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Tuesday, October 21, 2003

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  • Jeb Bush orders Terri Schiavo's feeding tube re-inserted
    by Joni B. Hannigan & Michael Foust, posted Tuesday, October 21, 2003 (16 years ago)

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (BP)--Florida Gov. Jeb Bush ordered Terri Schiavo's feeding tube re-inserted Oct. 21, capping a busy political day in which both chambers of the state legislature passed bills giving Bush the right to do so. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: Muzzling the wrong dog
    by Cal Thomas, posted Tuesday, October 21, 2003 (16 years ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP)--Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin, a much-decorated soldier, was wounded by the political correctness movement in recent days over comments he made comparing the war against militant Islam to a battle against Satan. Boykin, who is deputy undersecretary of defense, had told evangelical Christian audiences that radical Islam threatens to destroy America "because we're a Christian nation." He has also said, according to tapes of his remarks obtained by The Los Angeles Times and NBC News, that Muslims worship an "idol" and not "a real God." Read More

  • LifeWay Christian Stores lends support for new Christian band
    by Sara Horn, posted Tuesday, October 21, 2003 (16 years ago)

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    Casting Crowns performs in a special showcase held at LifeWay Christian Resources. Pictured are Mark Hall, lead singer, left, and Hector Cervantes, guitarist and vocals. I>Photo by Morris Abernathy


    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--An album that debuts at No. 1 and a national tour to promote it is a dream come true for most musicians. Mark Hall hasn't given it much thought, though. His attention is still in McDonough, Ga., where 400 teenagers are without their youth pastor for the month of October.

    "This is a pretty busy month for us [with the youth ministry], so I've been thinking a lot about how things are running while I'm gone," said Hall, youth pastor for Eagle's Landing First Baptist Church in McDonough. "We've got 40 adult workers so [the kids] are in good hands, but my family and the youth group are definitely on my mind." Read More

  • Greek manuscript reproduction acquired by Southeastern library
    by Evan Lenow, posted Tuesday, October 21, 2003 (16 years ago)

    WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--The library at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is now one of 13 libraries in the world to own a reproduction of Codex Vaticanus, placing the seminary alongside Harvard, Princeton, Brandeis and Stanford. Read More

  • Festival helps churches enhance worship, ministry, missions
    by Erin Curry, posted Tuesday, October 21, 2003 (16 years ago)

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The creative arts often are unused in churches, but the National Creative Arts Festival seeks to help churches in practical ways incorporate the arts in worship, ministry and missions.

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  • FIRST-PERSON: Investing in people
    by Phil Downer, with Ken Walker, posted Tuesday, October 21, 2003 (16 years ago)

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (BP)--How much is enough? In America, where we live in luxury compared to the rest of the world, we have a hard time answering that question. I've seen too many people -- including Christians -- who are racing toward disaster. They never stop to ask: Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: Family connections
    by Dennis Rainey, posted Tuesday, October 21, 2003 (16 years ago)

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (BP)--Most of us live life in a crowd. From shopping malls to grocery stores to movie theaters to bowling alleys, we are surrounded. Even in our homes and churches, we often find ourselves as one among many. Read More