In one of his first televised interviews since seeking refuge in the United States, former Chinese prisoner Chen Guangcheng told CNN’s Anderson Cooper “the brutality was beyond anyone’s imagination.”
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Shorter University President Don Dowless is defending the university’s renewed commitment to Christian principles amid the departure of at least 36 of Shorter’s 100-plus faculty members. A number of the faculty departures stem from their refusal to sign Shorter’s new lifestyle statement.
The House of Representatives passed a Pentagon budget bill that explicitly prevents same-sex marriage services from taking place on U.S. military bases. It also adds specific religious liberty protections for military personnel, including chaplains. The White House says President Obama will veto the bill.
More than 270 Southern Baptist Theological Seminary students received degrees ranging from certificates to doctorates during commencement exercises on the seminary’s lawn.
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary recently sent forth a fourth generation graduate, Joshua Thomas, whose great-grandfather earned a degree from the seminary in 1912.