Just a few days before the election, Oklahoma County Republicans were treated to a visit by some real political heavyweights. Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the wealthy St. Louis couple who have been charged with felonies after pointing their firearms at protesters marching down the private drive of their gated community, made an appearance Friday night. […]
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Baptist converge to discuss same-sex marriage
Denominational leaders speak on the Gospel, Sexuality & the Church.
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Moore sends hate runnin’
Opposite a large crowd of Moore supporters, 10 Westboro protesters held signs that said, “God Hates Oklahoma,” “Mourn For Your Sins” and “Destruction Is Imminent.” According to Westboro’s website, the church members believe the tornadoes were “God’s wrath.” The Kansas church protesters had a permit to protest for 30 minutes at 2 p.m., but counter-protesters […]
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Preaching relief
The state Baptist General Convention recently celebrated 40 years of its disaster-relief program that has assisted people from coast to coast in almost every type of tragedy, including hurricanes, floods, wildfires and tornadoes. In 2013, disaster-relief volunteers were spread thin as they helped clean up flooded homes in Colorado, provided assistance to superstorm Sandy victims […]
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Southern comfort
A critically acclaimed new film is headed to Oklahoma City, tackling sensitive topics as religion, homosexuality and suicide. In spite of the somber tone, Southern Baptist Sissies is billed as a dark comedy, and writer-producer Del Shores said Oklahoma is one of the states that needs to see the film the most. “After talking to […]
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Glorious resurrection
But that was more than half a century ago, when the church was a key part of the Oklahoma City black community and the civil rights movement. There, King preached a sermon as an audition to be the church’s full-time pastor. Ironically, church leaders thought King was too young to lead a congregation of that […]
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Vince Gill looks hate in the face
In a video of the encounter, an unidentified female church member (the videographer) confronted Gill about his 13-year marriage to Christian singer-songwriter Amy Grant. “Vince Gill, what in the world are you doing out here?” she asked. “I just came to see what hate looked like,” he replied. “Well, more importantly, what are you doing […]
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Marriage ‘Pains’
According to the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative, 32 percent of marriages in the state have ended in divorce — one of the highest divorce rates nationwide. As many Sooner couples find themselves saying “I don’t” more often than “I do,” one unlikely man has taken it upon himself to save these remaining marriages: former teen heartthrob-turned-evangelist […]
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Everything’s Jake
Singer-songwriter Jake Germany took a comical approach when it came time to write, record and release his debut full-length album, Cardboard Kids. “We already had this story concept laid out for the album, so we thought, ‘Why not just go ahead and make it into a book?’ Then, with a couple of us being big […]
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Ward 8
HEARRON Cliff Hearron, 74, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, is a parttime instructor of German and Russian languages at Windsor Hills Baptist Church’s Oklahoma Baptist College. Hearron said he’s running because he felt many issues are being neglected, including street and road repairs and police and fire protection. He said he would vote the […]