Editor’s note: It is BNG’s practice, when possible, to present diverse viewpoints in our opinion section. The piece below was written at the editor’s request to represent a conservative viewpoint that will resonate with readers who consider themselves centrists and…
Donald Trump has been wrong about most everything
One of Donald Trump’s marketing slogans declares, “Trump was right about everything.” But in reality, as anyone with eyes can clearly see, Trump has been wrong about most everything. His “business leader” instincts have proved ill-advised and catastrophic time and…
Why are evangelicals freaking out over James Talarico?
He’s being called “Pastor Pornhub” and “the living embodiment of Satan on earth” by Christians on the religious and political right. So who is this terrifying figure? Is he a Dallas megachurch pastor who had to step aside for a…
White House wins gold medal in internet fakes
For the first time in 40 years, the U.S. men’s hockey team is at the top of the world. At the 2026 Winter Olympics, the American men faced a series of challenges culminating in a 2-1 overtime win against Canada…
Witness, resolve and purpose — from the founding to MLK
History is not a tidy procession of events. It is a drama of human beings — morally mixed, hopeful and fearful, capable of courage and compromise — acting in a world that resists their intentions. To read history well is…
SBC influencer William Wolfe wants an America of white people
“My boys all look like me. And I want my children to grow up in a country where they’re not minorities,” William Wolfe said out loud in a video now posted online. “I want my boys to grow up in…
5 things I wish every U.S. citizen knew
It’s hard to believe 14 months into Donald Trump’s Reign of Terror 2.0 anyone still believes the administration’s rhetoric around its immigration enforcement practices. I’m a female pastor in a progressive Baptist church in Texas. It isn’t as if I’m…
Fighting fear and dehumanization in Richmond
Actions speak loudly, but words also count in a time when many who should be speaking out about injustice remain silent. A public statement read by a group of Christian leaders Feb. 27 on the steps of First Baptist Church…
Pondering David Foster Wallace, lobsters and The Twilight Zone
I did not expect David Foster Wallace to unsettle my dinner plate. I have read enough of him to know he rarely leaves the reader unchanged, but Consider the Lobster struck me in a way I did not anticipate. It…
Vietnam War tactics are back in Trump’s America
When I saw the cellphone videos of U.S. Border Patrol agents executing Alex Pretti on a snowy street in Minneapolis, the shameless brutality of the shooting reminded me of another execution 58 years earlier on a war-torn street in Saigon….
What can we learn from First Baptist Orlando?
A story BNG first reported more than three weeks ago came to a disheartening conclusion Sunday, March 8, when Chris Ogden resigned as campus pastor for First Baptist Church of Orlando’s Horizon West campus. Ogden, who by all accounts was…
Are US military commanders really talking about Armageddon?
Are U.S. military commanders really telling the soldiers fighting in Iran that President Donald Trump has been “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth”? In a piece published…