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What is sown in the heart

A trip to the cardiologist is rarely routine. Usually a precipitating episode or a prior procedure prompts the appointment, and we are eager to receive a reassuring assessment. We know that the condition of the heart determines our health, and…

Marco Rubio is tweeting the most Republican part of the Bible

Each day, the Florida senator is quoting a verse from Proverbs, the GOP’s favorite part of the book. Why?

Muhammad Ali’s Muslim faith is being scrubbed from his legacy

“The Greatest” was one of America’s most famous Muslims, but you wouldn’t know that from his official social media accounts — and that’s a problem.

Samford forfeits Baptist funds but pulls plug on student gay-straight alliance

After forfeiting $3 million a year in institutional funding from the Alabama Baptist State Convention, the president of Samford University announced he will not seek formal recognition of a student group dedicated to the discussion of LGBTQ issues and human…

Pick your reaction: Facebook’s rainbow flag emoji rankles some; their response worries others

When Facebook briefly rolled out a new Pride Flag emoji last month as a reaction option on users’ posts, some adopted it enthusiastically. Others asked for additional emojis — including a Christian cross.

The curse of Ham: Black Baptists question their place in the SBC

A proposed resolution condemning the alt-right which was submitted to the Southern Baptist Convention last month included a reference to the “curse of Ham.” The statement eventually adopted by the SBC omitted the reference. And that’s a problem.

Human rights and religious liberty advocate elected to lead Baptist World Alliance

The Baptist World Alliance tapped a U.S. human rights and religious liberty advocate as its new general secretary. At 36, Elijah Brown is the youngest person to lead the global organization.

300 show up for nuns’ chapel dedication to express opposition to pipeline

A convent is refusing to sell an easement to the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline in Pennsylvania, believing it will harm the environment. Now they’ve constructed a chapel in the path of the fracked-gas infrastructure.

The survival of a Southern Baptist who dared to oppose Trump

Russell Moore was the most prominent anti-Trump voice in the Southern Baptist Convention. It almost cost him his job. Related story: Russell Moore: Religious Right must change or die

The Cross is not enough: Baptists, catholicity and the atonement

Editor’s note: We recently published Steve Harmon’s and Curtis Freeman’s response to the Southern Baptist Convention’s affirmation of the theological concept of penal substitutionary atonement. That prompted a reply from two Southern Baptist writers, Lucas Stamps and Matthew Emerson. Harmon…

Want your church to talk better about sex? This scholar’s project might help.

Baptists have consistently said two things about sex — “don’t do it, at least not until marriage” and “don’t talk about it” — a gender and sexuality scholar said last week. She thinks they can do better.

Supreme Court slides into partisanship

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war