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First Person – Attention: Creatives and Techies

I?m not so good with my hands. I own a tool set, but the tools are scattered throughout the house and the case is hidden under our bed. Yes, I own a lawn mower ? but it's the electric... Continue Reading »

Abortion tied to depression, suicide

Women who have undergone an abortion have an 81 percent higher risk for mental health problems and are more likely to attempt suicide, abuse alcohol and suffer depression, according to a study in a mainstream British journal that is... Continue Reading »

Beyond the Cure

One of the things one learns as a physician is that disease, even when defeated, leaves damage. Surgeries to repair injuries result in scars, and sometimes permanent disabilities. Radiation leaves hoarseness, pain, and its own kind of scars both... Continue Reading »

Book offers comfort for grieving parents

A student minister from Union has written a book designed to offer comfort to any parent who has lost a child.... Continue Reading »

Fast Facts for September 15, 2011

  CP giving below previous year’s pace Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are 2.10 percent below the same time frame last year. As of Aug. 31, gifts... Continue Reading »

‘Courageous’ movie can be evangelism tool, SCBC strategist says

?Courageous: Honor Begins at Home? is the newest feature film from Sherwood Pictures, the makers of ?Facing the Giants? and ?Fireproof.? The movie, which opens in theaters Sept. 30, depicts the tough side of fatherhood set against the backdrop... Continue Reading »

China releases 5 house church leaders

Chinese Christians rejoiced at the release of five house church leaders from labor camp, only to hear shortly thereafter on Aug. 30 that an opponent of forced abortion will be sent to a prison built specifically for him.... Continue Reading »

First Person – ‘Utopia,’ film with Christian values, attracts A-list cast

Verbose in his faith, gentle in demeanor, David Cook is an inspirational speaker, a renowned sports psychologist, and the screenwriter of the new film 'seven Days in Utopia,? starring Robert Duvall and Lucas Black. In his film, he uses... Continue Reading »

Inside Texas prison, seminary begins to change lives

Housed in this maximum security unit, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary"s new bachelor"s degree in biblical studies gives inmates the opportunity to experience life transformation through studying the Bible as well as share that transformation with others.... Continue Reading »

ADAM & EVE (R. Albert Mohler Jr.): Clarifying what is at stake

This is the second article that R. Albert Mohler Jr. has written on denials by some scholars of a historical Adam and Eve as the first parents of all humanity and as the solitary first human pair.... Continue Reading »

N.C. citizens (finally) to get marriage vote

After years of watching their neighbor states pass constitutional amendments protecting the natural definition of marriage, North Carolinians finally will get to vote on the issue in 2012.... Continue Reading »

N.H. gay ‘marriage’ repeal advances

A bill repealing New Hampshire"s gay "marriage" law passed a House subcommittee by a vote of 3-1 Wednesday, potentially putting the state on track to becoming the first one to repeal such a law via the legislature.... Continue Reading »