Tucker Carlson is calling for Mike Huckabee to be fired as U.S. ambassador to Israel, after Huckabee did not defend a U.S. Congressman violently detained by Israeli settlers. This is the second event in a few days where Israeli settlers...
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
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…
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.
Like Catholics, fundamentalists preach strict obedience to religious authority. Sex is prohibited outside of marriage and rarely discussed. Overlapping dynamics of silence and submission make conservative Christians a ripe target for sexual predators.
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Christians who get all high and mighty about whether others say “Merry Christmas” come off as hateful jerks rather than loving soul winners. Ramping up on “Merry Christmas” may be a productive political ploy, but it’s atrocious evangelism.
Staff changes, congregational news and more from across the nation.
What if health care legislation becomes so draconian and human need so great that churches have to initiate or expand community clinics, not because Obamacare is repealed, but because Jesus requires it?
Hobby Lobby, whose owners are evangelical Christians, said it began collecting a “variety of Bibles and other artifacts” several years ago with the goal of preserving them for future generations.
These folk preachers blended homespun sermon and song to offer life lessons on how to survive in a world of inequality and virulent racism.
Plenty of people feel that the Harry Potter stories contain spiritual messages, at least in a broad sense, all ready to be asserted and propagated, among grown-ups as well as children.
As part of her work, Anders documented the slow but steady advancement of women into Baptist pulpits. In 1983, she discovered that there were 14 women serving as Southern Baptist pastors. By 1993, that number had grown to 51.
