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FIRST-PERSON: Why choosing a church is not like choosing a sports team

Published on October 9, 2012

Appealing to people"s commonalities, memories and personal affinities tends to turn churches into a homogeneous conglomeration of spectators instead of a diverse community of Gospel-centered servants.... Continue Reading »

Turner Gill, at Liberty, steadied by faith

Published on October 8, 2012

The 50-year-old Gill, who is still a legend on the Nebraskan plains for his exploits as a Cornhusker, is now trying to rewrite history some 1,200 miles east of Lincoln in Lynchburg, Va.... Continue Reading »

Former Sooner picks up where he left off

Published on October 8, 2012

What he did as a Sooner football player he continues to do today -- not on the field, but in the locker room, dorm room, throughout the campus and even on road trips. Having an influence in people"s lives... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Sowing and reaping a culture of death

Published on October 8, 2012

For many in America, especially physicians, the unborn child has become nothing more than a commodity.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: What should be called marriage: a modest proposal

Published on October 8, 2012

>I propose that as Americans we declare heterosexual marriage as the only relationship in our society that is to be defined by its sexual nature and that it will continue to be defined as a legal relationship between one... Continue Reading »

Benghazi hero laid to rest; chaplains comfort families

Published on October 8, 2012

Southern Baptist chaplains participated in the service for retired U.S. Navy SEAL Senior Chief Petty Officer Tyrone Woods who died in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11.... Continue Reading »

NINA SHEA: The fatwa against free speec

Published on October 8, 2012

The cascading crisis involving derogatory depictions of Islam"s prophet Muhammad by amateur American filmmakers and French satirists has reinvigorated a 20-year-old demand from the Muslim world for a Western crackdown on free speech.... Continue Reading »

CP ends year 3% above budget; downturn may be reversing

Published on October 2, 2012

The Cooperative Program ended its fiscal year 3 percent over budget and at 99.41 percent of last year"s contributions.... Continue Reading »

Even if this church had a $10M budget ..

Published on October 2, 2012

"If we had a $10 million budget, we still couldn"t do a small portion of what we can do when we cooperate with 45,000 other Southern Baptist churches,"... Continue Reading »

Survey: Pastors reject pulpit endorsements

Published on October 2, 2012

Nearly 90 percent of pastors believe they should not endorse candidates for public office from the pulpit, according to a survey by LifeWay Research.... Continue Reading »

Calif. bans change therapy for gay teens

Published on October 2, 2012

California"s governor has signed a controversial bill banning therapy for gay teens who want to change their sexuality, a move that already has drawn promises of lawsuits from two groups who say the new law violates religious liberty.... Continue Reading »

Worldwide, video leads to Christian persecution

Published on October 2, 2012

Across much of the Muslim world, more than two weeks of backlash to the Internet video "Innocence of the Muslims" has occasionally been directed at Christians, from computer hacks to church burnings.... Continue Reading »