Hobby Lobby Fined for Bible Artifact Acquisitions; CP Ahead of Budget

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Episode #111

More than 5,500 artifacts have been forfeited by Hobby Lobby and they’ve been fined $3 million. We discuss this and update you on the FY17 cooperative program budget plus much more.

News Recap:

• Oklahoma: Hobby Lobby to forfeit Bible artifacts, pay $3M fine — http://bit.ly/2tSzwap
• SBC: National CP 5.96% above projection — http://bit.ly/2tSfQDt
• Louisiana: ‘Chaplain of Bourbon Street’ dies at 89 — http://bit.ly/2tSdiW0
• Maryland: Pastor confident he’ll redeem ‘Annie’s Church’ — http://bit.ly/2tSlpC1
• Kentucky: Noah’s ark to celebrate 1st anniversary July 7 — http://bit.ly/2tSlDsS
• Alabama: Children’s home went ‘above, beyond’ for twins in its care – http://bit.ly/2tSA5B3

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This Week in SBC History

• Arthur Flake dies in Memphis
  • http://media.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/22,03-Jul-1952.pdf
  • http://www.lifeway.com/lwc/files/lwcf_crd_ss_5stepformula_fullbooklet_pdf.pdf

Resources of the Week

• Amy: https://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/evangelical-history/2017/07/05/the-reading-list-for-a-phd-seminar-on-the-history-of-american-fundamentalism-and-evangelicalism/
• Jonathan: The Imperfect Disciple by Jared C. Wilson