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Drescher: Feisty Baptist editor was one of a kind

R.G. Puckett, Editor of the Biblical Recorder, a Baptist state newspaper.

R.G. "Gene" Puckett was a verbal pugilist who enjoyed a good argument. Puckett, a man who enjoyed conflict, probably reveled in the split vote that installed him as editor of the Biblical Recorder. He was not for everybody. Nor did he want to be.

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RELIGION

Voices of Faith: Does God shine a light on some more than others?

VOICES OF FAITH: DOES GOD SHINE A LIGHT ON SOME MORE THAN OTHERS?
HEALTH & WELLNESS

Hospital doctor delivers infusion of hope to Jehovah's Witness

On the day the Boston Marathon bombing transfixed the world, Mark Watkins of suburban Kansas City, Mo., lay face to face with a crisis of life, death and faith of his own.
WAKE COUNTY

Outspoken Baptist editor and minister R.G. Puckett dies at 80

R.G. “Gene” Puckett, the longtime editor of the North Carolina Baptists’ Biblical Recorder newspaper, died Sunday. He was a critic of the conservative movement in the Baptist church.
NATIONAL POLITICS

Graham to Obama: IRS targeted BGEA and Samaritan’s Purse, too

In a Tuesday letter to President Barack Obama, Franklin Graham charged that the two N.C. charities he leads were also targeted by the IRS for political reasons.
RELIGION

After rebuke by archbishop, Cardinal Mahony takes higher profile

When Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez stripped his predecessor, Cardinal Roger Mahony, of public duties for mishandling clergy sex abuse cases, a church spokesman said the retired prelate's life would remain largely the same with one exception: confirmations.
BARRY SAUNDERS

Saunders: Readers suggest visits to higher - and lower - ground

Wow, that was a new type of invitation. Naw, not that a reader told me to go to hell - as hard as that is to believe, it's happened a time or two - but that he also invited me to his church afterwards.
RELIGION

Colombia celebrates its first Catholic saint

In her lifetime, Laura Montoya's stubborn determination to help Colombia's indigenous people brought the reproach of society, the political elite and the church, which viewed her work with suspicion and accused her of being unstable.
RELIGION

Pope urges steps toward `full unity' with Coptic Orthodox Church

The Catholic and Coptic Orthodox churches are in a position to settle their historical rifts, Pope Francis said Friday as he welcomed his Coptic counterpart, Tawadros II.
RELIGION

Tomas de Torquemada in the U.S. armed forces

About a month ago, I joined the advisory board of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) to replace Glen Doherty, a former Navy SEAL and member of the board who had recently been killed in the Benghazi incident. I was a reluctant recruit, knowing as I did the importance of spiritual solace...
BARRY SAUNDERS

Saunders: Church the one place all should be welcome

Raphael Vargas wandered into Longview Baptist Church and sat in the back. His appearance – agitated, some members said – and the way he suddenly left prompted someone to call the police, who charged him with disorderly conduct at a religious service.