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Trump insult making life difficult for overseas missionaries

The outrage over the comment made to senators in a meeting on immigration, and which the president eventually denied, has faded as Trump deals with newer scandals, including revelations of a tryst with a porn star. But there are those who continue to simmer about the “shithole” reference, including American Christians who have served as long- and short-term missionaries in some of the African and other nations Trump disparaged.

Translating the N. T. Wright and David Bentley Hart Tussle

The recent New Testament dust-up between big-name scholars reminds us how hard—and important—Bible translation can be.

In the present moment: afraid to speak, afraid to be silent

Since that disturbing Oval Office pronouncement there have been thousands of opinions written across the political spectrum, endless hours dedicated to punditocracy in the marketplace, countless words of pulpiteering offered by the Church. And I’ve been afraid to speak.

Transitions for the week of 01.26.18

Staff changes, congregational news and more from across the nation.

Pressler seeks gag order in lawsuit; SBC added as defendant

A prominent Southern Baptist layman is seeking a gag order in a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse, saying pretrial publicity jeopardizes his ability to receive a fair trial. Paul Pressler, architect of a strategy credited with a rightward shift in leadership…

The apple does not fall far from the tree: Women’s rights, my mother and me

La versión en español está disponible aquí. Last week my mother died unexpectedly. She was 86 years old, and had struggled with Alzheimer/dementia for the last 12 years. This sickness advances slowly and gradually, and little by little family and…

De tal palo, tal astilla: los derechos de la mujer, mi mamá y yo

An English version is available here. La semana pasada mi mamá murió inesperadamente. Tenía 86 años y había batallado con Alzheimer/demencia durante los últimos doce años. Esta enfermedad avanza lenta y gradualmente, y poco a poco la familia y amistades…

It started as a joke: Only women could fix the ‘mess in the Middle East’

On an intense weeklong trip through the Holy Land, six rabbis and five ministers, all women, try to figure out a way to make the discourse about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict less toxic.

Baptist upbringing inspires sociologist’s study of SBC controversy, American faith

Growing up as a child of a Southern Baptist minister, Nancy Ammerman developed an early interest in the role congregations play in nurturing the personal faith of individuals. Now a sociologist at Boston University, Ammerman has turned the insights she gained toward a study of American religious life, including controversies that have confronted Baptists.

Pence: U.S. embassy to move to Jerusalem in 2019

Vice President Mike Pence announced that the U.S. Embassy in Israel will move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in 2019.

Franklin Graham praises Trump as staunch defender of Christianity

Graham, son of the famous evangelist Billy Graham and president of the international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse, appeared on Fox & Friends on Sunday to tout what he believes Trump accomplished during his first year.

The wicked are punished — or not

What Ryan Burge sees in America’s megachurches

We are a nation of immigrants

As worldwide deaths mount, Musk insists DOGE cuts didn’t kill anyone