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Baptists know better than this

Baptists should not sit quietly while the federal government considers a report that would redefine religious liberty in the United States. The Presidential Religious Liberty Commission’s draft report deserves a direct Baptist response. It challenges church-state separation while advancing a…

Good Friday 2026: Learning from the preachers

Good Friday 2026 hit me hard. The year 2025 was a difficult one for our family, and that pain accompanied me to Good Friday 2026. Except for two COVID-canceled years, I’ve attended Good Friday services every year since 2008, when…

Toy Story 5 brings the tech debate home, but it underplays the risks

The most improbable fantasy moment in Toy Story 5, Pixar’s latest entry in its unavoidable animated film franchise and likely one of the year’s biggest box-office hits, comes at an unexpected juncture in the story. (Some light spoilers follow.) It…

Democracy: A political response to human sinfulness

This is the eighth in a BNG series of articles on Christianity and democracy that will lead toward the July 4 celebration of America’s 250th birthday. The series has been curated by Carol McEntyre, senior minister at First Baptist Church…

The end of white liberal Christian optimism

When Donald Trump was elected president a second time, something in me broke and has stayed broken. I now realize what broke was the version of white liberal Christian optimism I had unconsciously imbibed from my teachers and milieu. It’s…

SBC says it’s not possible to be gay or transgender and Christian

It is not possible to be a “gay Christian” or a “transgender Christian,” the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission says. In a new social media reel posted by the ERLC, that question is answered by RaShan Frost,…

The Intercept challenges Trump’s retaliation against protesters

An online news organization sued the Trump administration June 24 to win the release of documents related to a federal database established to retaliate against protesters and others exercising constitutional rights. The Intercept is asking the U.S. District Court for…

UN says Israel has committed war crimes and genocide in Gaza

Israel committed war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide by intentionally injuring and killing children in military operations in Gaza and surrounding areas, a United Nations task force charges. More than 20,100 Palestinian children have been killed and 44,000 wounded…

UMC removes Asbury and 3 others as approved seminaries

Four theological schools, including the flagship school of conservative Methodists, have been removed by the University Senate from the list of theological schools approved for United Methodist candidates for ministry. Following usual quadrennial reviews by the senate’s Committee on Theological…

Like SBC, Episcopal Church hopes to sell its headquarters building

The Southern Baptist Convention isn’t the only national denomination attempting to sell its headquarters building amid changing dynamics. The Episcopal Church announced June 17 that its 12-story Church Center building in New York City is on the market. Two years…

US conservatives and evangelicals work to ‘Make Britain Great Again’

As Britons digest Monday’s announcement that another English prime minister is resigning, conservatives and Christians from the U.S. were meeting in England June 23-25 to return the country to “traditional family values” by promoting right-wing politics. “The Age of Reconstruction” is…

Social media and rallies drive growth of Christian nationalism in UK

Christian nationalism is not only an insidious force in the far-right policies of the United States but is gaining influence across Europe. In the U.S. and abroad, Christian nationalism grows by spreading polarizing, sensational rhetoric through social media and public…

Jane Roe case against Patterson dropped before trial

Republican leaders worried ICE murders will damage their agenda

When the president targets Muslim kindergartners, families like mine also pay the price

Trans protections targeted after Supreme Court ruling