NASHVILLE (BP) – Discovery of another planet that might support life has given rise to speculation about intelligent life elsewhere in the universe – and whether such lifeforms would need the Gospel. “Briefly stated, saying that scientists ‘think there may be life’ on [the newly discovered planet] is greatly overstating what the scientific community is thinking,” said Bill Nettles, physics department chair at Union University. But “if there is intelligent life on other planets, we … [Read more...]
God is still in our schools
Watching sand pass through an hourglass always captivated me as a child. It seemed as though the mass of sand would never pass through the bottleneck, but in quick order the final grains fell. There is a bottleneck where nearly every person over the next 20 years will pass. The church could surround this bottleneck and change communities and impact every life in across the nation over a few decades. Some churches have realized the great strategic value and have already gotten started. The … [Read more...]
Atheists object to Mizzou’s chaplains, prayers
COLUMBIA – Atheists with the Madison-Wis.-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) are renewing their objection to the University of Missouri’s football chaplaincy. FFRF initially contacted Mizzou in August of last year to complain about its chaplaincy program. The university replied that it had no intention of changing its program. The university’s response contended that Mizzou’s football chaplaincy is acceptable because it is voluntary. The chaplaincy includes “access to a … [Read more...]
Former U.S. Attorney General, former ERLC Prez to keynote ‘Unshakeable Truth’ conference
LEBANON – On October 15-16, hundreds of believers will gather here in Lebanon for the Unshakable Truth Worldview Conference. The conference, hosted by Heritage Baptist Church, will feature Christian leaders and scholars from across the country who will speak about major cultural issues of the day, according to organizers. Speakers include, among others, former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft, Former Ethics & Religious Liberty President Richard Land, and Answers in Genesis Spokesman … [Read more...]
Voter registration resources available
JEFFERSON CITY – All the resources churches need to conduct a voter registration campaign are free and ready for ordering. The Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) Christian Life Commission has partnered with Concerned Women for America of Missouri to offer the packets in preparation for the Nov. 8 general election. Deadline to register is Oct. 12. “In addition to praying, we must cast our votes to fulfill our Christian responsibility toward government, one of three institutions – along … [Read more...]
Pro-gay ‘shame list’ features HLGU, SBU, MBTS
NASHVILLE (BP) – Nearly a third of the 102 institutions of higher education on a pro-homosexual activist group’s list of “the absolute worst colleges for [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender] youth” have Southern Baptist ties – including Missouri’s own Hannibal-LaGrange University, Southwest Baptist University and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. All schools on the list, which was published Aug. 29 by the college-focused organization Campus Pride, have a religious affiliation, with … [Read more...]
First Amendment rights are under attack
If you feel like your government has made you a target for exercising your First Amendment rights (specifically freedom of speech and religion), you now have good reason. The demonizing of conservative Christians is spreading in numbers and intensifying in its vitriolic rants. Lest you think Missouri will escape such behavior, think again. In recent days a top Obama administration official and Hillary Clinton, the Democrat nominee for president, both attacked people who oppose same-sex … [Read more...]
‘Sad’ Russian anti-evangelism law ends a ministry
ORYOL, Russia (BP) -- Missionaries Donald and Ruth Ossewaarde always suspected their Gospel ministry in Oryol, Russia, wouldn't last when they began in 2002, he told Baptist Press by telephone from his home in the central Russian town of 320,000. But he had not expected to be among the first people arrested under Russia's new law prohibiting organizations from evangelizing outside church walls and without a government permit. Two weeks after police interrupted Ossewaarde's Sunday … [Read more...]
Target’s bathroom fix falls short, boycotters say
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (BP) – Target’s $20 million plan to add single-stall bathrooms in its U.S. stores does not fix its policy allowing bathroom and dressing room use based on gender identity, the leader of a national boycott against the company said. Target announced Aug. 17 the timeline and cost of its plan to install the locking, single-toilet bathrooms for customers who feel uncomfortable using the bathroom with those who identify as transgendered. Details of the plan came the same day … [Read more...]
America’s demographic winter
Is America heading for a demographic cold snap? The fertility forecast is gloomy these days. We’ve talked before on BreakPoint about the fertility crisis facing China, Japan, and much of Europe—all of which face what has been called a “demographic winter.” Until recently, the United States has been an exception to this distressing trend, but this seems no longer the case. To understand why, here’s a primer. Demographers use two numbers to measure fertility rates: the average number of … [Read more...]
Baptist institutions wait for abortion mandate solution
WASHINGTON (BP) – Southern Baptist-affiliated institutions are maintaining their stand against the Obama administration’s abortion/contraception mandate while they continue to wait for a satisfactory legal resolution. GuideStone Financial Resources and four Baptist universities – East Texas Baptist, Houston Baptist, Oklahoma Baptist and Truett McConnell – are among 92 nonprofit religious organizations awaiting what they hope will be an agreement with the federal government that protects … [Read more...]
Scholars refute Times transgenderism op-ed
NASHVILLE (BP) – A New York Times op-ed suggesting the Old Testament supports transgenderism has been classified by Southern Baptist seminary professors as a mischaracterization of Hebrew grammar and theology. “It should not surprise any of us that if we want to find something in Scripture, then we will twist it to say what we want it to say,” Paul Wegner, professor of Old Testament studies at Gateway Seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention, told Baptist Press. Mark Sameth, a Reform … [Read more...]
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