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Texans continue rebuilding from last year’s natural disasters

As Garry Schaffer monitored the quickly approaching storm on his computer, he soon realized he needed to go downstairs to get his wife, Kan, and seek safety in a closet. The couple had enjoyed a nice Christmas the day before…

Megachurch pastor’s firing illustrates challenges posed by addiction

It’s never easy being a pastor. And it becomes even harder when addiction is present. That’s what Perry Noble discovered after battling alcohol abuse the past year. He was terminated by NewSpring Church in South Carolina on July 1, Christianity…

The mega-problem behind the ‘falls’ of megachurch pastors

Let’s be really honest with each other, were you really shocked that this happened?

United Methodist Church elects first openly gay bishop, in defiance of church rules

Karen Oliveto, senior pastor of Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco, was elected bishop of the church’s Western Division at a conference Friday night in Scottsdale, Arizona.

‘God break racism!’ Evangelicals on D.C. Mall pray for hope and reconciliation

Rappers and pastors, spoken word poets and authors appealed to thousands of evangelicals gathered around the Washington Monument to recommit to prayer and hope at a time of intense racial and political polarization.

Former SBC leader criticizes Black Lives Matter

A former Southern Baptist Convention leader and public-policy spokesman says President Obama or some other national figure should seize a “Sister Souljah moment” and rebuke anti-police rhetoric within the Black Lives Matter movement. After deadly attacks on police officers in…

Nonviolence and a different future with God

“Deliver us from evil.” Most Sundays we pray these words, but rarely do they sound the resonance we hear in these anarchic days. Evil seems unrelenting, incapable of exhausting its ravenous power. Who can withstand its voracious appetite for destruction?

Following Christ in our public and political lives

I get nervous about declarations that our current times are the “most” anything in human history. So I hesitate to say our current situation is the “most” critical time to engage contemporary issues in the church.

Pokémon Go has old, young generations talking. Will the conversation last?

No wonder churches are struggling to understand Pokémon Go, the smartphone-based augmented reality game whose lexicon includes terms like combat power, gyms, incubators, lucky eggs, Lure Models and PokeStops. Pokémon Go is bewildering to the non-player.

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’

Texans continue rebuilding from last year’s natural disasters

Megachurch pastor’s firing illustrates challenges posed by addiction

The mega-problem behind the ‘falls’ of megachurch pastors

United Methodist Church elects first openly gay bishop, in defiance of church rules

‘God break racism!’ Evangelicals on D.C. Mall pray for hope and reconciliation

Former SBC leader criticizes Black Lives Matter

Nonviolence and a different future with God

Following Christ in our public and political lives

Pokémon Go has old, young generations talking. Will the conversation last?

With its flying hospital, this group is saving the world from blindness

America’s problem is not racial tension — It’s racism

Retweeting mercy in the midst of darkness

European Evangelicals Draw A Clear Distinction From Their American Counterparts

Clergy serving among the ruins of Venezuela

The Deep Spiritual History of AI

Israel’s parliament approves laws to enshrine exemption of ultra-Orthodox men from military service

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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’