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Robert Sloan, Baptist educator, dies at 77

The is a developing story and will be updated as new information becomes available. Veteran Baptist educator Robert B. Sloan died of a massive stroke July 3, according Heights Church in Houston, where Sloan was a pastor and theologian…

My first experience of Ryan Stollar was his cruel suicide note

Note: This article includes an explicit discussion of suicide and mental health issues. In the last 20 years, the words we use to talk about suicide have changed. We are chastised for saying that someone “committed suicide,” because in…

This Fourth of July, will you get your hands in the dirt?

This Fourth of July, somewhere in America, a church will drag the American flag over to the altar and call it worship. A preacher will stand in a pulpit built for the gospel and preach nationalism instead, and no one…

Focus marks US 250th with patriotic video, booth at Trump’s Fair

“Christianity overwhelmingly was the No. 1 influence in the founding of this constitutional republic,” claims Focus on the Family in its new 20-minute video, “Faith in America: 250 Years.” “America was born only because of Christian principles and Christian Scriptures,”…

Why transgender people threaten some and what that says about us all

Living in Texas as a transgender woman sometimes feels like walking through your own neighborhood with three heads. People stare. People whisper. People make decisions about who and what you are before you have said a single word — decisions…

Conscientious AI objectors: HR’s role in keeping workplaces human

In the aftermath of Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical letter Magifica Humanitas, human resource professionals are gearing up for a previously unexplored scenario — religious accommodations to avoid using artificial intelligence tools in the workplace. Pope Leo’s letter cautions humanity about the potential…

Louisiana pastor beats a man and thinks he’s following Jesus

In surveillance video that’s since gone viral, Pastor Tony Spell of Life Tabernacle Church in Baton Rouge, La., is seen outside his church when he reacts suddenly to a young man standing across the street. He runs across the multi-lane…

PCUSA declares Israel’s actions in Palestine genocide

The Presbyterian Church (USA) voted June 30 to declare Israel’s actions in Palestine genocide, to boycott all products from Israel and to call for an arms embargo against the nation. Meeting in Milwaukee June 27 to July 3, the denomination’s…

Supreme Court slides into partisanship

In siding with the Republican Party in yet another decision loosening campaign spending limits, the U.S. Supreme Court is risking credibility as the supposedly nonpartisan third branch of government. Beyond that, it continues to deny the corrupting influence of the…

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

The Fourth of July was a big celebration during my childhood. My siblings and I proudly wore our new red, white and blue outfits while family and neighbors gathered for cookouts. Children ran around the park or lake until dark….

When ‘everyone is welcome’ comes with fine print

After my lifelong connection with evangelical faith, midlife has unearthed surprise skepticism about what once was sacred ground. Unexpected questions crowd my thoughts about church and what it means. This includes questioning the fine print beneath the slogans I once…

The realists’ war and a call for strategic restraint

My mother was a medical student in Kabul when the realists came. They came first as Soviet advisers, then as mujahideen commanders, then as American strategists playing the long game against Moscow. Each faction arrived certain it understood the situation…

Supreme Court slides into partisanship

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war

Robert Sloan, Baptist educator, dies at 77

My first experience of Ryan Stollar was his cruel suicide note

This Fourth of July, will you get your hands in the dirt?

Focus marks US 250th with patriotic video, booth at Trump’s Fair

Why transgender people threaten some and what that says about us all

Conscientious AI objectors: HR’s role in keeping workplaces human

Louisiana pastor beats a man and thinks he’s following Jesus

PCUSA declares Israel’s actions in Palestine genocide

Supreme Court slides into partisanship

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

When ‘everyone is welcome’ comes with fine print

The realists’ war and a call for strategic restraint

From Augustine to Jefferson, the idea of separating church and state has deep religious and secular roots

Defying pope and facing excommunication, SSPX consecrates bishops at huge outdoor Mass

BWA Leader Transitions to Full-Time Role with BWA Women

The Bible verses dividing Washington: How Matthew 25 became a political litmus test

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Supreme Court slides into partisanship

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war