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• Scientists excited by stone record of Solomon's wisdom | Of the stone's ownership and place of origin, nothing is certain, save that agents representing its proprietor claim that it is a 15-line inscription in ancient Hebrew describing temple repairs ordered by the Biblical King Jehoash, who ruled Judea in the 9th century BC (The Times, London)
  
  
• Tablet could prove temple of Solomon really existed (The Daily Telegraph, London)
  
  

InterVarsity:

• Students protest charter decision on InterVarsity | A letter-writing campaign prompted by members of the Queer Network for Change raises charges of discrimination by InterVarsity and criticism of the university chancellor's support for the group (The Daily Tar Heel, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, link via In the Shadowlands)
  
  
• Also: Retyping the tablets | If InterVarsity refuses to allow anyone in the community to become a leader in the group, the University should allow it to exist as an organization—but not allow it to receive any student fees (Editorial, The Daily Targum, Rutgers University)
  
  
• Also: InterVarsity's beliefs and actions in contradiction | Religious ideals can be achieved through unity, diversity (Jenny Teabo, The Daily Targum, Rutgers University)
  
  

National Baptist convention:

• William Shaw's role pivotal in revival of National Baptist Convention | Leadership style, experience helped him re-establish bonds across nation, pastors say (The Tennessean, link via onReligion.com)
  
  
• Earlier: Redeeming Fire | The ambition and avarice of Henry Lyons could save the National Baptists (Christianity Today, Dec. 6, 1999)
  
  
• National Baptist meeting to focus on celebration | President William Shaw said he hopes people will stop associating the denomination with the scandals of Lyons (The Tennessean)
  
  

Martin Luther King Jr. and race relations:

• Minister: Belief slows advancement | African Americans 'misinterpret' the Bible, contends James T. Meeks (The Daily Journal, Kankakee, Ill.)
  
  
• Behind MLK's Answers | Perhaps instead of asking, "What would Dr. King say … ?" we should ask what the biblical and democratic values that inspired him tell us to do (Ralph E. Luker, History News Service)
  
  
• MLK's elusive dream of a 'beloved community' | The most segregated hour of Christian America is still 11 o'clock on Sunday morning (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  
• The faithful's wayward path | A distracted clergy watches idly as the black community is engaged in new fights just as vital as the one against segregation of 40 years ago (Juan Williams, The New York Times)
  
  
• White clergy members condemn killings by police | More than a dozen white clergy members called yesterday for white residents to end their silence on Louisville's racial discord, publicly condemning the police killings of several black men (The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.)
  
  
• Also: Statements about recent police shootings (The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.)
  
  

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