National News

President Bush envisions International Day of Prayer

WASHINGTON (BP)—In adversity, Americans can find comfort through prayer, President Bush said May 1 in a White House observance of the 57th National Day of Prayer.

Evangelicals differ on climate, global warming

NASHVILLE (BP)—Disagreements among evangelical Christians about global warming are rooted in a fundamental question: Is human-induced climate change a real problem? And, if interviews with two evangelical advocates are any indicator, proposed responses to the issue differ dramatically, depending on how a person answers that question.

U.N. panel claims manmade global warming certain

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—The most-often quoted authority on global climate change is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a scientific group established in 1988 by the United Nations to evaluate the risk of human-induced climate change. It was the IPCC that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore, former vice president of the United States.

International group disavows UN’s climate claims

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—TIME magazine warned that scientists had observed “bizarre and unpredictable weather patterns” which led them to believe the world was headed for “a global climatic upheaval.” Fluctuations in temperature, rainfall and sea ice were all described as signs of impending doom.

APA debate cancels after pro-homosexual speakers back out

WASHINGTON (BP)—An American Psychiatric Association symposium that was to feature speakers from both sides of the debate on homosexuality—including R. Albert Mohler Jr.—was cancelled, apparently due to lack of cooperation from those in the homosexual community.

Obama outraged by longtime pastor Jeremiah Wright’s words

WASHINGTON (BP)—Democrat Barack Obama further distanced himself from his longtime pastor April 29, saying he was outraged at comments made by Jeremiah Wright and acknowledging that their relationship has suffered.

BF&M Commentary

Point of View
Baptist Faith & Message commentary 7: Regeneration

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is part of an occasional series of commentaries examining and explaining the Baptist Faith & Message 2000, the Southern Baptist Convention's confession of faith.