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Delivering one of the more explicitly Christian speeches in recent history by a major figure considering a run for the White House, Texas Gov. Rick Perry told more than 30,000 Believers in Houston Aug. 6 that America has "forgotten... Continue Reading »

David B. Barrett, founding editor of the World Christian Encyclopedia, a former research consultant with the then-Foreign Mission Board, and a pioneer advocate for people groups still unreached with the Gospel, died Aug. 4 in Richmond, Va., after a... Continue Reading »

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 »

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 »

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

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 »

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

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 »

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

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 »

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 »