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CULTURE DIGEST: Parents urged to talk about marijuana; research shows pot impairs driving

Parents can play a key role in whether their teenagers use marijuana, but an expert said too many parents are reluctant to set firm boundaries with the drug.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: 4 mistakes I made as a father

You see, I have made many mistakes as a father.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Pro-choicers brought us the personhood battle

Mississippi has become ground zero in the debate over the legal status of the preborn.... Continue Reading »

Personhood movement aims for landmark win in Miss. election

After suffering disappointing losses in Colorado in 2008 and 2010, the pro-life community"s young personhood movement is on the verge of what would be a landmark victory in Mississippi to define all human life as beginning at conception.... Continue Reading »

Land urges ‘yes’ for Miss. personhood amend

Southern Baptist ethics leader Richard Land has urged Mississippi voters to support an amendment to their state constitution that will protect human life from the moment of conception.... Continue Reading »

At 7 billion, world abounds in inequality

As the global population reached an estimated 7 billion in October, crowds in the United States and other developed countries were "occupying" various city parks and squares to protest corporate greed and other perceived inequalities.... Continue Reading »

Land, Wallis, talk politics, 2012 race

Jim Wallis, CEO of Sojourners, and Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention"s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, met at the National Press Club to address the issues that should concern America"s next president and the voters who... Continue Reading »

Southern Baptist rep. urges prayer for Obama

The three congressmen -- Reps. Dan Boren, D-Okla., Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., and James Lankford, R-Okla. -- distributed to all 435 members of the House of Representatives a book titled "Obama Prayer: Prayer for the 44th President," by Charles Garriott,... Continue Reading »

Q&A: Keith & Kristyn Getty on why hymns matter

That doesn"t mean they want churches to stop singing the old hymns -- just the opposite -- but they do want churches to see that modern songs can have a similar lyrical depth.... Continue Reading »

Embrace: ‘fresh wind’ for churches & UUPGs

"It seems God has just breathed a fresh wind of his Spirit and is blessing what seems to be becoming a movement," Elliff said of the Embrace strategy by which churches "evangelize and disciple authentically through discipleship that produces... Continue Reading »

CP anchors church’s readiness for Embrace

Since its start in 1957, Memorial Baptist Church in Bogalusa, La., has embraced the Cooperative Program.... Continue Reading »

October CP giving 17.27% below ’10

Contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee in October were 17.27 percent below the same month last year, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and Chief... Continue Reading »