Remember the Alamo
DULUTH, Ga. (BP)--One of the joys of attending the Southern Baptist Convention is the opportunity to renew old acquaintances and establish new friendships. While in San Antonio for the SBC annual meeting in June, I had the opportunity to meet Dr. Daniel Sanchez, a professor of missions at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth and a native of San Antonio.
Beyond spina bifida, Samuel & Zachary are answers to prayer
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| 2 blessings Samuel Armas and his younger brother Zachary, both with spina bifida, nevertheless are “a true blessing from the Lord,” their dad Alex says. |
They’ve had some formidable challenges hurled at them, but in spite of the heartache and pain, they have taken the challenges with faith and grace.
In an October 2003 article in Georgia Baptists’ Christian Index newsjournal, the Armases were hailed for their decision to proceed with a pregnancy when the child Julie was carrying had been diagnosed with spina bifida. The doctors indicated that fetal surgery did not seem to be a viable option and that such surgery would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Julie remembers that they stopped just short of suggesting abortion.
Ga. committee OKs terms of dissolution of Mercer relationship
ATLANTA (BP)--The Georgia Baptist Convention’s executive committee approved a motion Dec. 13 to discontinue the convention’s relationship with Mercer University.
’05 Atlanta Braves team marked by men of faith
ATLANTA (BP)--It is springtime, the time of the year when a young man's fancy turns to ... America's favorite pastime, baseball. Of course, young men do not have exclusive rights on celebrating the arrival of another baseball season. It is the privilege of all sports-minded, TBS and ESPN-watching, peanuts-and-cracker jacks-loving, swinging-for-the-fences baseball fans.
Couple’s faith, commitment impact Senate hearings on abortion
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| Samuel's worldwide reach This photo by freelance photographer Michael Clancy, circulated worldwide, shows the tiny hand of Samuel Armas holding on to a surgeon's finger during surgery for spina bifida in 1999 while he was in the womb. |
That was the hand of now 3-year-old Samuel Armas, son of Alex and Julie Armas of Douglasville, Ga., who testified before a U.S. Senate subcommittee last year.
The hearing, which focused on advances in intra-uterine medical procedures from the pro-life perspective as alternatives to abortion, could contribute to the development of future pro-life and fetal-surgery legislation.
