The sudden surge in media attention on the latest school killings amid an already-turbulent year suggests that mass shootings have finally hit the tipping point from inescapable tragedy to depressing normalcy.

And in a few weeks, Easter Sunday falls on April Fool’s Day. Yikes.

The failure of a church, at least according to the belief system baked into our American religiosity, is the personal failure of a pastor. As I’ve seen more and more of my friends (and myself) self-immolate in the face of institutional malaise, I’ve been wondering if the problem for most of us clergy folk is rooted in something a bit more elemental than a lack of training in millennial worship preferences and successfully interacting with people on your church Facebook page.

The Catholic church risks damaging its moral authority and plunging its followers into confusion if the Vatican presses ahead with an with the Chinese government, a group of influential Catholics has warned.

By elevating and blindly submitting to a single-issue politic, Christians endorse corrupt and immoral leaders and opt into ideological hypocrisy to uphold it. The risk for Christians is the loss of all ability to think in nuanced ways. It forces black-and-white thinking that moralizes some politicians based on a single belief.

David Platt announced Feb. 12 that he will end his three-and-a-half-year tenure as president of the SBC International Mission Board to focus only his role as teaching pastor at a DC-area megachurch, a role he took on last year.

Bay View is for many an idyllic community, but a lawsuit will test its rule that only practicing Christians can own property

President Trump praised God and country Thursday, calling the U.S. “a nation of believers“ and saying faith is central to “American life and to liberty.“