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Kids see sex on TV, not the web

Published on August 9, 2011

A new study has a bit of good news and lots of bad news for parents worried that their children are being exposed to sex online.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Fundamental truths about the Norway killer

Published on August 9, 2011

As journalists began digging into the who, what, when, where, why and how of Anders Behring Breivik, the deputy police chief of Oslo faced a media scrum and served up the day"s hottest sound bite.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Global warming propaganda from Scholastic?

Published on August 9, 2011

-Tens, even scores, of millions of adult Americans will remember warmly the weekly papers we received in school from Scholastic. They were geared for specific age ranges, Kindergarten through 12th grade, and covered many subjects. They’re still around today,... Continue Reading »

BP Ledger, Aug. 8 edition

Published on August 9, 2011

BP Ledger carries items for reader information each Monday from various Southern Baptist-related entities, and news releases of interest from other sources.... Continue Reading »

‘Showing Jesus’ love’: crews tackle once-flooded Minot

Published on August 8, 2011

Twenty state Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams are now deployed in Minot, N.D., or en route -- eager to assist the thousands of flood victims in this north central North Dakota city of 41,000.... Continue Reading »

Revell, SBC Life editor, accepts pastorate

Published on August 8, 2011

John Revell, editor of SBC Life, is resigning to become pastor of a church in Connecticut.... Continue Reading »

Study: Education doesn’t breed atheism

Published on August 8, 2011

Contrary to popular belief, atheism is not the norm for people with higher education, new research shows.

Education does not push people away from God, it just makes them more likely to accept a liberal attitude toward religion, reported USA... Continue Reading »

Bachmann changes churches

Published on August 8, 2011

A Lutheran church body that regards the office of the Roman Catholic papacy as the Antichrist found itself thrust into a national spotlight after the departure of Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann from one of its churches.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Abortion activists grow desperate, declare war on crisis pregnancy centers

Published on August 8, 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court"s declaration of war upon the unborn in its infamous 1973 decision, Roe v. Wade, caught most conservative Christians unprepared and unaware.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Is same-sex housing sex discrimination?

Published on August 8, 2011

Catholic University made headlines recently when officials announced the school was abandoning coed dormitories.... Continue Reading »

Controversial judicial nominee won’t get vote

Published on August 5, 2011

The nomination to a federal appeals court of former Kansas Attorney General Steve Six, whose confirmation was opposed by pro-life organizations, has come to a halt in the Senate Judiciary Committee.... Continue Reading »

Pastors divided on when to perform weddings

Published on August 5, 2011

American Protestant pastors have widely varying standards for when they will and will not perform wedding ceremonies, according to a new survey by LifeWay Research.... Continue Reading »