2005 Archives
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Book Reviews_71105
Posted: 7/08/05
Book Reviews
Glimpses of the Devil: A Psychiatrist's Personal Accounts of Possession, Exorcism and Redemption by M. Scott Peck (Free Press)
I have read several of Scott Peck's books over the years. This is his latest, and may be his last. He has retired from his practice and is dealing with health issues. I was intrigued by the title and by several reviews I had read of this book.
I found Glimpses of the Devil to be put together well, as usual. The book features two formats, based upon which account of demon possession Peck is dissecting. In the first, he discusses the exorcism and then reflects upon the person and events. In the second, he intersperses his reflections with the actual account of the exorcism. The events are separated by several years.
What are you reading that other Texas Baptists would find helpful? Send suggestions and reviews to books@baptiststandard.com. 07/08/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Baptist Briefs_71105
Posted: 7/08/05
Baptist Briefs
Allen receives Whitsitt Courage Award. Jimmy Allen, former president of the Southern Baptist Radio and Television Commission and a leader in ethical concerns and causes, received the 2005 Whitsitt Courage Award at a meeting in conjunction with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly. Allen, 78, received the award for his courage in speaking out about a family tragedy to push for more understanding and support for those with AIDS and their families, said John Pierce, president of the Whitsitt Baptist Heritage Society. Burden of a Secret, published in 1995, tells of his family's struggles after his daughter-in-law was infected with HIV from a blood transfusion. She and her two sons subsequently died of AIDS. Allen is a former Baptist General Convention of Texas president, Christian Life Commission director and pastor of First Baptist Church in San Antonio. Currently Allen is a consultant to news media for religion, ethics and spirituality coverage, serves as chaplain emeritus of Big Canoe Chapel in Big Canoe, Ga., where he lives, and teaches ethics as an adjunct professor at Mercer University's McAfee School of Theology.
CBF donates $45,000 to Carter Offering. Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly participants gave $45,000 to the new Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Religious Liberty and Human Rights Offering. Two-thirds of the offering will be designated for the Fellowship's religious liberty and human rights ministries, and one-third will go to the Baptist World Alliance for similar work. Naming the offering in honor of the Carters was approved by the CBF Coordinating Council in February. "We are pleased to lend our names to this offering which has the potential of affecting lives as together we advocate, educate and build friendships around the world," Carter said in a video presentation to the assembly. "Rosalynn and I extend to you our deepest appreciation for the manner in which you continue to follow Christ's example of walking alongside the oppressed and hurting. … Your involvement will be vital to transforming systems, policies and practices that prevent religious liberty among some of the most neglected people of the world. We cannot forget the faces of those whose lives will be changed forever."
Dunns endow Moyers Scholar program. James and Marilyn Dunn donated $100,000 to establish a scholar program at Wake Forest University Divinity School in honor of their longtime friends, broadcast journalist Bill Moyers and his executive producer wife, Judith. Beginning in the spring of 2006, graduate students at Wake Forest University Divinity School in Winston-Salem, N.C., may apply for the Moyers Scholar program, which entitles one recipient per year to a semester internship at the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty in Washington, D.C., where Dunn was executive director from 1980 to 1999. Dunn is resident professor of Christianity and public policy at Wake Forest Divinity School.
07/08/2005 - By John Rutledge
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KidsHeart Africa offers care for AIDS orphans_71105
Posted: 7/08/05
CBF Coordinator Daniel Vestal (left) and Buckner Baptist Benevolences President Ken Hall talk about an expanding partnership between CBF and Buckner to minister among children affected by the AIDS epidemic in Africa. (Photo by Mark Sandlin) KidsHeart Africa offers care for AIDS orphans
By Tony Cartledge
North Carolina Biblical Recorder
GRAPEVINE–The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Buckner Orphan Care International began a partnership to help combat the growing AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa.
07/08/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Global poverty the chief moral issue today, Vestal asserts_71105
Posted: 7/08/05
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Coordinator Daniel Vestal urges participants at the CBF General Assembly to recognize global poverty as the top moral issue facing Christians today. Global poverty the chief moral
issue today, Vestal assertsBy Greg Warner
Associated Baptist Press
GRAPEVINE–Global poverty is “the moral issue of our day,” and how Christians respond is “the acid test of our faith,” Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Coordinator Daniel Vestal told participants at the CBF General Assembly.
07/08/2005 - By John Rutledge
