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Binge drinking common among teens

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that 69 percent of students who reported binge drinking indulged in the activity on more than one occasion in the past 30 days.... Continue Reading »

Fast Facts for January 25, 2007

Cartledge leaving N.C.’s Biblical Recorder Biblical Recorder editor Tony Cartledge will leave his post at the state newspaper in mid-year to join the faculty of Campbell University’s divinity school in Buies Creek, N.C. Cartledge, 55, will serve as associate... Continue Reading »

Commentary: In need of prayer – by Don Kirkland

Early on a Sunday evening, our little band of missions volunteers was leaving for worship services in the slums of Rio de Janeiro. Rain had left the steps in front of our hotel dangerously slick, and, heavily laden with... Continue Reading »

Use of Koran in congressional oath splits conservatives

When U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison became the first person in Congress ever to take the ceremonial oath of office on the Koran, conservatives divided as to whether it was appropriate.... Continue Reading »

$58.4 million offering record for North American missions

Giving to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions topped $58 million for the first time ever in 2006, exceeding last year's goal by more than $2 million.... Continue Reading »

Ridgecrest hits century mark

Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville is a place many people are surprised to learn is not only one of the largest religious conference centers in the nation, but also is celebrating a century of ministry this... Continue Reading »

House churches grow in popularity

The Barna Group has identified a growth in the number of non-denominational house churches across the United States, noting that such churches are seemingly more satisfying to those who attend than conventional churches.... Continue Reading »

The Pastor’s Corner – by Danny Burnley

?Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise,... Continue Reading »

Christ is the magnet

I believe that Dale Moody, in 'the Word of Truth: A Summary of Christian Doctrine Based on Biblical Revelation,? has hit the nail on the head with respect to the issue of Calvinism versus Arminianism.... Continue Reading »

SCBC scholarships available

Scholarships for South Carolina Baptist college/university and seminary students pursuing a church-related vocation are available through the state convention's collegiate ministry group.... Continue Reading »

Christian challenge

I would like to thank Frank Page, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, for his column ?Gifts and fruit? (Dec. 28, 2006, Baptist Courier), which I believe is the truth. But I believe the only way to bear the... Continue Reading »

Martha Franks resident writes of ‘Journey into Glory’

Charles E. Hood, a retired South Carolina pastor, has recently published 'seven Day Journey into Glory,? a book in which he interprets what lies ahead for Christians after physical death.... Continue Reading »