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New study shows pattern for school districts fending off Critical Race Theory fears, and Colleyville, Texas, fits the profile
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Ecumenical dialogue could heal a world of problems, Baptist author says
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Roe v. Wade in real time
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How we’re learning to see and hear the Black experience at Colonial Williamsburg
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If pickles had souls, would the SBC Executive Committee still ignore the will of SBC messengers?
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Ministry jobs and more
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Dreamers left with disappointment once again as Senate parliamentarian dashes their hopes
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It may take 21 Sundays, but I will get back to church
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Tal vez me tome 21 domingos, pero regresaré a la iglesia
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Support for interracial marriage has grown from 4% to 94%
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Long after the news cycle fades, Afghan refugees will still need our care
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SBC faces a test of its governance with tug-of-war over sexual abuse investigation
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The church is called to die
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Politicians and pastors opposing vaccine mandates are hypocritical, Griffen says in webinar
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When churches turn on themselves
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Once again, white evangelicals are outliers among American views on Trump, the election and the insurrection
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Talking about abortion is an opportunity to call on the grace of Jesus Christ
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Both Robert Jeffress and Pope Francis want you to get vaccinated
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How the oldest American lie sustains our racial malaise
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From 2016 to 2020, Trump grew in support from white evangelicals
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Three words of hope for the church in transition
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Leaving church: Grateful confessions from a dying pastor
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‘Marker events’ leave scars whether visible or not, psychologist explains
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A home for outcasts or a keeper of the ‘sacred timeline’?
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Paradoxical reflections on a significant birthday
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New study shows pattern for school districts fending off Critical Race Theory fears, and Colleyville, Texas, fits the profile
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Ecumenical dialogue could heal a world of problems, Baptist author says
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Ministry jobs and more
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Dreamers left with disappointment once again as Senate parliamentarian dashes their hopes
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Support for interracial marriage has grown from 4% to 94%
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Politicians and pastors opposing vaccine mandates are hypocritical, Griffen says in webinar
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Once again, white evangelicals are outliers among American views on Trump, the election and the insurrection
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Both Robert Jeffress and Pope Francis want you to get vaccinated
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From 2016 to 2020, Trump grew in support from white evangelicals
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‘Marker events’ leave scars whether visible or not, psychologist explains
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World health leaders protest U.S. vaccine boosters while other countries await promised vaccines that haven’t been delivered
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Hayes named BNG Clemons Fellow
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‘What we must do, as young people, is to ensure we don’t carry forward the endemic fallacies’
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United Methodists chafe at their wilderness wandering
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Looking for a religious exemption to a COVID vaccine mandate? Most denominations won’t help you
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Transitions for the week of 9-17-21
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Trump’s faith advisory team is coming back … maybe
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Carey Nieuwhof: Reflections on the wilderness, COVID, burnout and how to move forward
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Lost amid other news: Number of migrants being held in U.S. detention centers has decreased
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Erica Whitaker named associate director of BSK’s Institute for Black Church Studies
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Elijah Zehyoue named co-director of Alliance of Baptists
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Broad support for helping Afghan refugees does not uniformly extend to all refugees
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Ministry jobs and more
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Kentucky child care discrimination and proselytizing cases take opposite turns
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Want to help slow immigration to the U.S.? Address global hunger
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Roe v. Wade in real time
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If pickles had souls, would the SBC Executive Committee still ignore the will of SBC messengers?
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It may take 21 Sundays, but I will get back to church
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Tal vez me tome 21 domingos, pero regresaré a la iglesia
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Long after the news cycle fades, Afghan refugees will still need our care
-
The church is called to die
-
When churches turn on themselves
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Talking about abortion is an opportunity to call on the grace of Jesus Christ
-
How the oldest American lie sustains our racial malaise
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Three words of hope for the church in transition
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Leaving church: Grateful confessions from a dying pastor
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A home for outcasts or a keeper of the ‘sacred timeline’?
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Paradoxical reflections on a significant birthday
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How the Constitution’s original religious freedom guarantee almost didn’t happen
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Tombstones or steppingstones?
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Jesus, not the Bible, is ‘the Word of God’
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87 steps toward becoming an ideal team player on the quest for social justice
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To Whom It May Concern: I am writing this recommendation letter …
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COVID wars: Lament over a broken, divided nation
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COVID-19 and moral incompetence
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They’re not coming back
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The new abortion law reminds me why I have a love-hate relationship with Texas
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Reimagining the ‘kingdom’ of God as something other than an ancient hierarchy
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After 9/11: Three Jesuses and one bright hope
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Can God be found outside Christianity?
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Religious artifacts in new Reconstruction exhibit depict resilience, racism
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‘Some wanted me dead:’ Pope acknowledges right-wing critics
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Women making strides in leadership of Black denominations amid hesitancy
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Biden calls on U.S. Supreme Court to protect abortion rights
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2 charged with hate crime in attack on Jewish men in LA
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From knocking on doors to Facebook posts: Missionary work moves online
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Moroccan Christians Welcome End of a Decade of Islamist Government
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Base booster or blasphemy? Bible-quoting pro-Trump billboard raises eyebrows in Georgia
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Pope to bishops: Listen to abuse victims for sake of church
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Christian author Josh McDowell apologizes for comments about Black, minority families
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International Mission Board mandating missionaries receive COVID-19 shots
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Baptist pastor shot dead in Myanmar
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ Wedding Marks 1st Same-Sex Marriage Of Sitting Governor
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Dennis Hastert, Once an Evangelical Republican Leader, Settles Sex-Abuse Suit
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Pope questions vaccine skeptics, including cardinals
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Another Texas execution delayed on religious freedom claims
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Pope Francis addresses the Communion ban: ‘I have never denied the Eucharist to anyone!’
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Some abortion foes question tactical wisdom of new Texas ban
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A new Anne Frank Center aims to reshape racism through Holocaust education
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Texas’ abortion ban prompts push in Congress to pass federal reproductive rights bill, while renewing filibuster feud
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Twitter permanently bans Greg Locke, pro-Trump, anti-vax pastor
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Texas judge issues injunction against anti-abortion group on enforcing new law
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Blocked from serving their church, Catholic women push for female deacons
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The gospel of Sherri Tenpenny: COVID-19 misinformation meets Christian nationalism
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Post-Trump, Christian nationalists preach a theology of vaccine resistance