Leland Webb, longtime staff member and editor of the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board’s magazine, The Commission, died Jan. 8. He was 91. Webb served on the staff of The Commission 32 years, the final 15 years as editor, leading…
Why Crocodiles Remain Sacred To The Traditional Beliefs Of Some Muslims
Decades ago, crocodile hunting was practiced by humans to meet their needs through the economic value of the animal’s skin and meat.
High-ranking Vatican official says priests should be allowed to marry
Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna, a papal ally and an influential prelate at the Vatican, said in an interview published Sunday (Jan. 7) that the Catholic Church should reconsider its ban on married priests .
Anne Frank’s diary, ‘Schindler’s List’ among titles at center of major Florida book-ban lawsuit
A Florida school district is heading to court in a closely watched legal challenge to its decision to remove more than 1,600 books, including Anne Frank’s original diary.
Pope Francis called surrogacy ‘deplorable’ – many women who become surrogates feel otherwise, while the parents who choose it find it humbling and miraculous
Pope Francis made headlines on Jan. 8, 2024, when he called for a global surrogacy ban, stating, “I deem deplorable the practice of so-called surrogate motherhood, which represents a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child, based…
Camping organization announces Chester Phelps Passport Seminary Scholarship recipients
The Passport Christian summer camp organization has announced the three recipients of its Chester Phelps Passport Seminary Scholarships for the 2023-24 academic year. Jessalyn Brown of Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary, Sophia Carter of the Wake Forest University School of…
‘Soldiers of Christ’ killing unsettles Korean Americans in Georgia and stokes fear of cults
Just days into the admission process for Soldiers of Christ, Sehee Cho was faint and feeble.
Mike Pence writes messages on bombs meant for Lebanon. Would Jesus do that?
Mike Pence, once the vice president of the United States, signed his name on Israeli artillery shells intended to be used in an attack on Lebanon in a war that has already killed thousands of Palestinian civilians.
Nikki Haley’s slavery omission typifies the GOP’s tragic pact with white supremacy
Nikki Haley’s headline-generating incident at a town hall in New Hampshire is the perfect metaphor for the current Republican Party and its continued slide into open authoritarianism and White supremacy.