Friday, Feb. 8, 2002
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News
By Matt Webber
Special to the Biblical Recorder
Positive stories that involve the relationship between China and the United States are rare. But for one N.C. Baptist college student there is proof that God seeks and finds just the right people far beyond racial, political and geographical boundaries to accomplish His will.
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By Lynn Goswick
BCH Communications
THOMASVILLE - Administrators at Baptist Children's Homes (BCH) of North Carolina and relatives of William "Red" and Mabel Nolen officially dedicated the newly-renovated and renamed Nolen Administration building at Mills Home Jan. 22.
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Jack Graham to be nominated for SBC presidency
From staff and wire reports
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A pastor with close ties to the breakaway conservative state convention in Texas is expected to be nominated in June for the presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).
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Mars Hill College trustees stand by decision
From staff reports
A called meeting of the full Board of Trustees at Mars Hill College on Feb. 4 left intact an earlier decision to accept resignations from President Max Lennon and Chancellor Robert Knott, and to install Dan Lunsford as interim president. Lunsford is the dean of the school of education and leadership.
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Moving forward despite SBC rebuff
By Bill Webb
Associated Baptist Press
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Plans for a second state Baptist convention in Missouri will move ahead even if the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) doesn't acknowledge the new group or allow it to collect funds for the Cooperative Program unified budget.
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From staff reports
ASHEBORO - Robert E. (Bob) Wiley, who resigned last fall after five years as executive director of the Illinois Baptist State Association, will join the Baptist State Convention (BSC) General Board staff as senior consultant for church planting for the eastern region of North Carolina.
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Children
Building love and respect for scripture
By Lorraine Smith
Do you have a favorite Bible verse that you recall from your childhood? You are blessed if you come from those days when memorizing Bible verses was a part of your Sunday School experience.
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Opinion
By Tony W. Cartledge
BR Editor
My handyman days are winding down - I hope - at least inside the house. Readers who have suffered through my reflections on a series of home improvements will be glad to know they are just about done.
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Two blows against 'Baptistness'
By Tony W. Cartledge
BR Editor
It was a slap felt around the world, felt in Ecuador and Italy, in East Africa and East Asia, in northern mountains and southern seas.
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Other Voices
N.C. Baptist colleges shaping lives for ... a life
By Wayne Wike
Thousands of students each year walk through the doorways of Campbell University, Chowan College, Gardner-Webb University, Mars Hill College and Wingate University. As they cross those thresholds of learning, they enter places where their lives will be shaped for a life they cannot imagine.
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Sunday School
Family Bible Study lesson for Feb. 24: Stockpiling to Sharing
By Lisa Horton
Luke 12:13-21; 21:1-4
One Saturday, I cleaned out the overflowing toy boxes in our home and donated a box of toys to our church nursery. A week later, walking past the nursery with my two sons, my 4-year old peeked into the room and recognized a familiar toy. Suddenly he was in the room, sifting through the toys, unhappily pointing out the ones that were his. I explained to him that he still had many toys at home. We discussed how God likes for us to share. Proud of myself for explaining everything so clearly, and confident that he had understood, I turned to leave the room. Realizing I was not being followed, I looked over my shoulder and saw him filling both arms with "his toys to take home and put back in his toy box."
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Family Bible Study lesson for March 3: Knowing God
By Lisa Horton
John 14:1-14
Provision for the Future
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Formations lesson for Feb. 24: Building on a Solid Foundation
By Steve Zimmerman
1 Corinthians 3:10-23
Life is interesting in the Furniture Capital of the World. People from all across the world make their semi-annual trek to the International Furniture Market. Twice each year you can find our city transformed for about 20 days - 10 in April and 10 in October. This city triples in population and takes on an air of a huge metropolis. Yet after each market it is relieved to go back to its regular size once our guests leave.
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Formations lesson for March 3: Son of God
By Steve Zimmerman
Matthew 8:28-34
According to Webster's dictionary, irony is described as "incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result." Irony is what you thought was going to happen but didn't.
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Tar Heel Voices
Historic Baptist missions in jeopardy
International Mission Board (IMB) president Jerry Rankin precipitated an agonizing choice for many missionaries with his recent letter urging them to sign the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message statement.
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