BJU Seminary Strategic Vision to Address Pastor Shortage, Propelled by "5P" Plan of Investment and Innovation
- By Randy Page - BJU
Bob Jones University (BJU) President Steve Pettit today announced a new strategic vision for BJU Seminary to spearhead a 500x5x5 campaign to help address a nationwide pastor shortage by putting 500 new pastors on the path to the pulpit in the next five years – and every five years beyond that.
This strategic vision announcement follows Pettit’s April 16 naming of Dr. Alan Benson to a new, expanded role as executive vice president for student development and ministry advancement, joining BJU Seminary Dean Dr. Neal Cushman in the Seminary’s leadership team. Benson has served at BJU since July 2018, as vice president for student development and discipleship.
Russia Massing Troops on Ukraine Border
- By Mike Scruggs
Background on the Ongoing Turmoil in Eastern Ukraine
China, Russia Movements Major Test for Biden
- By Joseph M. Bianchi
While the situation at America’s southern border is debated as to whether it is truly a crisis or not; and while congress debates the extent of the administration’s infrastructure bill, there is a much more ominous situation developing on the world scene that could impact, indeed, the entire world.
Both Russia and China are flexing their perspective military muscles in different parts of the globe, and the foreign policy implications for the Biden administration are, to say the least, critical.
Christianity Is the Backbone of America
- By Frank Raddish - Founder/Director Capitol Hill Independent Baptist Ministries
Is America at the point of no return? Our forefathers knew that the only way to keep our country prosperous was to honor God, the family, and the church house. Believe it or not, this quote appeared in the New York Times on November 18, 1992. It said, "The less we emphasize the Christian religion the further we fall into the abyss of poor character and chaos in the United States of America." The things that made America great are the influence of the gospel of Jesus Christ and the power of God that has blessed this country.
Oratory for a Time Such as This
- By W.H. Lamb
(With Apologies to William Shakespeare)
(Reference: “JULIUS CAESAR” by William Shakespeare, Act. 111, Scene 11).
PATRIOTS, AMERICANS, COUNTRYMEN, LISTEN TO ME.
I COME TO EXPOSE THE TRUTH, NOT TO BURY IT.
THE EVIL THAT LIBERALS DO LIVES AFTER THEM,
WHEN IT SHOULD BE BURIED WITH THEIR BONES.
SO SHOULD IT BE WITH ALL COLLECTIVISTS.
THE IGNOBLE BRUTES HAVE TOLD YOU THAT AMERICANISTS ARE DANGEROUS;
THIS IS NOT SO, IT IS A GRIEVOUS FAULT,
AND GRIEVOUSLY HAVE WE BEEN MALIGNED.
SALTY SEZ – Don’t Believe It
- By Ray Simmons
You know, a couple of years ago I had hope the American people would awake to what had been going on for several decades and work to bring the nation back in line. A lot of them did. They went out and voted for President Trump for a second term. When that vote was stolen by a bunch of elected and appointed officials they didn’t know what to do. With Trump gone from the scene they had no leadership. We saw people sworn to defend and protect our Constitution from all attacks, domestic and foreign, become its attackers. Whoopee number 1! We saw Justices chosen to ensure its protection failing to take any action. Whoopee number 2! We saw a frustrated Military without the leadership or the gumption to move against the enemy. Whoopee number 3! Now we are watching as a nation commits suicide and we are wondering why.
Santee Cooper, Ports Authority Board Members Paid Thousands for Part-time Gig
- By Rick Brundrett - The Nerve
Unlike panels overseeing other state agencies, the governing boards of the state-created Ports Authority and utility Santee Cooper are paid thousands of dollars annually for their part-time jobs, records show.
Most members of the Ports Authority Board of Directors made $11,700 last year, while members of the Santee Cooper Board of Directors received $10,384.20 in compensation and another $2,000 in a category labeled “travel, insurance and meeting reimbursement,” according to their annual income-disclosure reports, known as statements of economic interests (SEIs), filed with the State Ethics Commission.
BJU President Steve Pettit Names Dr. Alan Benson as Executive Vice President for Student Development and Ministry Advancement
- By Randy Page - BJU
Bob Jones University President Steve Pettit today announced the appointment of Dr. Alan Benson as executive vice president for student development and ministry advancement. Benson has served at BJU since July 2018, as vice president for student development and discipleship.
National Prayer Luncheon for Life to Award $85K to High-Impact Pro-Life Organizations
- By National Prayer Luncheon for Life
Pro-Life Advocates Can Vote for Winners and Register for Free On-Line Event through April 23
DALLAS -- Thousands of pro-life advocates from across America will gather together online and in-person for the National Prayer Luncheon for Life on April 30, 2021, to honor high-impact pro-life organizations and award $85,000 in grants for ongoing effective pro-life ministry and advocacy.
Dems Pave a Gavel Road to Court-Packing
- By Tony Perkins - Family Research Council
Now we've heard it all. Democrats, who were already the butt of jokes for calling childcare "infrastructure," have done us one better. According to House liberals, court-packing is too! In a tweet, Congressman Mondaire Jones, a New York liberal declared: "Supreme Court expansion is infrastructure." Like a lot of people, Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) couldn't believe their eyes. "You just can't make this stuff up," she shook her head. And unfortunately, Democrats aren't. They're on the march to expand the court -- no matter what they call it.
Just Because It's Said by Joe Doesn't Make It So
- By Veronique de Rugy
While President Joe Biden's administration doesn't seem to need an excuse to spend money, two recurring arguments for his gigantic $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal are that our roads and bridges are "crumbling" and that modernization would generate economic growth and jobs -- hence its name, the American Jobs Plan. But none of this clever marketing makes any of these claims true.
Biden's Fabled Bipartisanship
- By David Limbaugh
I haven't seen much humor in life during the past year or so, but one thing that has been uproariously hilarious lately is the orchestrated media narrative that President Joe Biden is bipartisan and conciliatory. Please give me a moment to catch my breath.
I think it was Karl Rove who recently observed that the media's effective definition of bipartisan legislation is not that significant numbers of both parties' lawmakers support a bill but that some poll somewhere shows that a large percentage of Americans of each party support some vaguely described initiative, even if zero Republican legislators support the actual bill. You can frame a poll question to get the result you want.
D.C. Statehood A Play to Maintain Senate
- By Eagle Forum
It appears the Democrat majority in Congress will stop at almost nothing to ensure their majority remains a majority. Last Fall it was packing the Supreme Court and today, it is legislation to make D.C. (and other territories) a state.
With a population of about seven hundred thousand, it may seem logical that D.C. should become a state with representation in both the lower and upper chambers. In fact, it simply is not Constitutional to make it a state. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 enables Congress to govern the District of Colombia. Our Founders envisioned the location of the Federal government to be an independent entity outside of another state. In doing so, the Founders sought to prevent D.C. from pressures and influence by one state government rather than another.
Senators Keep Tight Control Over County Magistrates
- By Rick Brundrett - The Nerve
If there’s one power that S.C. senators likely will never relinquish – at least willingly – it’s their control over the selection of the state’s more than 300 county magistrates.
Magistrates, who handle traffic tickets and other relatively minor criminal and civil cases, know how much authority senators can exercise even after their judicial terms expire. Under a loophole in state law known as “holdover status,” magistrates can continue to serve indefinitely past their official terms – and feel more pressure to cater to their local senators.
Biden Bids Farewell to a 'Forever War'
- By Pat Buchanan
"It is time to end the forever war."
So said President Joe Biden in his announcement that, as of Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, all U.S. troops will be gone from Afghanistan.
The longest war in our history, which cost 2,400 dead, 20,000 wounded and $2 trillion, is ending -- but only for Americans, not Afghans.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured our NATO allies in Brussels that we are all leaving with our mission accomplished:
Paycheck Fairness Hurts Women’s Flexibility and Work-life Balance
- By Eagle Forum
The Democrats of the 117th Congress are again attempting the passage of another “equality” bill. This time, it’s the Paycheck Fairness Act or H.R. 7.
According to the House Committee on Education and Labor, the H.R. 7 attempts to end gender-based wage discrimination by:
Arkansas General Assembly Passes HCR 1007 Recognizing January 22 as the Day of Tears
- By Christian Newswire
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. --The Arkansas General Assembly passed House Concurrent Resolution 1007 recognizing January 22 as the Day of Tears. This resolution calls for private citizens in Arkansas to lower their flags on January 22, in honor and remembrance of the over 61 million innocents who have lost their lives to abortion. Arkansas joins Alabama as the second state this year to pass a Day of Tears resolution.
NGU's Boulet Named 2021 SCICU Teacher of the Year
- By LaVerne Howell - NGU
Dr. Jon Boulet, chair of the business administration department and professor of economics, is named North Greenville University's 2021 South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (SCICU) Excellence in Teaching award recipient.
Each year, SCICU recognizes and celebrates the best of the best with its Excellence in Teaching Awards. According to rigorous guidelines, a faculty member from each of SCICU's twenty-member institutions is nominated for the award. Each year award recipients are honored at a special dinner in April and awarded a $3,000 professional development grant.
Tell Your Senators to Stop the For the People Act
- By Richard Harris, Executive Director, Truth & Liberty Coalition
Liberals in Congress are trying to ram through a bill that will destroy our ability to have fair elections. The so-called For the People Act (S 1, 2021) is probably one of the most dangerous pieces of legislation in American history.
Instead of the "For the People Act," it should be called the "One Party Takeover of American Government Act," or, as Sen. Ted Cruz put it, "The Corrupt Politicians Act."
Just Say Something 33rd Annual Red Ribbon Classic Golf Fundraiser Exceeds Expectations!
- By Phil Clark - Just Say Something
Just Say Something would like to thank everyone who sponsored, participated, and volunteered in the 33rd Annual Red Ribbon Classic Golf Tournament, presented by the Reedy Property Group, on March 29, 2021 at the Thornblade Club in Greer. Thanks to everyone’s dedication and love of the sport, over $67,000 was raised in support of the Youth Impact Sports program, which emphasizes teamwork, youth substance use prevention, and life skills.
BJU Students Present at Communication Conference
- By Randy Page - BJU
Three graduate students—Katie Stodola, Allison Gibbs and Samantha Pfieffer—in the communication studies program at Bob Jones University presented academic papers on virtual panels at the 91st annual Southern States Communication Association (SSCA) Convention held April 5-9.
America's Media-Poisoned Well
- By Michelle Malkin
It's springtime in America. In halcyon days, we'd ring in the new season with fresh starts and fragrant flowers. But in 2021, the arrival of April now ushers in yet another cycle of destructive urban riots -- stoked and coddled by toxic journalists downplaying left-wing violence and demonizing all who dare call out the ruinous, race-based chaos for what it is.
On Monday, as vandals and looters tore apart Minneapolis again in the wake of a cop-involved shooting, a suburban police chief tried to report on the dangerous conditions outside his station.
Gov. Hutchinson's Distortion of President Reagan
- By Star Parker
Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas raised ire from conservatives for vetoing legislation passed by the Arkansas state legislature that would have banned "gender-affirming" medical treatment for transgender minors.
This includes treatment such as hormone therapy, puberty blockers and surgery associated with gender identity.
The legislature then overrode Hutchinson's veto, making Arkansas the nation's first state to ban these procedures.
Long-Term Declines in Church Giving and Membership can be Addressed
- By empty tomb, inc.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Recent survey data from Gallup points to a decline in church membership in the U.S. For the first time in over eight decades of surveys, Gallup found church members were less than half of the U.S. population.
Similar trends show up in numbers reported by a broad set of church denominations and collected by empty tomb, inc.'s The State of Church Giving series.
Arizona, Georgia Double-Team on Woke Sports
- By Tony Perkins - Family Research Council
It'll be months before Major League Baseball knows how much its decision to move Atlanta's All-Star Game cost them financially. Fortunately, Americans won't have to wait nearly that long to understand how much it hurt the MLB politically. Thanks to Governor Doug Ducey (R-Ariz.), they already know. If the goal of MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and his liberal pals was to scare other states into submission, Arizona's new law makes it quite clear: he's already failed.
Putin & Xi Have Red Lines, Too
- By Pat Buchanan
What are Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping up to?
In recent days, Russian tanks, artillery, armor, trucks and troops have been moving by road and rail ever closer to Ukraine, and Moscow is said to be repositioning its 56th Guards Air Assault Brigade in Crimea.
Military sources in Kyiv estimate there are now 85,000 Russian troops between six and 25 miles from Ukraine's northern and eastern borders.
Nite Line Guest Line-up for April 19-23, 2021
- By Nite Line Press Release
Nite Line broadcasts live Monday through Friday on WGGS-TV from 8 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. The program features local and/or nationally known guests who share their testimonies and talent. Our goal is to be an inspiration to our viewers as well as inform them of Christian and community events in the upstate.
Monday, April 19, 2021: Tonight on Nite Line Pastor Benny Littlejohn welcomes Dr. Don Wilton, the senior pastor of First Baptist Spartanburg. Dr. Wilton discusses his newly-released book, Saturdays with Billy: My Friendship with Billy Graham, which shares stories of his weekly visits for fifteen years with Dr. Graham. This program features music from Chris Rose.
NGU to remain 'fully open' for Fall 2021
- By LaVerne Howell - NGU
North Greenville University (NGU) is planning to remain fully open for the fall 2021 semester; the school announced to its students and community on Monday.
The joint message came from University President Dr. Gene C. Fant, Jr., and the COVID-19 Response Team. The university has been able to hold face-to-face classes, in-person campus activities, athletic competitions, internships, fieldwork, and clinicals during the current 2020-2021 academic year and is planning carefully to regather in the fall with the same expectations.
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