KANSAS CITY, Kan. (BP) – Five movies opened during the same weekend recently and, though of different genres, all were rated R. It seems to be a trend. Last year, of the nine Oscar nominees for Best Picture, only three escaped an R rating — and just barely. Perhaps “trend” is the wrong word, as this decades-old direction toward harsher content seems to have become the norm. It’s one thing to endure crudity or obscenity in our daily lives (work, school, walking past others at the mall) … [Read more...]
Adoption ‘a picture of the gospel,’ Jasper Rains says
ST. LOUIS – One thought filled Jasper Rains’ prayers during his daily, one-hour drive to and from work in early 2007 – the thought of a baby boy who had been abandoned by his birth mother at the hospital. The previous summer, after Jasper and his wife Kendra received Missouri state foster care licenses, the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home (MBCH) contacted them about this baby boy. “The Children’s Home told us … that this may be our child,” Jasper, who now serves as minister of … [Read more...]
Could churches erase the orphan problem?
BRIDGETON – A map of the nation created by “Together for Adoption” – a Christian conference for adoptive families – suggests that churches around the United States could take care of the nation’s orphan care problem if Christians fully engage in caring for the fatherless. In Missouri, according to the map, there are only 2,067 orphans in Missouri, but there are 8,973 churches of various denominations within the state. So Missouri churches could erase the orphan problem in the state if only … [Read more...]
‘Those Ungrateful Kids!’
Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name,make known his deeds among the people. – I Chronicles 16:8 How can we get kids to appreciate their blessings? Can we just tell them they should be thankful and expect their attitudes to change? In today’s culture of materialism, it is not surprising that children often do not feel thankful for what they have. Things come easily. In many middle-class homes, one can go into the room of a child and see hundreds of dollars worth of toys or other … [Read more...]
New Muppets ‘too toxic for children,’ PTC says
NASHVILLE (BP) — In a study of “The Muppets,” the Parents Television Council reports that the new TV show includes a preponderance of sexual innuendos and other offensive content not suited for children. The first four episodes of half-hour comedy featuring characters created by the late Jim Henson decades ago included adult-themed content every 3 minutes and 38 seconds, the PTC found. The PTC joins another critic of the series, the morality watchdog group One Million Moms, in saying the … [Read more...]
Pro-family voters score ‘massive victory’
NASHVILLE (BP) – Pro-family voters scored wins at the polls Nov. 3. Houston overturned a measure granting protected status to homosexuals and transgendered persons. Both Kentucky and Mississippi elected governors who are pro-life and opposed to same-sex marriage, and Ohio defeated recreational marijuana. Ryan Anderson, a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation, wrote in an online commentary that Election Day 2015 disproved the “conventional wisdom ... that social liberalism is an … [Read more...]
Study spotlights divorce among churchgoers
NASHVILLE (BP) – Before a divorce, churchgoers in troubled marriages look a lot like their happily married counterparts at church — participating, serving and leading at similar rates, a new study shows. After a divorce, the differences can be stark. Twenty percent have dropped out of church entirely. In many cases, their children have stopped attending too. A third give less to the church than they did before. Their churches report leadership voids and fractured relationships. Yet … [Read more...]
Wilcox: Marriage makes men work harder, smarter
HANNIBAL – Men play a significant role in the life and health of their families, and family life changes men for the better, according to W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project. Wilcox, who serves as associate professor of sociology at the University of Virginia, is also a keynote speaker at the 2016 Worldview Conference at Hannibal-LaGrange University, April 14. During an interview with The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler on his … [Read more...]
Worldview Conference to feature 3-time ‘Woman of the Year’
HANNIBAL – With more than 500,000 members, 450 prayer/action chapters and teams, 600 trained leaders, and 30 years of service, Concerned Women for America (CWA) is the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization. “There is hardly a single issue facing the nation today that is not critically important to Baptist women; unless forces are put into place to halt the so-called ‘progressive’ agenda’s rampant spread throughout the nation, all of us are in for some rough days ahead,” said … [Read more...]
MBCH considers partnering with new ministries
BRIDGETON – Sometimes you look for opportunities to minister, and sometimes the opportunities seek you out. In recent days three new opportunities to expand the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home’s (MBCH) reach have knocked on MBCH’s door, and were discussed at the agency’s trustee meeting Oct. 13 at the main Bridgeton campus. The first is the Branches at Brookline, a residential facility for developmentally disabled adults in Republic. The board of Southwest Special Cares, which operates … [Read more...]
‘Moral emergency’: Mohler’s new book responds to reality of sexual revolution
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (SBTS) — In the span of three months in the summer of 2015, three headlines marked historic events that generations of Americans past could never have imagined. First it was former “world’s greatest athlete” Bruce Jenner debuting his gender transition on the cover of Vanity Fair. Next the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states. Within a few weeks Americans witnessed the horrors of abortion in a series of undercover videos purporting to show Planned … [Read more...]
Christian colleges affirm biblical marriage
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities announced resignations, Sept. 21, of two schools that sparked dissension – and prompted other schools to withdraw from the council – after expanding their hiring and benefits policies to embrace same-sex marriage. The pro-homosexual policy changes at these two colleges – Goshen College of Goshen, Ind., and Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisburg, Va. – left Bible-believing institutions with CCCU membership, like … [Read more...]
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