Alamo Survivor, and other links

The posting of links does not constitute an endorsement of the sites linked, and not necessarily even agreement with the specific posts linked.

• Alamo Survivor? -- "In the 1880s and 1890s, the venerable Madam Candelaria recounted her dramatic story of attending to the deathly ill Jim Bowie as Mexican soldados besieged the mission-turned-fort."
• Can Women Be Pastors? -- "Sam Storms...argues that pastoring is a gift not an authoritative office in the church."
• Died: Phillip E. Johnson, Lawyer Who Put Darwin on Trial -- "Johnson’s landmark book, Darwin on Trial, argued that Darwinian evolution didn’t have real evidence or good arguments, but was instead “another kind of fundamentalism”."
• Evangelical women superstars: power, celebrity and influence within the façade of submission -- "While their lives are constrained within the language of submission, most of these women have developed a knack for getting what they want."
• Finders Weepers -- "Treasure discovered in 1885 led to trouble for a Bell County ranch hand."
• Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Christian and a Democrat -- "Franklin Delano Roosevelt was influenced by the Episcopal Church, by the Social Gospel movement, by polio, by poverty and war, and, of course, by Democratic politics. A new religious biography examines these influences closely."
• I Was a Misunderstood Muslim -- "I want to shed light on some common misconceptions that hinder Christians from reaching out to Muslims with the saving truth of Christ."
• In the Making -- "I went in search of distinctive makers and found diverse artisans with deep thoughts about the act of creation."
• Losing the Trail - Trammel’s Trace and William’s Settlement -- "All along the route from Fulton, Arkansas down toward Nacogdoches there are surveyor notes that tell us where Trammel’s Trace was during the early years of the Republic."
• Mr. Loyd Awalt: a Boy’s Friend and a Man’s Friend -- "For years, he drove the Steward Mill school bus and kept law and order over a bunch of green broke kids, and he did it in such a way that he was successful and also gained the love and respect of 99.9 percent of the kids."
• Stopping by the Stagecoach -- "In 1943, Dion and Ruth Van Bibber purchased the property and renamed it the Stagecoach Inn, using delicious food and Southern hospitality to attract travelers."
• Suicide – Do People Go To Heaven If They Commit Suicide? -- "I wonder where this idea comes from. Is it a residue of a belief that those who die with unconfessed sin are not forgiven?"
• The Origin of Alabama’s Oldest Baptist Church -- "Their first pastor was Elder John Nicholson, reportedly from the Boiling Fork Baptist Church in Franklin County, Tennessee. Nicholson would serve Flint River Church as Pastor until around 1830."
• We have set our names upon your waters -- "The French Broad is a river and a watershed and a way of life where day-before-yesterday and day-after-tomorrow exist in odd and fascinating harmony.
• Woodstock & the “Fundamental Conflict of Our Age” -- "Rand’s interest in analyzing Woodstock was not merely journalistic. As a philosopher, she was a staunch advocate of reason and its practical value in guiding one’s life."
• 6 Members Who Build Up the Church -- "Dear church member, pursue these qualities in your own life and encourage them in others."