Monday, April 01, 2019

• Venezuela: The lights go out, Christ's light shines on

  by Monica Starr, posted Monday, April 01, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

  Screen capture from CNN.

  VENEZUELA (BP) -- Beatriz paused in her struggle to lug a bucket of water up seven flights without sloshing any out. She rubbed her aching arms, then grabbed the bucket and continued up the fire escape to her sister's apartment -- one step at a time.

  If her husband Leo, a Venezuelan pastor, could find parts to repair their ailing car, if he could secure gasoline, if he didn't find too many roadblocks, he would join Beatriz there in the capital, bringing two large containers of water from his mother's home in the country. Read More

• 'Unplanned' box office success 'defies logic'

  by David Roach, posted Monday, April 01, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

  Image from Unplannedfilm.com.

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- The pro-life movie "Unplanned" finished its opening weekend No. 4 at the box office and doubled its projected gross earnings -- despite a suspension March 30 of the film's Twitter account among other obstacles.

  "Unplanned" also may have played a role in the Georgia state legislature's adoption of a fetal heartbeat bill March 29, the film's co-directors said, adding lead actress Ashley Bratcher has been invited to appear with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp when he signs the bill into law. Read More

• Hurricane-weary pastors buoyed by Fla. conv., NAMB

  by Tobin Perry, posted Monday, April 01, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

  Photo provided by NAMB.

  PANAMA CITY, Fla. (BP) -- When Hurricane Michael barreled through the Florida Gulf Coast last October, it transformed the ministry of First Baptist Church in Port St. Joe. No longer could the church focus on only typical everyday ministry activities.

  After Michael, half of the church's families had lost their homes. Many had to move outside the area to find work and housing. The church's own building was battered so intensely that it was no longer usable. Marriages were stressed. Long-held family heirlooms were lost forever. Read More

• The Apostles Creed: 'Christians have died for this'

  by SBTS Communications, posted Monday, April 01, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

  SBTS photo

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- Among all the statements and confessions in the history of the church, the Apostles' Creed stands above them all, R. Albert Mohler Jr. writes in a new book seeking to rekindle a love for the creed nearly 2,000 years after its writing.

  Recited in churches of all traditions and varieties across the world -- and in every commencement ceremony at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary -- the Apostles' Creed has long been considered the basic teaching of Christianity. Read More