NASHVILLE (BP) – Sports gambling doesn’t have a specific season, but certain times of the year are considered to be its Super Bowl or March Madness. Specifically … the Super Bowl and March Madness. Crowning the National Football League champion remains the biggest single-game bet among Americans. The next few weeks, however, bring a tsunami of gambling due not only to March … [Read More...]
Tennessee
UPDATE: TENNESSEE LAWMAKERS TURN BACK RESTRICTIVE ABORTION BILL
NASHVILLE — A Tennessee House committee rejected an anti-abortion bill Tuesday that would have criminalized women for seeking abortion procedures, potentially … [Read More...]
Columnists
DOOLEY NOTED: FATAL ATTRACTIONS
The 1631 edition of the King James Bible infamously became known as the Wicked Bible due to a printing error of Exodus 20:14. Because editors inadvertently … [Read More...]
SBC
IRANIAN MINISTERS, GATEWAY PROFESSOR ASSESS PLIGHT OF IRANIAN CHRISTIANS
TEHRAN, Iran (BP) – Can conditions get any worse for Iranian Christians? Can conditions get any better? Iranian evangelist Hormoz Shariat told Baptist Press the … [Read More...]
SS Lessons
MARCH 15: FOLLOWING JESUS
Focal Passage: Matthew 16:13-26 Our life is filled with questions: both answering them and asking them. Questions such as, “What do you want to eat?” or … [Read More...]
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BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
Church invests millions in student center to reach next gen CORRYTON — Corryton Baptist Church in Knox County completed a $4.5 million student center on its campus, and the facility was designed with a clear evangelistic purpose: get young people through … [Read More...]
SOUTHERN BAPTIST SCHOLARS BACK IRAN STRIKES AS MORALLY JUSTIFIED UNDER JUST WAR THEORY
NASHVILLE (BP) – The U.S. military’s strikes against Iran are morally justified, says a Southern Baptist ethicist and former Department of Defense official. “Is there a sufficient just cause to warrant the action taken? I think there is, although it is a … [Read More...]
CELEBRATING A CHRISTIAN LIFE
My wife and I recently drove from our home in South Carolina to Tennessee to attend a celebration of life service for one of our dearest friends — Steve York who died a few weeks ago during the time of Winter Storm Fern. Steve and his wife, Edith, and sons, … [Read More...]