Monday, September 22, 2003

• Hurricane Isabel prompts record deployment of Disaster Relief

  by James Dotson, posted Monday, September 22, 2003 (18 years ago)

  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (BP)--Tom Schlauch had no idea how he was going to deal with the massive oak tree in his yard that Hurricane Isabel brought to the ground Sept. 18. A volunteer had come by earlier that day and helped for about two hours, but it wasn't until a large team of Southern Baptist volunteers from Clarksville, Tenn., showed up that the tree quickly became a pile of logs and brush.

        William Bowman and Alma Hope of South Carolina's Screven Baptist Association, based in Summerville, cook the first pork chops for an order of 2,000 meals the afternoon of Sept. 22. The meals were prepared for distribution by the Salvation Army in Norfolk, Va., in areas without power in the wake of Hurricane Isabel. Read More

• 'Gospel at work' as cleanup from Hurricane Isabel begins

  by Erin Curry, posted Monday, September 22, 2003 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Though flooding, power outages and wind damage have emerged as obstacles after Hurricane Isabel swept the East Coast Sept. 18 and 19, a major antidote to those obstacles has been people helping each other cope with the disaster. Read More

• World at risk if U.S. allows freedom to dim, Land tells trustees

  by Dwayne Hastings, posted Monday, September 22, 2003 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE (BP)--The United States is in the middle of a crisis that threatens to impact the whole of western civilization, Richard Land told the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission's trustees Sept. 16. Read More

• Complete HCSB translation now online at www.lifeway.com

  by Sara Horn, posted Monday, September 22, 2003 (18 years ago)

  HCSB Online

  NASHVILLE (BP)--You can't hold the complete Holman Christian Standard Bible translation in your hands until spring 2004, but you can scroll through it online with your mouse.

        LifeWay.com has added a "pre-release, preview edition" version of the Holman CSB Old Testament to the Holman CSB New Testament already available through the website's online Bible reference library. The addition comes in conjunction with the release of the Holman CSB translation this fall in LifeWay Christian Resources' Sunday School curriculum. Read More

• Christian women share insights for reaching 'Behind the Veil'

  by Tammi Reed Ledbetter, posted Monday, September 22, 2003 (18 years ago)

  DALLAS (BP)--Since most cross-gender conversation is discouraged in the Islamic world, Ergun Caner envisioned a book to train Christian women to reach Muslim women. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Sharing the truth with unveiled love

  by Tammi Reed Ledbetter, posted Monday, September 22, 2003 (18 years ago)

  DALLAS (BP)--I'm running out of magnets to keep my collection of Southern Baptist missionary cards posted on the refrigerator. Years spent in several different states and varied denominational work provided opportunities to watch young adults and not-so-young adults prepare to serve around the world.

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• Modern-day 'Advancement' compared to absolute truth in new Bush book

  by Kyle Smith, posted Monday, September 22, 2003 (18 years ago)

  WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--Christian philosopher and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary professor L. Russ Bush's new book, "The Advancement," examines flaws in the naturalistic perspective and points to Christ as the answer for an unbelieving world. Read More

• Gray Davis signs bill giving same-sex couples marriage rights

  by Staff, posted Monday, September 22, 2003 (18 years ago)

  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (BP)--California became the second state to award homosexual couples most of the rights of married couples when Governor Gray Davis signed a domestic partner bill into law Sept. 21. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Stifled by structure

  by Rick Warren, posted Monday, September 22, 2003 (18 years ago)

  LAKE FOREST, Calif. (BP)--Why is it that 95 percent of all churches in the world never grow past 300? I believe it's because their structure keeps them from growing beyond that point. Hebrews 8:13, in the Phillips paraphrase, says, "When a thing grows weak and out of date it is obviously soon going to disappear." That's also true of churches. If a church cannot change, it will eventually die. Read More