NASHVILLE (BP) – Southern Baptist Theological Seminary received a mention on the Jeopardy! Masters April 30 episode in a manner that gave a nod to the school’s devotion to biblical fidelity. “Scripture is the sole authority for faith and practice if you study at SBTS, this theological seminary in Louisville,” host Ken Jennings read to the contestants. Victoria Groce, the reigning Jeopardy! Masters champion who is currently in third place in the tournament, buzzed in first. “What … [Read more...]
Documentary tells stories of Joplin tornado, leaves out God’s faithfulness
JOPLIN – Even as Missouri works to recover from recent tornadoes and damaging winds, for many, every severe weather warning and dark cloud brings to mind the deadly tornado that hit Joplin on May 22, 2011. A new documentary from Netflix, “The Twister: Caught in the Storm,” tells the story of that Sunday evening as people gathered for Joplin High School’s graduation, ran to Target to pick up some hair dye, or just drove around to do some amateur storm chasing. I was on a road trip that … [Read more...]
Animated ‘King of Kings’ tells Jesus’ life at Easter, inspired by Dickens tale
PROVO, Utah (BP) – A few years after Charles Dickens wrote perhaps his most popular book, “A Christmas Carol,” he compiled the long-unpublished work, “The Life of Our Lord,” as a personal gift to his children. Adapted from the Gospel of Luke, “The Life of Our Lord” chronicles Jesus’ life from birth to death to resurrection. As the story goes, Dickens would read it to his children each Christmas season, but it was not published until 1934, decades after the author’s death and a year after … [Read more...]
The First Hymn: Resurrected third-century praise song set for pre-Easter release
LA MIRADA, Calif. (BP) – What was left of the hymn, archeologists found 100 years ago in ancient Egyptian ruins on a scrap of tattered papyrus, long buried by desert sand. The discovery was sealed in a climate-controlled vault at Oxford University until John Dickson came along. Dickson, who joined Wheaton College in 2022 as the inaugural Jean Kvamme Distinguished Professor of Biblical Studies and Public Christianity, began to realize the importance of the papyrus for today’s … [Read more...]
MBTS’s second set of Spurgeon sermons released through Reformation Heritage Books
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (MBTS) — After decades out of print, Charles Spurgeon’s sermons from the earliest years of his preaching at the Metropolitan Tabernacle have been republished for a new generation. Released through a partnership between Reformation Heritage Books and the Spurgeon Library at Midwestern Seminary, the new set contains weekly sermons that Charles Spurgeon preached to his London congregation from 1861 to 1876. “I am very grateful for the release of this second set of … [Read more...]
Eyes up, screens down: Phone free becoming more common at youth events
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (BP) – Peer pressure can be a good thing. It’s not something usually pressed in a student ministry setting, but Bill Newton has discovered its value at Immanuel Baptist Church. Talk to youth ministry leaders and you will soon learn the expansive impact cell phones have on students. Approximately 95 percent of American teenagers have one. To get an idea on the speed at which that point came, consider that in 2011 nearly a quarter of teens (23 percent) had a smart phone. … [Read more...]
Babylon Bee CEO to keynote Vitae Foundation’s pro-life event in Jefferson City, March 25
JEFFERSON CITY (Vitae Foundation) – Seth Dillon, CEO of The Babylon Bee, is coming to Jefferson City for Vitae Foundation’s Don and Ruth Ann Schnieders Annual Pro-Life Event on Tuesday, March 25. Taking on the tone of a traditional news media publication, The Babylon Bee satirizes real-world events and public figures. Seth Dillon’s experience with censorship and deplatforming has placed him on the front lines of the battle for free speech in the public square. He now speaks on … [Read more...]
MBTS’s Wilson releases ‘Lest We Drift: Five Departure Dangers from the One True Gospel’
KANSAS CITY (MBTS) – Midwestern Seminary celebrated the Feb. 4 release of Lest We Drift: Five Departure Dangers from the One True Gospel, the 27th book by Jared C. Wilson. In Lest We Drift, Wilson, who serves as assistant professor of pastoral ministry and author in residence at Midwestern Seminary, warns ministry leaders against the dangers of drifting from gospel-centrality, identifying several temptations toward such drift facing the church today. “Though the momentum of … [Read more...]
Son of Missouri Baptist church member returning to lead role in film, ‘I Can Only Imagine 2’
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (PRNewswire) – Fresh off the holiday hit The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company are in preparation for production on I Can Only Imagine 2, a sequel to the breakout hit I Can Only Imagine. The 2018 film I Can Only Imagine took in over $83 million in domestic box office. The sequel will be directed by Brent McCorkle and Andrew Erwin from a screenplay written by McCorkle. I Can Only Imagine 2 will continue the inspirational true story of … [Read more...]
‘Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Assassin’ … an imperfect, but exciting film
KANSAS CITY – The Second World War is an endlessly fascinating mine for cinematic story-telling. Bullets, bombs, and clearcut villains and real-life, world-shaping stakes tend to do that. So it’s always a delight when an under-told twist on the stories makes it to the screen. Such is the case with Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. You may know the name behind this based-on-a-true-story film. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor who resisted the Nazi-fication of the church in 1940s … [Read more...]
‘The Israel Dilemma’ film ties Scripture, archeological evidence to current strife
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (BP) – Defending itself against Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu noted the nation of God’s chosen people is at war on seven fronts, not only against Iran, but also Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, terrorists in the West Bank and Shiite militias in Iraq and Syria. Are there biblical prophecies – along with corroborating archeological evidence – foretelling the nation’s predicament? That is the answer investigative Christian filmmaker Tim Mahoney sets … [Read more...]
Book chronicles Adrian Rogers’ zeal amid NASA’s race to the moon
MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. – A dozen or so miles from NASA’s launch pads at Cape Canaveral, a new pastor – Adrian Rogers – asserted in a sermon, “God has given us a golden opportunity” that “very few people get to see.” Arriving in Merritt Island, Fla., in 1964 amid America’s race to the moon, Rogers told First Baptist Church, founded 15 years earlier, “This church cannot be a normal church. “It should be large and strong. It should be attractive and exciting. It should be abreast of the … [Read more...]
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