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  Obituary: Baylor prof Fred Hulme Jr.

  Fred Hulme Jr., 64, a professor in Baylor University’s management information systems department, died Feb. 23 in Waco.

  03/07/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Mission to Haiti prompts launch of Bears for Orphans

  After returning from her second trip to Haiti, Baylor student Caroline Giles was burdened by the social injustice she saw there and sought to involve her campus in bringing hope to orphans across the world.

  03/07/2014 - By John Rutledge

• On the Move: Tim Hughes

  Tim Hughes to Alto Frio Baptist Encampment as camp administrator.

  03/07/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Faith Digest: Ultra-Orthodox protest military draft law

  Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews took to the streets in Jerusalem to protest a bill that would require many of them to serve in the Israeli military. 

  03/06/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptist Briefs: GuideStone Tax Guide ready

  The 2014 edition of GuideStone Financial Resources’ annual Tax Return Preparation and Federal Reporting Guide is available.

  03/06/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Sloth harder than resting in God, Beth Newman asserts

  Sloth is not merely laziness, but a refusal to allow God to fulfill his purposes that creates restlessness, Beth Newman told participants in Howard Payne University’s Currie-Strickland Distinguished Lectures in Christian Ethics.

  03/06/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Lord’s Supper offers rest and restoration, theologian says

  Most Christians—especially Baptists— miss the rest and restoration that can be found in the Lord’s Supper, said Beth Newman, the keynote speaker for Howard Payne University’s Currie-Strickland Distinguished Lectures in Christian Ethics.

  03/06/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas Tidbits: Literacy Connexus director honored

  Texans Care for Children named Lester Meriwether, Literacy Connexus executive director, as a recipient of the 2014 Phil Strickland Founder’s Award. 

  03/06/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Some signs of the times bring smiles—and tears of joy

  When a Hardin-Simmons University freshman saw a man on a street corner holding a vulgar sign, he decided to dispel the darkness by shining a little light through an encouraging sign of his own.

  03/06/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Southern Baptist attitudes changing on birth control

  Questions about the morality of birth control increasingly appear in columns and blogs by SBC ethicists and ministers.

  03/05/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptist shift on abortion drifts to contraception

  Once essentially pro-choice, the Southern Baptist Convention today stands firmly with pro-life evangelicals and Catholics on sanctity-of-life issues, including opposition to mandated coverage of contraceptives in the Affordable Care Act.

  03/05/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Survey shows changing attitudes toward gay issues

  Americans’ attitudes toward the lives and choices of gays and lesbians have changed radically since Massachusetts first legalized same–sex marriage a decade ago.

  03/05/2014 - By John Rutledge