Monday, December 21, 1998

• President 'earned' impeachment, ERLC's Land says of House vote

  by Tom Strode, posted Monday, December 21, 1998 (23 years ago)

  WASHINGTON (BP)--President Clinton "richly deserves and has thoroughly earned" his impeachment approved by the United States House of Representatives, the head of the Southern Baptist Convention's ethics agency said Dec. 21.

  Clinton became only the second United States president to be impeached when the House approved two articles of impeachment, one for perjury and another for obstruction of justice, in a partisan vote Dec. 19. Andrew Johnson is the only previous president to be impeached. H... Read More

• Reach, believe, endure--Kelley admonishes December graduates

  by Debbie Moore, posted Monday, December 21, 1998 (23 years ago)

  NEW ORLEANS (BP)--Ministers must reach, believe and endure "if you are going to have an impact on the kingdom of God, if you are going to see God do great and mighty things in your life," Chuck Kelley charged graduates of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary during the mid-session commencement service Dec. 18.

  "Those three words -- reach, believe, endure -- must be crystallized in your life and ministry, for you are going to need them to implement all the tools you obtained at seminary," ... Read More

• Clinton's call for end to 'destruction' hypocritical, ERLC's Land, others s

  by Tom Strode., posted Monday, December 21, 1998 (23 years ago)

  WASHINGTON (BP)--President Clinton was guilty of "shameless hypocrisy" when he called in his post-impeachment speech for an end to the "politics of personal destruction," said the head of the Southern Baptist Convention's ethics agency.

  Richard Land, president of the SBC's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, was joined by USA Today and a former White House adviser in pointing out the inconsistency of the president's remarks made Dec. 19.

  On the same afternoon he became only the second p... Read More