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BLACKFOOT, Idaho
(BP)--North American Mission Board
missionary Jim Ballard -- all 243
lbs. of him -- lay sprawled in
agonizing pain on a snow-covered
dirt trail high in the mountains of
the Salmon National Forest in
eastern Idaho.
Four of his ribs and a
vertebra were fractured, and his
sternum was cracked. His lung
punctured, Ballard was spitting up
pink, foamy blood, which dotted his
full salt-and-pepper beard.
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Ballard prayed
to God and thought of Myrtle, his
new wife, who was back at their RV
campsite some 10 miles away. The
nearest main road was a mile or two
away. Panic was creeping in like the
big black crow that perched only 10
feet away, cawing and waiting for
what it thought would be its
inevitable Ballard "buffet."
"You're not getting my
eyeballs just yet," Ballard yelled
at the crow while whipping out his
.45/.410 revolver and two boxes of
shells. At least neither the crows
nor the wolves would get ol' Jim
that day without a fight.
Several hours earlier that day
-- Oct. 17, 2008 -- Ballard's final
day of elk hunting had started
before sun-up, when he told Myrtle
he'd be hunting all day and after
dark. After all, this would be the
last day of his week-long,
elk-hunting vacation.
But this day, his life would
be altered forever when, at around
10 a.m., he chose to turn off a main
road onto a "Jeep trail" that grew
steeper as it snaked up the
mountain. Read
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NEWS
Land:
non-coercion
vital
in
witnessing
WASHINGTON
(BP)--Evangelical
Christians,
particularly
Baptists,
believe
in
both
their
responsibility
to
share
the
Gospel
of
Christ
for
the
purpose
of
conversion
and
others'
freedom
to
accept
or
reject
that
witness,
Richard
Land
said
at a
March
3
conference
at
Georgetown
University.
Read
More
CULTURE
DIGEST:
Social
studies
standards
under
review
in
TX;
TN
OKs
Bible
course;
...
NASHVILLE,
Tenn.
(BP)--The
Texas
Board
of
Education,
with
its
considerable
conservative
bloc,
is
set
to
address
social
studies
standards
in
March,
possibly
meaning
the
rest
of
the
nation's
public
schools
could
teach
more
about
the
influence
of
Christianity
on
the
nation's
history.
Read
More
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new
IMB
missionaries
appointed
CORDOVA,
Tenn.
(BP)--As
"Jennifer"
held
the
hand
of a
dying
man
in
the
intensive
care
unit
of a
hospital,
she
knew
God
was
calling
her
to a
career
...
Read
More
TRUSTEES:
'Let
us
be
found
faithful,'
Chitwood
tells
IMB
trustees
New
paradigms
needed,
Rankin
says
TRUSTEES:
GuideStone
Financial
Resources
funds
yield
positive
returns
GCRTF
VIEWPOINT:
Al
Mohler
on
state
cooperative
agreements
GCRTF
VIEWPOINT:
Glen
Land
on
state
cooperative
agreements
GCRTF
VIEWPOINT:
Danny
Akin
on
GCRTF
report
GCRTF
VIEWPOINT:
Scott
Brewer
on
GCRTF
report
GCRTF
VIEWPOINT:
Bob
White
on
new
name
for
SBC
giving
GCRTF
VIEWPOINT:
Norman
Jameson
on
new
name
for
SBC
giving
Seminary
professor
E.
Earle
Ellis
dies
at
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