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The transmogrification of the SBC: When Baptists no longer are Baptist

As the Southern Baptist Convention in its recent annual meeting has proved itself unreliably Baptist, it gives me pause to think about how quickly the transmogrification of this Baptist denomination into its ecclesiastical opposite has happened. Baptist folk often have...

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Climb the ladder and storm the treehouse

Achieving the American Dream shouldn’t be like trying to get into a treehouse in which only certain people are welcome. The Puritan work ethic shouldn’t just ensure success for those who look like the early white Puritans. Francis McDormand was right. We need an inclusion rider. But not just for Hollywood contracts — we need one for life.

Who framed Mary Magdalene?

This is a film which could generate an important debate over why the woman, who was Jesus’s most faithful follower and remained with him as he died, while the other apostles fled, and was the first witness to his resurrection, was airbrushed out of the picture from the very beginnings of Christianity.

‘A Wrinkle in Time’s’ long religious controversy

Since its publication in 1962, “A Wrinkle in Time” has become one of the most frequently banned or challenged books. The book’s author, Madeleine L’Engle, an Episcopalian, imbued her novel with religious elements and ideas. Among conservative Christians, though, one of the biggest objections has historically been the way that L’Engle, mixes science and religion.

Tragedies like 9-11, Sandy Hook define online devotional effort

Law enforcement agencies, secular and faith-based relief groups, and media are known to instantly pivot and mobilize when tragedy strikes. And while those responses are usually the most visible, there are others who refocus and retool their efforts to comfort thousands during difficult times: the editors and writers of daily and seasonal devotions.