Transgenics Creating Real Monsters?
Posted on: Friday, September 7, 2001
The science of transgenics is moving forward despite bad publicity surrounding genetically modified foods. When it involves 'enhancing the human species,' the Bible has something to say.
The Triumph of the Cross
Posted on: Friday, September 7, 2001
"In returning and rest you shall be saved, In quietness and confidence shall be your strength. But you would not..." - Isaiah 30:15 Little Tanya seemed to be a healthy baby. Then one terrifying day the mother found her little…
Urgent Message On Behalf of Turkish World Outreach
Posted on: Friday, September 7, 2001
URGENT REQUEST
"Things here are not looking too great now and we may not be able to stay here much longer. There are already some problems that we are definitely aware of here," wrote the correspondent.
Baptist prisoner’s family pressured to convert to Islam in Turkmenistan
Posted on: Friday, September 7, 2001
OXFORD, England (BP)--The wife and children of Baptist prisoner Shageldy Atakov in Turkmenistan have been told by the local mullah, administration officials and officers of the country's political police, the KNB (former KGB), that they may not believe in Jesus…
UFOs: Prelude To Invasion By New Age Deity?
Posted on: Friday, September 7, 2001
When news came across the wire recently that police officers in several Illinois counties witnessed an unidentified flying object the size of a three-story house, and that one of them had snapped a Polaroid of the triangular object, I sat…
Gospel “making a difference” in Uganda
Posted on: Friday, September 7, 2001
Expanding from 14 churches in 1993 to 50 today, one native ministry in Uganda reports that the gospel of Jesus Christ is making headway in that central African nation.
School District Reverses Decision, Allows Christian Clubs on Campus
Posted on: Thursday, September 6, 2001
Mission Viejo, CA - The Saddleback Valley Unified School District voted Tuesday to reverse their decision to ban all non-academic clubs including the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and other Christian clubs. The decision was made with a 4-0 vote and…
“Resistance Is Futile.
Posted on: Tuesday, September 4, 2001
The Borg ("Cyborg") are considered by Star Trek fans to be the greatest villains ever introduced to television audiences. The biological and technological terrors made their debute on May 8th, 1989 in the "Q, Who?" episode of The Next Generation.…
Russia: Re-Registration Figures For Religious Organizations
Posted on: Tuesday, September 4, 2001
OXFORD, ENGLAND (ANS) - According to the as yet unpublished official Ministry of Justice figures, 20,215 religious organizations were re-registered in Russia by the deadline of 31 December 2000. Speaking to Keston on 2 April, head of the department for…
Seminary profs reflect on study on healthful benefits of prayer
Posted on: Tuesday, September 4, 2001
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--With a heart institute study showing that prayer helps patients improve, two Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary professors warn against depending upon scientific verification of a spiritual exercise.
Shallow choruses have replaced scriptural hymns, panelists say
Posted on: Tuesday, September 4, 2001
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Christian hymns should follow the biblical example found in Deuteronomy 31-32, where God gave Moses a song to teach the Israelites, said Southern Baptist Theological Seminary professor Daniel Block.
Southern Baptists to discontinue discussions with Roman Catholics
Posted on: Tuesday, September 4, 2001
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--North American Mission Board (NAMB) officials have announced plans next year to conclude a series of talks with representatives of the Roman Catholic Church about the Bible's role in the Christian faith.
Piper says prayer is essential in battling spiritual warfare
Posted on: Tuesday, September 4, 2001
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--Just as Olympic athletes are at war with their bodies, so in the spiritual realm "life is war" for Christians, a prominent evangelical author and minister told students at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, N.C., during…
State cannot include ‘God’ in motto, U.S. court rules
Posted on: Tuesday, September 4, 2001
CINCINNATI (BP)--The Sixth U.S. Court of Appeals ruled April 25 that Ohio's state motto, "With God, all things are possible," violates the U.S. Constitution and must be thrown out.
Supreme Court declines review of banned valedictory address
Posted on: Tuesday, September 4, 2001
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- Declining to intervene in the gray area between free-speech rights and the Constitution's ban on establishment of religion, the U.S. Supreme Court has turned down the appeal of a high-school student barred from giving a graduation speech…
Zimbabwe Christians say God working through land seizures, persecution
Posted on: Tuesday, September 4, 2001
GWERU, Zimbabwe (BP)--Screams pierced the air as invaders forced their way onto the farm just outside Gweru, Zimbabwe. The attackers forcibly marched frightened farm workers to the workers' living compound, where they beat the workers with axes, picks and heavy…
Casualty Figures Released in Kaduna, Nigeria
Posted on: Monday, September 3, 2001
LAGOS, Nigeria (Compass) -- The head of the Nigerian Bible Society recently released the casualty figures of Christians killed and churches destroyed during the February and May religious clashes between Muslims and Christians in Kaduna, the capital city of northern…
