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| UPON HIS DEATH Jan. 10, legendary Texas Baptist pastor W. A. Criswell was remembered as a visionary leader, expository preacher and unique person. He was arguably the best-known Baptist preacher in America in the latter half of the 20th century— second in recognition only to evangelist Billy Graham. ___He was the author of 54 books, including "Why I Preach that the Bible is Literally True," a volume considered to have helped launch the conservative movement that shook the Southern Baptist Convention in the 1980s and '90s. Full Story___ |
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CYBERCOLUMNS:
Brett Younger:
A duck's life
Commentaries:
Scott Sharman
Jerry Raines
Brian Burton
Charles B. Graves Jr.
Wayne Grant
Milton Ferguson
Eugene Kennedy
David Gushee
Taylor Field
He Said/ She Said
by Mark and
Alison Wingfield
Coverage of BGCT
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VIDEO: Editor Marv Knox gives Baptist Standard address at BGCT annual meeting.
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  The Wingfield kids cause their parents to ponder "peanut butter and faith"
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| Lubbock couple takes church to troubled children ___By Russ Dilday ___Buckner News Service ___LUBBOCK--When Joel Edgmon got the call for his next assignment as a Mission Service Corps missionary, it wasn't by phone--which was a good thing, because he couldn't have answered it anyway. He was in the shower. ___But God needs no phones, and Edgmon clearly heard God calling him and his wife, Judy, to teach and lead worship at Buckner Children's Home in Lubbock. ___No one was more surprised than Edgmon himself. Full Story |
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| PULPIT POWER: The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. ___By Ben Johnson ___Religion News Service ___HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (RNS)--Ask the average person to recite two or three lines from a sermon by Martin Luther King Jr. and you're likely to hear a familiar refrain: "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" ___Those are the noted last three sentences from King's "I Have a Dream" speech delivered during the 1963 March on Washington. Considering the major role King played in the civil rights movement in the 20th century, it's easy to forget he was a preacher at heart, said Mervyn Warren, a professor at Oakwood College in Huntsville. Full Story DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXANS: East Texas businessman Bo Pilgrim ___Since 1946, Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim has built Pilgrim's Pride from a small feed store in the East Texas village of Pittsburg into an international Fortune 500 corporation. Through it all, he has remained a faithful husband, father and grandfather, provided steady leadership in his local Baptist church and supported numerous Baptist causes. Full Story |
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Comment:Death in the Pot(ter)
Debate on Harry Potter
Professor sees virtue
Potter e-mail hoax
Potter & biblical magic
Is it real, or Potter?
Comment: What about Harry Potter?
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