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What if white Christians had a more realistic image of Jesus, a dark-skinned, religious-minority refugee?
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Resurgence of nationalism is a ‘setback for humanity’, says German theologian Jürgen Moltmann
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I decided to make a list: 20 actions to cultivate hope
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Ministry jobs and more
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Walker Knight, founding editor of Baptists Today newspaper and former editor of Home Missions magazine, dead at 95
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Less TV, more faith needed to help refugees along U.S.-Mexican border
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Telling the truth or creating our own realities? (And the wisdom to know the difference)
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Impeaching ‘the deeply held faith values’ that brought us a President Trump
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People first: The Supreme Court – and all of us – should protect our 1.5 million known transgender Americans
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Are congregations and seminaries in this work together?
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Déjà vu: Jewish settlements in Palestine, U.S. policy and support from conservative Christians
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Ministry jobs and more
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Rather than ‘surviving’ family conversations this Thanksgiving, here are 4 ways you can thrive
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What testimony in the impeachment hearings said to me about the power of Christian witness
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Judge rules that historically black college and sponsoring denomination share power to name trustees
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Three years after Standing Rock: another oil spill and reminders of indigenous peoples’ fight for justice
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Franklin Graham terms opposition to Trump ‘almost’ demonic
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How the expectation gap creates trauma for white evangelicals
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Trump’s West Bank shocker: are End Times ‘kooks’ running US foreign policy?
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Parting with national body, Tennessee Baptists repudiate Critical Race Theory
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This is how despotism works – enabled by conservative white evangelicals and Christian nationalism
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Some ministers thrive in the ‘unicorn of church jobs’
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Fallen Southern Baptist leader props up pro-Trump pastor
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Transitions for the week of 11-22-19
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Ministry jobs and more
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Walker Knight, founding editor of Baptists Today newspaper and former editor of Home Missions magazine, dead at 95
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Less TV, more faith needed to help refugees along U.S.-Mexican border
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Ministry jobs and more
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Judge rules that historically black college and sponsoring denomination share power to name trustees
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Franklin Graham terms opposition to Trump ‘almost’ demonic
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Trump’s West Bank shocker: are End Times ‘kooks’ running US foreign policy?
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Parting with national body, Tennessee Baptists repudiate Critical Race Theory
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Some ministers thrive in the ‘unicorn of church jobs’
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Fallen Southern Baptist leader props up pro-Trump pastor
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Transitions for the week of 11-22-19
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Half of Protestant pastors say opioid abuse affects a church member
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Ministry jobs and more
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BJC, others, urge Supreme Court to allow states to bolster religious-liberty protections
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Trump rhetoric, ICE raids shake Miss. immigrants – but this pastor presses on
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Lottie Moon’s church added to list of protected cultural and historical sites in China
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‘A democracy can die of too many lies,’ warns broadcasting legend Bill Moyers
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Transitions for the week of 11-15-19
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Can pastors (safely) be BFFs with church members?
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Anne Marie Miller’s ‘Healing Together’: Abuse disclosure reawakens ‘former’ author’s book-writing career
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Show thee the money: churches can boost revenue through preaching and teaching
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BWA fund-raiser takes job with HarperCollins
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Southern Seminary removes adjunct professor, reviews dissertation, following abuse allegations
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Franklin Graham, toxic charity concerns send churches packing from Operation Christmas Child
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Baptist-backed governor apparent loser in re-election bid in Kentucky
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What if white Christians had a more realistic image of Jesus, a dark-skinned, religious-minority refugee?
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I decided to make a list: 20 actions to cultivate hope
-
Telling the truth or creating our own realities? (And the wisdom to know the difference)
-
Impeaching ‘the deeply held faith values’ that brought us a President Trump
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People first: The Supreme Court – and all of us – should protect our 1.5 million known transgender Americans
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Are congregations and seminaries in this work together?
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Déjà vu: Jewish settlements in Palestine, U.S. policy and support from conservative Christians
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Rather than ‘surviving’ family conversations this Thanksgiving, here are 4 ways you can thrive
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What testimony in the impeachment hearings said to me about the power of Christian witness
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Three years after Standing Rock: another oil spill and reminders of indigenous peoples’ fight for justice
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How the expectation gap creates trauma for white evangelicals
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This is how despotism works – enabled by conservative white evangelicals and Christian nationalism
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Baptists under Nazism and Baptists amid America’s current political crisis: a call to ‘disruption’
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Sitting in someone else’s chair
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‘Have you found Jesus yet?’ The peddling preacher and the pauper
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Are we finally ready to learn from Glenn Hinson, one of our Baptist prophets?
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The case of Rodney Reed: A call to abolish state-sanctioned lynching known as capital punishment
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Sorry, Jeremiah, but our children’s (and grandchildren’s) teeth ARE set on edge
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Community rice mixing and God’s mixing bowl: the beauty of diversity amid rampant Xenophobia
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Politics as an approximation of the Kingdom of God versus politics as Baal
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Can the ‘slow practice’ of writing letters by hand help save the world?
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Improving our ‘backpack’ self-awareness – for our sake and the sake of others
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Believing in God as prophetic resistance: LGBTQ Christians and the salvation of everybody, anyway.
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Can Kanye help spark a radical, new Christian Reformation?
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My 5-year wait on the kidney transplant list is nearly over. Two churches have carried me through
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What does a fair trade logo actually mean?
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Resurgence of nationalism is a ‘setback for humanity’, says German theologian Jürgen Moltmann
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How bad theology makes the opioid crisis worse
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Refugee ministries fight new resettlement requirement
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At Bishop Barber’s NC church, Pete Buttigieg works to woo black voters
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Former U.S. President Carter hospitalized in Georgia with urinary tract infection
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Dallas pastor’s book sheds light on painful discussions that led Wilshire Baptist to embrace LGBT members
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Seven years after his story went viral, a former Baptist minister continues to advocate for the LGBTQ community
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How many Americans believe Trump is anointed by God?
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The generous gospel of Mayor Pete
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Advent calendars have exploded with gift-worthy options
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Thanksgiving reveals more about us than about 17th century events
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Is the Bible right? Newly discovered fossils show snakes had legs
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Burnsville pastor resigns amid allegations of inappropriate sexual relationships in past
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Wayne Grudem changes mind about divorce in cases of abuse
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Sarah Sanders says she’s ‘been called’ to run for office, considering 2022 run for governor
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Rick Perry says Trump is the ‘chosen one’ sent ‘to do great things’
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Scott Warren acquitted on felony charges of harboring undocumented immigrants
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In Japan, Pope Francis condemns nuclear weapons as immoral
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Its pastor accused of sex abuse, Sanger church leaves Southern Baptist Convention amid inquiry
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Beth Moore doesn’t ‘have an axe to grind’
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Across Mister Rogers’ actual neighborhoods, his faith echoes
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Paige Patterson’s career ended after she came forward. Her struggle continues.
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The Democratic candidates’ favorite Bible verses
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Vatican appears to rebuke new US West Bank settlement policy