Greenhouse Pigs Must Die: Checking Out to Save the Planet Children learn many useful things from television shows and cartoon characters. They learn letters and numbers from the characters on SESAME STREET; DORA THE EXPLORER helps them hone their reasoning and problem solving skills. Now, a cartoon character is telling them when they should die.

Pastor John Scripture Reference: Psalm 139:1-18

| by Joe Westbury HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (BP)–Californians who don’t attend church are hearing the Gospel in a cultural context this weekend that may take some off-guard. That’s because Sherwood Baptist Church’s latest movie, “Fireproof,” had its Hollywood debut on Thursday night (Sept. 25) and presented the Gospel in easy-to-understand terms in a setting that the city understands well — the local Cineplex.

  by Bob Stith  EDITOR’S NOTE: This monthly column about the issue of homosexuality by various authors is a partnership between Baptist Press and the SBC Task Force on Ministry to Homosexuals. SOUTHLAKE, Texas (BP)–“If this is the way God made me, then this is the way I’m going to live,” Christian singer Ray Boltz said in a recent article disclosing his decision to divorce his wife and live as a homosexual. But did God really create Ray Boltz as a homosexual? The media certainly would have us think so. Time recently ran an article (“What the Gay Brain Looks […]

 A Bible conference on Prayer: Intimacy, Intercession and Power will be held here on October 17 & 18. 6-8:30pm Friday beginning with a meal and 8:30am-12pm Saturday.

| by Jerry PierceGRAPEVINE, Texas (BP) –The popular notion of the “sweet by and by” is often one of clouds, pain-free bliss and not much else — except for the occasional angel floating by with a harp. If one’s idea of eternity is a happy pill, such an image might be appealing.

The next Bible study methods class for men will be 7 AM, Saturday, November 15, 2008 at the First Baptist Church of Perryville, MD. Even if you do not come to the study, you can learn and practice this method to grow and stay fresh in your study. Men can come without doing the assignment and still learn. But you will learn more if you take the time to study and practice this method.

Judy Woodward Bates DORA, Ala. (BP)–With fuel prices soaring and real estate foreclosures on the rise, we’re living in some pretty scary economical times, aren’t we? As believers, how are we to conduct ourselves? Is there a way to sensibly tighten our money belts and still continue to show generosity? Yes.

Michael Foust NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–When you’re in the media, you’re often given the opportunity to watch a movie before it’s available in the theaters or in stores. The goal by those in public relations, of course, is to get you to like the movie and write about it.

  by Mike Ebert HOUSTON (BP)–About 1,500 Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers are setting up units in Texas and were expected to be operational by the end of the day Tuesday to serve victims of Hurricane Ike. The primary focus of the efforts currently is food preparation, with 39 kitchen units on site in the state.