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Stormy Daniels, Donald Trump and the King David Defense

Bible characters are not there for Christians to compare and excuse the immoral behavior but are there for us to hear God’s story of how humanity messes up constantly. The Bible is a story of God’s people struggling with living rightly. It’s a story of sin, forgiveness, redemption and grace.

At heart of recent talks is key challenge: Can Baptists overlook infant baptism to join Methodists in ministry?

The aim of the ecumenical process was not to merge Baptists and Methodists into one large institution but to enable the two traditions to bring their different gifts to bear in a common way that benefits society.

Southern Baptist leader steps down over moral ‘indiscretion’

Frank Page, president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, stepped down March 27 over what an official called “a morally inappropriate relationship.” Page, 65, announced Tuesday morning on social media that he was retiring but later clarified details of his decision.

It’s Holy Week — and time to confront scripture passages which vilify Jews

For more than just the cross, or sunrise services, or the Easter Bunny, this time of year is also known for something else: the reading of the most virulent biblical passages regarding anti-Semitism.

Robert Jeffress says schools should fight gun violence by teaching the Ten Commandments

On the heels of nationwide rallies calling for tougher gun laws, a Southern Baptist megachurch pastor and spiritual adviser to President Donald Trump suggested the real culprit behind school shootings is the separation of church and state.

‘I know I will be criticized’: The Latino evangelical who advises Trump on immigration

Mr. Rodriguez represents a singular voice in the immigration debate — the rare Latino in the small clique of evangelicals who serve as informal advisers to President Trump.

The tragedy of religious freedom

The challenge today is how to distinguish between, on the one hand, attempts to license discrimination that come cloaked in the language of religious freedom and, on the other hand, genuine disagreements about how people and institutions of vastly different convictions can live together in a pluralistic society.

A white Jesus can’t save a brown child

I was raised in a brown evangelical church in a small, predominantly white town in central Texas. Our “mother” church was one of the many First Baptist Churches in the Texas Bible Belt. Our congregation was composed mainly of poor, uneducated, largely undocumented migrants from rural Mexico. And while we were a brown church, the Jesus we worshiped was white.

Baptists come out winners — and losers — in omnibus spending bill

Causes advocated by U.S. Baptists were both winners and losers in a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by Congress that postpones another major budgetary showdown for at least six months.

Willow Creek congregation comes together to support pastor accused of misconduct, cleared in inquiries

During worship services and a two-hour gathering Friday that the church called a “family meeting,” Bill Hybels and elders walked members through three inquiries overseen by elders over the last four years, all of which cleared Hybels of misconduct.

After March For Our Lives, whisper words of wisdom, let it be

I am not ashamed to admit it. They made me do it. Cry. More than once. “They” being the uncommonly common students who led the March For Our Lives rally in Washington. The day may well be accounted as among the most significant in our nation’s history.

Frustration, fear and faith inspired youth to March for Our Lives

The diversity and scope of Saturday’s March for Our Lives was as surprising as it was inspiring, say many of the youth involved in the protests against gun violence in American schools that were held in Washington and around the nation. And for some of those, it was their Christian faith which prompted them to participate.

Trump’s war on ‘woke’ targets federal grants and foreign relations

Reflections on In the Twilight of the Christian West

Why rural families need support now

Why do we keep sounding the alarm?