Spiritual protesters were a crucial part of both the counter-protests and relief efforts. Many stood arm-in-arm while staring down white supremacists — and plan to do it again.
Religious leaders as different as William Barber and Russell Moore reflect Reinhold Niebuhr’s insights
Those who attempt a deeper dive into Niebuhr will find a thinker not easily categorized or summarized.
Hope for America’s opioid epidemic is grace in a syringe
Why addiction ministry can include fellowship, the gospel and Narcan.
More than one-third of Americans identify with a religion different than the one they grew up with
It’s particularly fascinating to watch this trend among the young people who are turning away from religious institutions in large numbers.
Chorus battles eviction from Palo Alto, Calif., Baptist church
Hundreds of supporters — including San Francisco 49ers Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young — crowded into Palo Alto (Calif.) City Hall in a show of support for a community chorus facing eviction from First Baptist Church due to zoning.
Pastor and descendant of Robert E. Lee says it’s time for his ancestor’s statues to come down
Robert Wright Lee IV, the general’s great-great-great-great-nephew and pastor at North Carolina’s Bethany United Church of Christ, said that he believed it was time for statues of his ancestor to come down.
Baylor ordered to turn over documents in sex assault lawsuit
A federal judge ordered Baylor University to turn over information — including interview recordings and documents — it provided to a law firm it hired amid a sexual assault scandal that rocked the nation’s largest Baptist school.
That we’re shocked at Charlottesville is part of our problem
The goal of truthtelling is not to decide who to blame and how to punish them. It is to learn who has been harmed, and how; and who must be involved, in what ways, to heal the wound.
Christian, did the news out of Charlottesville make you sick in your soul? It should
Racist protests are not morally equivalent to counter-protests on behalf of racial equality and civil rights. They never have been and never will be.
Christianity does not justify Trump’s ‘fire and fury’
There has been discussion about whether the president’s words were improvised or part of a strategy. There is a third dimension: a corrupted theology that could supply a misguided moral thrust to the president’s potential course of action.
What I learned from our seminary’s conflict about hosting Tim Keller
At times, the cost of theological diversity is painfully clear.
North Korea releases Canadian pastor sentenced to life in prison
Rim Hyon Su, also known as Hyeon Soo Lim, was accused by the state of using religion as a ruse to overthrow the government. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in December 2015.











