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| Albert Reyes, president of the
Hispanic Baptist Theological School in San Antonio, will be
the speaker at the annual Texas Baptists Committed breakfast
at 7 a.m., Tuesday, Nov.11, in the Grand Atrium at the Holiday
Inn Park Plaza in Lubbock. |
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| International Mission Board President
Jerry Rankin recently issued a statement [in Baptist Press]
titled Reflections on missionaries’ response to affirming
the BaptistFaith and Message.” His purposes appear to
be two-fold: (1) to justify recent International Mission Board
forced resignations and firings of missionaries who refused
to sign the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message; and (2) to prove
that the way the IMB used the BF&M is not creedal. He
failed on both counts. |
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| Recently one of my church members
loaned a marvelous book to me about the making of the King
James Version of the Bible. |
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| Muslims believe that the angel
Gabriel came to Mohammad in a dream or trance and presented
him with a perfect Holy book called the Koran right out of
paradise. |
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| On July 21, 2003 eight people
from our congregation, Cross Roads Baptist Church, traveled
over ten hours south to the Rio Grande Valley for a week of
missions. |
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| Baptist Internet discussion forums
draw a variety of participants who have a multitude of differing
opinions. |
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| I am a woman in the SBC, I teach
men, and have done so for the last sixteen years. |
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| Jerry Rankin and I have a lot in common. |
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| Recently some Baptist preachers
were arrested for acts of civil disobedience. |
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| RICHMOND, Va. (BP)—Asking
Southern Baptist missionaries who serve with the International
Mission Board to affirm that their work and personal convictions
are compatible with what their sponsoring denomination believes
has been an interesting process. |
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| I am enjoying James L. Haley’s
Sam Houston, the very readable and fascinating account
of the life of the Commander-in-Chiefof the Texas Revolutionary
Army and President of the Republic of Texas, friend of Baptist
preachers George Washington Baines and Rufus Burleson. |
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| After working for about 11 years away from
Texas, it is good to be here among Texas Baptists. |
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| Preamble:
The original three languages of the Bible make no distinction
between faith and believing since they have only one word
to use. |
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| Much to the consternation of
some, Roy’s Rock, the two-and-one-half-ton monument emblazoned
with the Ten Commandments, has been relocated to a storage
area in the Alabama Judicial Building. |
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| TBC’s 2003 Annual Convocation
focused on the theme of religious freedom. |
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Where
do the Ten Commandments belong?
By J. Brent Walker
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| In the emotionally volatile debate
over whether “Roy’s Rock” should stay in the
Alabama State Judicial Building, one supporter of the display
vowed, “they’ll never be able to remove it from
our hearts.” |
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| Paraphrasing Pete Seeger’s
famous folk tune from the ’60s, I want to pose the question:
“Where have all the Baptists gone? |
