abuse afflicting a quarter of a...
by Bob Allen | Mar 8, 2005 | News
The “day of entitlement” for Baptist organizations is over, and is being replaced by new models of cooperation that foster flexibility, responsiveness and collaboration, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Coordinator Daniel Vestal wrote in a monthly...
by Bob Allen | Mar 8, 2005 | News
Three-time Southern Baptist Convention president Adrian Rogers retired after 32 years as senior pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in suburban Memphis last weekend. Several current and former denominational leaders honored the popular preacher credited with launching...
by Cliff Vaughn | Mar 8, 2005 | News
More than a year after “The Passion of the Christ” bowed in U.S. theaters to controversy and long lines, Mel Gibson’s version of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion will debut theatrically again—this time lacking its more brutal shots. “The...