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The Good News of Christmas calls the Church to embrace the ‘F’ word
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American Jews are terrified
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J.J. Culver, brother of NBA player Jarrett Culver, scored 100 points in a game for Wayland Baptist
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Behind the rise of evangelical women ‘influencers’
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Nikki Haley, Confederate memory and the insidious myth of racial ‘reconciliationism’
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Did the Pope compare Donald Trump to King Herod? Should he?
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Embracing the Simeons and Annas who keep the faith when we cannot
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Ministry jobs and more
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Disaster volunteers face ‘primitive’ conditions in Dorian-ravaged Bahamas
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Churches need more of Mr. Rogers’s theology of neighborliness
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Tom Ascol, Calvinist leader and social justice critic, hospitalized after collapsing at church
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The gospel and the limits of consumerism
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Church’s food truck connects with neighbors ‘over a barbecue sandwich’
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Don’t succumb to criticism of ‘Happy Holidays’; it can be an expression of God’s inclusive embrace
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What our Wilshire congregation learned: Have ‘the conversation’ anyway
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Arkansas Supreme Court declines to prevent pastor/judge from hearing attorney general’s cases
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New Liberty University think tank aims to revive ‘Christian American culture’
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Transitions for the week of 12-6-19
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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
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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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Did the Pope compare Donald Trump to King Herod? Should he?
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Ministry jobs and more
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Disaster volunteers face ‘primitive’ conditions in Dorian-ravaged Bahamas
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Tom Ascol, Calvinist leader and social justice critic, hospitalized after collapsing at church
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Church’s food truck connects with neighbors ‘over a barbecue sandwich’
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Arkansas Supreme Court declines to prevent pastor/judge from hearing attorney general’s cases
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New Liberty University think tank aims to revive ‘Christian American culture’
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Transitions for the week of 12-6-19
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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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The Good News of Christmas calls the Church to embrace the ‘F’ word
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Nikki Haley, Confederate memory and the insidious myth of racial ‘reconciliationism’
-
Embracing the Simeons and Annas who keep the faith when we cannot
-
Churches need more of Mr. Rogers’s theology of neighborliness
-
The gospel and the limits of consumerism
-
Don’t succumb to criticism of ‘Happy Holidays’; it can be an expression of God’s inclusive embrace
-
What our Wilshire congregation learned: Have ‘the conversation’ anyway
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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
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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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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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American Jews are terrified
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J.J. Culver, brother of NBA player Jarrett Culver, scored 100 points in a game for Wayland Baptist
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Behind the rise of evangelical women ‘influencers’
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Muhammad appears in top 10 baby name list for the first time
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How the ‘extreme abstinence’ of the purity movement created a sense of shame in evangelical women
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Palestinians in Bethlehem look beyond religious tourism
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SMU sued for severing ties with church
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David Bentley Hart’s polemic against the alleged doctrine of eternal hell
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Georgia’s legislature endorsed Bible classes. Twice. Why aren’t schools teaching them?
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House Speaker Pelosi rebukes reporter: ‘Don’t mess with me’
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Holt Street Baptist commemorates bus boycott anniversary, converts former church to museum
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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