The abortion-inducing drug mifepristone will remain on the market after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the medication. The June 13 decision in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine also…
Baptists oppose Louisiana Ten Commandments bill
Scores of Louisiana churchgoers and pastors, including dozens of Baptists, are pleading with Gov. Jeff Landry to veto a bill requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in all state-funded classrooms. “We do not need to turn public schools into…
BWIM present in Indy as SBC votes on Law Amendment Wednesday
Representatives of Baptist Women in Ministry are in Indianapolis this week to push back against the anticipated ban of female pastors in the Southern Baptist Convention, Executive Director Meredith Stone said. Stone said she and two other BWIM staff members…
Biden is catering to racists and white supremacists, immigration advocate charges
The Biden administration’s latest clamp-down on immigrant asylum is less about border security and managing immigration than it is a sign of the nation’s continuing moral decline, immigration advocate Marisa Limon Garza said. “It’s an attempt to cater to the…
Seminary professor describes deep spiritual experience of participating in psychedelics study
Seminary professor and Baptist minister Jaime Clark-Soles underwent a deep spiritual transformation during a clinical trial with psychedelics that drew her closer to Christ, enhanced her understanding of Scripture and inspired her to write and speak widely about the experience….
Once again, immigrant advocates damn Biden’s new policy
President Joe Biden’s claim that congressional inaction required him to issue an executive order temporarily blocking asylum for migrants at the U.S. Mexico border did little to dampen the anger and disappointment of immigrant rights advocates. Numerous organizations released statements…
New book features transcripts of Jimmy Carter’s Sunday school lessons while president
Attending church and teaching Sunday school helped Jimmy Carter through some of the most challenging moments of his presidency, author Christi Harlan said. While in the White House, Carter and his family were members and frequent attenders of The First…
Deporting Dreamers would be a ‘disaster’ to the communities where they live and work
Opposition to DACA makes no economic or political sense for the country and is potentially catastrophic for immigrants raised most of their lives in the United States, experts said during a webinar hosted by the National Immigration Forum. The Obama-era…
Jesus will not rescue America without our help, Pavlovitz says
Prayerfully waiting for God or the “arc of the moral universe” to heal America’s political, racial and religious divisions will do nothing to alter the nation’s downward spiritual and moral trajectory, activist and author John Pavlovitz said. In fact, no…