Monday, November 18, 2019

• Pro-lifers decry court win for Planned Parenthood

  by Tom Strode, posted Monday, November 18, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  SAN FRANCISCO (BP) -- Pro-life advocates decried an award of more than $2.2 million to Planned Parenthood in a suit involving undercover investigations that provided evidence the country's leading abortion provider traded in the sale of baby body parts.

  A federal jury in San Francisco issued the penalties Nov. 15 against the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) and, among others, two investigators who secretly recorded videos of Planned Parenthood executives discussing their sale of fetal parts, as well as their willingness to manipulate the abortion procedure to preserve organs for sale and use. David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt also clandestinely recorded conversations with officials of fetal tissue procurement businesses that worked with Planned Parenthood. Read More

• Mohler 'Ask Anything' Tour comes to Western Kentucky University

  by SBTS Staff, posted Monday, November 18, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- R. Albert Mohler Jr. addressed a broad range of questions from students at the Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Ky., November 15. The event was the fourth installment of his Ask Anything Tour, which was previously held at the University of Louisville, the University of Southern California, and the University of Southern California-Los Angeles.

  In these Ask Anything Tour events, Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., answers college student questions on the topics of faith, religion, and the Bible. He opened the evening with a brief statement about the unique answers to life's biggest questions from a robust Christian worldview before taking open-mic questions from the student body. Read More

• Adoption's 'ironic blessing' focus of MBTS prof's book

  by David Roach/TEXAN, posted Monday, November 18, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (BP) -- When Todd Chipman and his wife Julie finalized their adoption of two grade school-aged sisters, the courtroom was packed with excited members of the Kansas City, Kan., congregation that he pastors. Members of The Master's Community Church even arranged for the judge to give American Girl dolls to the sisters from the bench.

  So overwhelming was the church's support that the Chipmans' attorney extemporaneously added to a formal set of questions for Todd: "Can you assure the court that you will continue to give these children the kind of love you and your church are demonstrating here today?" He replied with a confident yes, and they have. Read More

• S.C. convention elects first African American president

  by Todd Deaton, posted Monday, November 18, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

  MOORE, S.C. (BP) -- The 759 registered messengers to the South Carolina Baptist Convention's 199th Annual Meeting made history Nov. 12 by electing a Simpsonville pastor as the first African American to serve as president.

  Meeting at the Church at the Mill in Moore, under the theme "Engage," South Carolina Baptists were challenged by keynote speakers -- Brentwood, Tenn., pastor Mike Glenn; Chattanooga, Tenn., pastor Micah Fries; Jacksonville, Fla., pastor H.B. Charles Jr.; and Edgar Aponte of Lutz, Fla., -- to actively engage the culture, the lost, the nations and the future. Read More

• Learning through delayed harvests

  by Colt Bonham, posted Monday, November 18, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  CENTRAL ASIA (BP) -- More than a decade ago, Liam Remington*, an IMB worker new to the mission field, found himself in a riverside town in the mountains. That same day, a young nomad named L.T.* came to the same town. Remington, a trained linguist, was hoping to conduct language surveys in the area. L.T. happened to be from the people group Remington was hoping to meet.

  Remington and L.T. happened to meet on a street corner. It was a divine encounter. Remington was a willing witness and L.T. was a seeking soul. Remington didn't immediately share the gospel and L.T. didn't immediately believe, but an authentic friendship started that day. Read More

• Herdsmen kill two in Christian village in northern Nigeria

  by Staff/Morning Star News, posted Monday, November 18, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  JOS, Nigeria (BP) -- Muslim Fulani herdsmen in north-central Nigeria on early Thursday morning (Nov. 14) hacked an 87-year-old Christian to death by machete and killed another by gunshot, an area resident said.

  A group of herdsmen attacked predominantly Christian Agom village in southern Kaduna state's Sanga Country at 4:30 a.m., area resident Gabriel Yakubu told Morning Star News by text message. Monday Kura, 87, and Emmanuel Agom, 48, both members of the Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ (ERCC), were killed as they slept in their rooms, he said. Read More