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Supreme Court schedules case involving church-state dispute

The U.S. Supreme Court has set oral arguments in one of the year’s most anticipated cases involving religious liberty and the separation of church and state. Trinity Lutheran Church v. Pauley, set for arguments April 19, involves a Missouri church…

Don’t dismiss President Trump’s attacks on the media as mere stupidity

Some of you may have noticed that we’re living through a period in which the executive branch of government is engaged in a systematic effort to create a climate of opinion against the news business.

Challenging the narrative: How race complicates the latest LifeWay debate

Black Southern Baptists weigh in on the issues around removing Sho Baraka’s album.

Survey: 76% of ‘White Evangelical Protestants’ agree with the President’s refugee ban

Most Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s executive order to temporarily stop refugees from entering the U.S. There’s a huge difference, though, when it comes to Christians, especially those who self-identify as evangelical.

Is your church making you healthy or sick?

When our grandson was 10 months old, he underwent a medical emergency. His immune system was compromised and his body was under assault from an infection. He needed immediate treatment and the diagnosis called for him to receive intravenous immunoglobulin….

Southern Baptist leader apologizes for legal brief supporting mosque

The president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board has apologized for his agency’s decision to file a legal brief supporting Muslims seeking to build a New Jersey mosque. “I grieve how the amicus brief in the recent mosque…

Faith leaders support death-row inmate’s religious discrimination claim

More than 500 faith leaders across the country have endorsed a statement calling for a new trial for a Texas death row inmate claiming religious discrimination in the selection of his jury. National faith leaders including Tony Campolo and Shane…

Washington Supreme Court rules against florist in gay wedding case

The Washington State Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a florist who refused to provide services for a same-sex wedding broke the state’s antidiscrimination law, despite her claim that doing so would violate her religious beliefs.

ICE agents arrest 6 people seeking shelter from the cold at a church

The arrests hint that immigration agents may be targeting houses of worship as they continue a recent wave of deportation raids.

Jesus’ to-do list (or how to read the newspaper without heart palpitations)

These days, it takes me about seven seconds — no, maybe six — of reading the headlines for my heart to start racing. I’m sure I’m not alone. While cardiologists may be rejoicing at the opportunities, for survival I need…

Can Tom Wright save Christianity?

There are two kinds of Christians: those who are comfortable with some version of traditional orthodoxy, and those who worry that their religion has gone off the rails. Bishop N.T. Wright (“Tom” to his friends) belongs in the second category….

Waco attorney, minister answers calling with new nonprofit legal services firm

A Waco, Texas, attorney long accustomed to taking on long-odds cases is betting that his latest cause — a new nonprofit legal services firm — has a good chance of success. Kent McKeever said he knows from experience that low-income clients will…

Theologizing with Larkin Poe, 10 years after Reskinned

Ministry leader with tall tales wins GOP bid for Colorado governor

What Willy Rice once knew

What I learned July 5 at church