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Only two days after telling 1,500 folks attending the Inaugural Prayer Breakfast on Jan. 4 that he intended to “lead with virtue, lead with character and do all the right things,” Gov. Rick Scott hinted he is open to doing a very wrong thing—signing on to plans for bringing “destination casinos” to the state as a means of creating jobs, new business development and new revenue for the state budget.
TALLAHASSEE (FBW)—Before Rick Scott took the oath of office as Florida’s 45th governor on the steps of the Old Capitol in Tallahassee Jan. 4, the new chief executive participated in an interfaith prayer breakfast with evangelical leader Charles Colson as the keynote speaker who called for a “surge of righteousness” in America.
PENSACOLA (FBC)—When the Southern Baptist Convention’s Day of Prayer is observed Sunday, Jan. 30, members of Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola will have spent the past 40 days seeking the face of God in anticipation of His movement.
Beginning Dec. 22, Pastor Ted Traylor called his church family to prayer and fasting leading up to the church’s Solemn Assembly on Jan. 30 as part of the Day of Prayer emphasis.
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Scott campaigned almost entirely on the same theme, with the mantra “Let’s Get to Work” propelling him into the governor’s office as unemployment here rose to 12 percent. He stuck mostly to that topic in a roughly 20-minute inaugural speech.
The concept of retirement is rather recent in origins. Most historians trace the concept back to Germany’s “Iron Chancellor,” Otto von Bismarck, who pushed through a series of social changes in the late 19th century. Among those changes was a system something like Social Security, intended as a guaranteed pension for the elderly.
Christians affirm that the Creator God revealed Himself to humanity through an inspired, written communication. Furthermore, Baptists, and many other evangelicals, affirm that the written revelation from God functions as “the supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions should be tried” (Baptist Faith & Message, Article 1). In our pluralistic culture with numerous religious books from varied faith traditions, is it reasonable to believe that the Bible is uniquely the Word of God? While accepting the Bible as the Word of God is a faith commitment, an individual possesses valid reasons to affirm the nature of the Bible as the Word of God. In this article, I propose to undergird the divine nature of the Bible with two major arguments and two subsidiary arguments.
Dave Says is a column featuring the financial advice of nationally syndicated radio host Dave Ramsey, the Dave Says column is filled with timely, relevant questions and answers taken from actual calls on Ramsey's radio program, The Dave Ramsey Show.
Pundits love to make New Year’s predictions about politics, the economy, sports, and so on. As for me, I’ll take a pass on making any predictions, because only the Lord knows what’s in store. But I do want to share with you some things we Christians should keep an eye on in the coming year—things that will give us important indications about which way the cultural, moral, and ethical winds are blowing.
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After 18 years as pastor at North Ridge Baptist Church in Haines City, he resigned. Walking away from the thriving, healthy church he loved and that loved him, he wasn’t sure where he was going.
JACKSONVILLE (FBC)—Spurred by a challenge from Florida Baptist State Convention president David Uth for all Florida Baptist pastors to participate in a mission trip this year, Florida Baptists’ Partnership Mission Department is organizing a five-day evangelistic mission trip for pastors in Haiti.
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“Come in here,” she cried out. “I don’t feel right.”
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| SUPPORTED Walt and Chelsea Dearie with their newly adopted son Liam in the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of the Mall in Lakeland where Walt serves as pastoral care minister. They credit prayer, God’s grace, and the support of family and friends for getting them through their adoption journey. FBCH photo |
“As unbelievable as it may sound, this young woman never knew that she was pregnant until she went to the hospital because of stomach pains,” Harris recalled.
“She arrived at the hospital at 2 a.m. because of abdominal pains and by 2:30 a.m. she had given birth to a healthy baby boy,” Harris said.
That one phone call begin a chain reaction that led Walt and Chelsea Dearie, who had been hoping for a child for more than seven years, to their adopted son, Liam.
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Bush’s Decision Points, No. 1 on The New York Times hardcover nonfiction bestseller list, lays out 14 of the most significant decisions he believes shaped his life and his presidency. He devotes one of those chapters to his much-debated August 2001 decision that allowed federal money to be used for research only on embryonic stem cell lines that were in existence at the time of his speech. The decision prohibited federal dollars from going toward any lines created after that date.
Bring up the subject of meditation and one might think of the proverbial hermit in a cave, all to himself. We take a look at out frantic, hectic schedules and wonder how we could ever program in enough space and time for it. Yet, if we look more closely at meditation as thinking deeply about spiritual matters, we probably meditate more than we realize. Meditation, like prayer, is more than kneeling with clasped hands in supplication before God. Even in a Bible study we often try to go beneath the surface of the text in gleaning spiritual insights. In our study, we will touch on aspects of meditation which can lead to further insights.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—Russ Smith knew something was wrong … very wrong. He didn’t need to be a rocket scientist (literally) to figure that out. The sound of rockets should never be heard from your teenage son’s bedroom.