by Bob Allen | Feb 9, 2004 | News
A Southern Baptist news service report quoting NFL quarterback Kurt Warner has the former MVP scrambling to deny he blamed being benched this season by the St. Louis Rams on his Christian faith. Baptist Press on Monday carried a story headlined “Former MVP Kurt...
by Bob Allen | Feb 6, 2004 | News
Growing up in a New York City barrio and Miami, Cuban-born Miguel De La Torre spent many of his formative years living on the margins of society. But it was only after becoming a successful businessman turned seminarian that he learned to read the Bible “from...
by Cliff Vaughn | Feb 6, 2004 | News
The Baptist General Convention of Texas has produced a cinema advertisement to coincide with the release of Mel Gibson’s controversial movie, “The Passion of the Christ.” The BGCT’s ad itself became a source of controversy when one theater...
by Cliff Vaughn | Feb 5, 2004 | News
One of best new dramas of the 2003-04 season has been CBS’ “Joan of Arcadia” (Friday, 8 p.m. ET/PT). It debuted with CBS’ best rating in that slot in three years. It recently won a People’s Choice Award for best new TV drama, and the...
by Bob Allen | Feb 3, 2004 | News
North American Mission Board officials defended inviting a Catholic speaker to a conference aimed at helping college students and young professionals merge faith with daily life. Howard Roszak of Paisley, Fla., wrote a letter to the editor published Jan. 8 in the...
by Cliff Vaughn | Feb 2, 2004 | News
More American Catholics will be drinking “fair trade” coffee, thanks to a new partnership between a coffee worker cooperative and a Catholic relief agency. The CRS Coffee Project, announced Jan. 21 in a press release, is a joint initiative of Equal...
