The Baptist preacher Wellborn Browne conducted the funeral service of President Harry S. Truman’s mother on July 28, 1947.
“It was as mamma wanted it,” Truman writes in his diary. “We went to Forest Hill and the preacher did it excellently at the grave.
“Along the road all cars, trucks and pedestrians stood with hats off. It […]
While former U.S. Senator John Danforth, the Stowers Institute in Kansas City and the rest of the clone-to-kill lobby try to convince Missourians that cloning deserves constitutional protection, House Speaker pro tem Carl Bearden of St. Charles has a proposed amendment to the state constitution worth considering.
Gambling predators are on the prowl again in Missouri and this they want our children. The gambling industry does not want so-called “amusement devices” considered gambling under Missouri law because the industry would be willing to limit potential prizes for each round of play to no more than $5. The fact that these machines, geared […]
One of the challenges facing Missouri evangelicals is the need to have strong discipleship programs in our churches. Just read the letters of the Apostle Paul to see how this has been a constant issue before the church. Matters worsened with the 16th century movement known as The Enlightenment, which elevated science over faith and […]
If the cloning lobby in Missouri is successful in getting constitutional protections approved for their evil endeavor, it may put women’s health at risk. Christians should be concerned about the possibility of Missouri women being exploited through the harvesting of an unknown quantity of eggs that would be necessary to produce just one viable stem […]
Could it be that the decline in membership among Mainline Protestants could be linked to their widespread support of abortion on demand? That is issue raised by Mark Tooley in a provocative article at National Review Online. It is worth reading.
Missouri State Senator Chuck Gross has introduced a bill that would require doctors who perform abortions at – or after – 20 weeks to counsel women about the medical evidence pointing to unborn fetal pain and to offer pain medication for the unborn child.
By the gestational age of 20 weeks, a baby is too large […]
A gadfly is loose in Tennessee and it may signal the beginning of the end for moderates who have controlled the Tennessee Baptist Convention for way too long. I am not at liberty to reveal the identity of this gadfly, but I will say he has been blessed by certain key Southern Baptist leaders within […]
