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PENSACOLA (FBW)-Giving a preliminary victory for the constitutional rights of teachers in the Santa Rosa County School District, a federal judged March 21 ruled in a favor of hearing their claims–denying a request by the American Civil Liberties Union and the school board to dismiss their lawsuit.
PANAMA CITY (FBW)— Midway Baptist Church’s building in Panama City was completely destroyed in a fire March 22 according to the church's pastor John Rochefort, who stood on the perimeter of the church property with church members watching it burn nearly to the ground.
TALLAHASSE (FBW)—As the Legislature approaches the mid-way point of its annual 60-day legislative session with competing budget plans drawing most of the attention, pro-family legislation is advancing in both chambers, while gambling expansion measures appear to be stalled.
While “keeping a very close eye” on possible changes, Florida Baptist Convention legislative consultant Bill Bunkley is “encouraged” about the status of pro-family issues at this point, urging Florida Baptists to remain engaged with their legislators communicating their views on vital issues.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (FBW)—Legislating in the U.S. House of Representatives is pretty much the same as in the Florida Legislature.
“You file bills. You vote. You speak. You attend committee meetings.”
It was April Fool’s Day, so I decided it was time for some fun—with the help of Twitter and Facebook.
In a series of tweets starting at 8:30 a.m. with the post: “BREAKING: I’m taking a leave of absence to pursue the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in 2012,” I laid out my “credentials” as a candidate for political office, carrying the pro-family, conservative banner.
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But the evangelism group director for the North American Mission Board, SBC, has made a commitment to befriend his neighbors so he can earn the right to share Christ with them. Most days find him puttering in the yard until it becomes dark.
The real gay agenda has nothing to do with “equal rights.” Homosexuals already have the same right to marry as heterosexuals; but that’s not what they want. Instead, homosexuals want marriage redefined to fit their sexual perversion.
With the announcement of the iPad 2, Steve Jobs gave some very clear statistics that herald our move into the post-PC world: more than 200 million iTunes Store accounts, 15 millions iPads sold in 10 months, and more than 65,000 apps available. These are touch points for just one company; it doesn’t include all sorts of gadgets and applications that are coming out from Google, Microsoft and the hundreds of companies we’ve never heard of from other countries.
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.
After the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, we are just now beginning to understand the scope of the devastation—the loss of life, the annihilation of entire communities, and even more ominously, the threat of meltdowns at Japanese nuclear facilities. Predictably, seismologists and nuclear engineers are all over the airwaves explaining what happened and what might happen next—and we should be grateful for their input.
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Youth Minister Ricky Dobbs, a Navy veteran who attends Baptist College of Florida, said he worked with the church’s youth, The Rock, to plan the evening since August. In January, Dobbs said the effort gained momentum in January after they read a special report in the Florida Baptist Witness about ministering through social media.
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Pastor Alan Floyd sees the homes as proof that “you can’t out-give God.”
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The 2011 Global Day of Prayer is set for June 11 in Jacksonville which is on “The First Coast” of Florida—a historic area extending from Amelia Island in the North to Palm Coast in the South—and the site where in 1564 the French Hugenots who established a settlement at Fort Caroline erected a cross and celebrated life in the New World.
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Ezell, who was elected NAMB’s third president in September, sat down for a 30-minute, wide-ranging interview with Florida Baptist Witness following a March 20 missionary commissioning service at First Baptist Church in Brandon.
NEW ORLEANS (BP)—Cultural exclusivity in the church represents neither the power of the Gospel nor American society, and change is needed for the church to maintain relevance and vibrancy in the coming decades, Damian Emetuche and fellow professors tell students at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.