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Prior to health care replacement bill being pulled, range of Baptist leaders said ‘no’

A Baptist minister joined hundreds of interfaith clergy and community leaders in a Capitol Hill rally March 22 opposing the Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act as legislation moved to an expected showdown vote on March 24.

Princeton Theological Seminary reverses decision to honor Redeemer’s Tim Keller

Faced with mounting criticism for its decision to give a major award to the Rev. Tim Keller, founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan and one of the country’s best-known conservative Christian thinkers, Princeton Theological Seminary has reversed course.

A story about finding a new story

I had the classic Texas Baptist starter package. I went to Carl’s shop to trade it in.

Walking in someone else’s shoes

La versión en español está disponible aquí. This year has been an interesting one for me. Due to diverse speaking engagements or personal encounters with friends, I have learned about people’s passions and commitments to particular social issues. These interactions…

Caminando en los zapatos de alguien más

An English version is available here. Este año ha sido interesante para mí. Debido a diversos compromisos como conferencista o a encuentros personales con algunas amistades, he estado aprendiendo sobre asuntos/inquietudes que apasionan a la gente y que les llevan…

Trump returning to Liberty University as commencement speaker

President Donald Trump will deliver the spring commencement address at Liberty University, returning to the scene of an appearance in January 2016 that helped put him on a path to winning widespread evangelical support in last year’s election. The school…

When ‘gospel’ is no gospel at all

“We’re blessed with so much in America.” If you’ve traveled abroad, gone on a mission trip or spoken with someone who has, at some point you’ve probably said or heard that phrase. I’ve heard it, because I’ve said it as…

Robert E. Lee worshipped here

A Southern church wrestles with its Confederate history.

Supreme Court justices in the pews and on the bench — and where Neil Gorsuch fits in

The religious faith of a justice, standing alone, tells us little about how he or she will vote in church-state cases or on other controversial social issues.

Are public attitudes toward clergy changing? It’s complicated.

Few ministers need coaches or surveys to tell them what Americans think of clergy these days. They can rely on their own experiences for that. Amy Butler does. Based on interactions with strangers on flights, at parties and in other…

ERLC officers affirm Russell Moore

Officers of the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and Religious Liberty have affirmed the leadership of agency head Russell Moore, amid media reports that he might be fired. In an unusual statement March 20, the ERLC executive committee said Moore, under…

An American experiment: 250 years of trying

10 reasons America is not a ‘Christian nation’

American Dominion traces deep roots of Seven Mountain Mandate

Lindsey Graham and the history of ‘widow’s succession’