Monday, February 25, 2019

• Business exec started his company with an open Bible

  by Art Toalston, posted Monday, February 25, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

  Photo by Cheryl Tallyn

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- When Joe Greene opens his Bible, wisdom rises from years of underlining with a pen and highlighting with yellow and green markers.

  Through its well-worn pages, God's Spirit shaped not only Greene's faith but also his calling and acumen as a corporate executive. Read More

• New HHS pro-life rule applauded

  by Tom Strode, posted Monday, February 25, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

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  WASHINGTON (BP) -- The Trump administration's new rule to eradicate family planning funds for Planned Parenthood and other organizations that perform or promote abortions received high marks from pro-life leaders.

  The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final regulation Feb. 24 that bars the use of Title X money "to perform, promote, refer for, or support abortion as a method of family planning." The rule, published as a proposal in June, requires "clear financial and physical separation" between Title X programs and non-Title X programs in which abortion is promoted as a method of family planning. Read More

• 2 letters that shaped my faith & career

  by G. Richard Hastings, posted Monday, February 25, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

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  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) -- In the 1990s, Promise Keepers (PK) became a Christian phenomenon reaching tens of thousands of men through the ministry of Bill McCartney, former coach of the University of Colorado football team.

  Promise Keepers' purpose was to evangelize men to become believers in the Messiah and better husbands and fathers. While incredibly successful, it had detractors who claimed that its message and attitudes were misogynistic and homophobic. In the context of the PK event in Kansas City, my faith and effort to live my faith in my profession were seriously tested. Read More

• Excavating business didn't undercut his trust in God

  by Art Toalston, posted Monday, February 25, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

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  DECATUR, Ill. (BP) -- Roads for new subdivisions, basements for new homes and ponds dug around town were the construction jobs handled by Gale Hutchens Excavating.

  Hutchens and his 10 employees operated backhoes, bulldozers and scrapers to clear trees and debris and to move dirt and rock from one place to another. Read More

• BGR joins movement for disaster response standards

  by BGR & BP Staff , posted Monday, February 25, 2019 (4 years ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Baptist Global Response has been accepted as an associate member of Sphere, a movement to uphold high standards in humanitarian work during disaster responses.

  With its inclusion in Sphere, BGR "joins other international organizations in affirming the need for knowing what to do in a time of crisis to meet the survival needs of people," said Pat Melancon, BGR director of disaster response and training. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Don't be a sore loser

  by David Jeremiah, posted Monday, February 25, 2019 (4 years ago)

  "Loss" is not always a bad term, David Jeremiah writes, noting, "Our Lord loves us enough to take from us things that might, in His divine foresight, prove to be harmful for our souls or for the work of His Kingdom." Read More