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Former SBC president standing by Donald Trump

A former president of the Southern Baptist Convention named to Donald Trump’s evangelical executive advisory board reiterated his support for the Republican nominee after the release of damaging video showing the candidate making lewd remarks about women. Jack Graham, pastor…

Two years later, few Hobby Lobby copycats emerge

When the Supreme Court allowed the owners of Hobby Lobby craft stores to eliminate birth control coverage because of their religious beliefs, some expected a rush of others to follow suit. That hasn’t happened.

Will ‘reconciliation’ after a divisive election abandon key moral issues?

In his 2005 book, Reforging the White Republic: Race, Religion, and American Nationalism, 1865-1898, historian Edward Blum shows how Christians in U.S. northern states in the late 19th century abandoned the project of helping former slaves in order to reconcile with…

The religious wanderings of Bob Dylan, Nobel laureate

For the first time since the last century, this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature went to an American writer — singer, songwriter, author Bob Dylan.

Lessons in dismantling white supremacy

Last week, three of my Baptist communities declared their full-bodied, faithful commitment to the work of racial justice. The boards of directors for both the Alliance of Baptists and the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America–Bautistas por la Paz, released…

Baylor student continually relives Paris attacks — even in Waco

Baylor University senior Olivia Gambelin is a passionate advocate for international travel and study abroad. She highly recommends it after spending last fall studying in Rome. “A great way to open your mind to other world views is to travel,”…

Christian women say Trump’s ‘locker room’ talk harms women

More than 60 Baptist women in ministry joined hundreds of Christian women Oct. 13 in an open letter denouncing remarks by presidential candidate Donald Trump they believe disparage women and condone sexual assault. The letter, spearheaded by Jennifer Butler, CEO of…

Liberty University students protest association with Trump

Students at Liberty University have issued a statement against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as young conservatives at colleges across the country reconsider support for his campaign.

CBF unveils program to aid with ministerial debt

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship announced Oct. 12 it is accepting applications for grants up to $10,000 to aid pastoral leaders burdened with personal debt. The Ministerial Excellence Initiative, funded with a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.’s National Initiative…

Oklahoma Baptist official supports ‘no-aid’ repeal

Oklahoma’s top Southern Baptist official is disputing a recent newspaper headline implying that many Baptist clergy oppose a proposal to repeal a prohibition in the state constitution against using taxpayer funds for religious purposes. Anthony Jordan, executive director of the…

‘Just a little touching’: My own pastor excused my sexual assault

Donald Trump has never assaulted me, but men with his sense of entitlement have. What’s even worse: The church that should have been my shelter instead armed these men with ready-made excuses for their behavior.

The shackles of shopping in the ‘land of the free’

Let’s start with the undeniable: “You are the target.” You are the subject of massive amounts of research. You cannot begin to imagine the money spent to woo you. Entire industries exist to define, stimulate and trigger your cravings. And,…

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’