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ANALYSIS: Even these Texans noted problems in the religion dept. years ago

DALLAS (BP)–Long ago, there were problems in how at least one Texas Baptist university — Baylor, which now has its own seminary — presents the Christian faith to its students. The problems were cited by Daniel Vestal, now coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, a denomination-like group formed in opposition to the Southern Baptist Convention, […]

Signers of evangelical-Catholic accords publicly urged by to repent

SOUTHLAKE, Texas (BP)–Deciding no longer to seek redress on “this very grievous matter” through private means, organizers of a conference critical of the controversial “Evangelicals and Catholics Together” documents took their protest a step further March 27 by issuing a “public call to repentance” to some 20 evangelical ECT signers. Although it was acknowledged that […]

Divergent views of salvation fuel Catholical-evangelical division

DALLAS (BP)–If they had left out theology, maybe they could have gotten somewhere. Five years ago, when a group of evangelicals and Catholics, including Southern Baptist church member Charles Colson and evangelical theologian J.I. Packer, issued “Evangelicals and Catholics Together: the Christian Mission in the Third Millennium” (ECT), opposition ensued from other evangelicals, such as […]

Fossils like ‘Little Foot’ fail to prove evolution, prof writes

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–When it was reported worldwide Dec. 9 that “Little Foot,” a “3-million-year-old [bipedal] hominid skeleton,” had been uncovered in South Africa, paleoanthropologists announced the almost-complete fossil would force the rewrite of human evolutionary history. Not so, writes Hal Ostrander of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in the February/March issue of SBC Life in an […]

Bible translation debate remains volatile after erupting 2 years ago

DALLAS (BP)–Trying to sort out all the issues in the controversy over “gender-neutral” or “gender-inclusive” Bible translation brings to mind the face-off in ancient pre-Socratic Greek philosophy between two giants of thought, Parmenides and Heraclitus. In general, Parmenides emphasized the permanence of some things while Heraclitus put the accent on the fact that most things […]

SBC’s family article continues to stir media attention, theological discussion

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–Two familiar names related to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary were juxtaposed against each other in columns penned for the Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram on the issue of faculty members signing anew the Southern Baptist Convention’s revised confessional statement. Columns by Tommy Lea, dean of Southwestern’s school of theology, and Russell H. Dilday, […]

Patterson to Texas conservatives: God blesses witnessing churches

GARLAND, Texas (BP)–Being “inadequately grateful” is the only conceivable reason why Christians do not become soul-winning or witnessing people, said Paige Patterson, who will be nominated as Southern Baptist Convention president in June, in a keynote address at a statewide rally of the Southern Baptists of Texas April 24. The SBT, which held its rally […]

Law prof out to change strategy in creation-evolution debate

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–With Darwinian evolution soon to collapse under the weight of its own internal inconsistencies, creationists need to be unified in drawing attention to the bad science and the underlying bad philosophy within the evolution camp rather than debating theological differences among various creation alternatives, according to evolution critic Phillip Johnson. Johnson, a […]

Law prof out to change strategy in creation-evolution debate

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–With Darwinian evolution soon to collapse under the weight of its own internal inconsistencies, creationists need to be unified in drawing attention to the bad science and the underlying bad philosophy within the evolution camp rather than debating theological differences among various creation alternatives, according to evolution critic Phillip Johnson. Johnson, a […]

ANALYSIS Godsey book revives question of heresy in church history

ATLANTA (BP)–The word “heresy” certainly isn’t on the lips of the average Baptist these days, even though the issue has been dealt with throughout much of church history. Baptists in Georgia, however, have faced the subject during their past two annual meetings as a result of Mercer University President Kirby Godsey’s 1996 book, “When We […]