December 9, 2002
Article List
- Christmas begins in Pearl when choir sings
- Barna poll: Non-Christians not impressed with evangelicals
- Ho Ho Helpers at Hardin-Simmons
TEXAS
- Christmas begins in Pearl when choir sings
- 40 Days of Purpose brings big results in Kaufman
- Ho Ho Helpers at Hardin-Simmons
- Amazing Grace & race examined in new history
- Texas Baptist layman helped make 'Amazing Grace' popular, but with a twist
- BGCT communications adds two
- BGCT's church-bond unit will cease operations
- Fort Worth church employs creative funding to get a new building erected
- Hispanic church grows with English switch
- This church's 'Sleeper Sunday' is no time to catch a few winks
- Morgan elected Samford vice president
- Program breathes LIFE into Sunday School
- Research Institute locates at Southwestern Seminary
- Rural Texas church baptizes 44 people in a six-week period this fall
- Supreme Court will decide sodomy case from Texas
- On the Move
- Around the State
- Texas Tidbits
BAPTISTS
- District of Columbia convention faces financial challenges due to changes
- Baptist Briefs
RELIGION
- Barna poll: Non-Christians not impressed with evangelicals
- Bush's 'compassionate conservatism' derailed by politics, DiIulio cautions
- 'Starter marriages' called an American trend with a high social price
- Amazing Grace & race examined in new history
- Texas Baptist layman helped make 'Amazing Grace' popular, but with a twist
- Anti-abortion license plates allowed
OPINION
- EDITORIAL: Scary mirror: Confronting America's spiritual ignorance
- DOWN HOME: The nose knows to make scents
- TOGETHER: Exercise stewardship with a will
- ANOTHER VIEW: God expects each Christian to live a purpose-driven life
- Texas Baptist Forum
- He Said/ She Said
- Cybercolumn
BIBLE STUDY
- Explore the Bible for Dec. 22: Christ's birth broadcasts a summons to all people
- Family Bible Study for Dec. 22: Christ, the Savior, came for regular Joes & Janes
- Family Bible Study for Dec. 15: Though never quoted, his life spoke volumes
- Explore the Bible for Dec. 15: Vine is the secret to fruitful branches
- Explore the Bible for Dec. 8: Jesus prepares his disciples for his departure
- Family Bible Study for Dec. 8: Mary is a model of faith, service & sanctification
- BaptistWay Bible Study for Texas Lesson for 11/10: More than just a part of speech, make love a verb
- BaptistWay Bible Study for Texas Lesson for 11/17: Practice spiritual gifts according to 'the way of love'
- BaptistWay Bible Study for Texas Lesson for 11/24:The promise of the resurrection eliminates death
- BaptistWay Bible Study for Texas Lesson for 12/1: Silence can lead to a time of profound discovery
- BaptistWay Bible Study for Texas Lesson for 12/8: Isaiah heard the music of hope in troubled times
- BaptistWay Bible Study for Texas Lesson for 12/15:The Coming of God to restore & redeem the world
- BaptistWay Bible Study for Texas Lesson for 12/22:Reflect the light that shines in the darkness
- BaptistWay Bible Study for Texas Lesson for 12/29:It's just Saturday, but Sunday is coming soon
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