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Mississippi pastors support law widely-described as anti-gay

More than 50 Southern Baptist ministers in Mississippi recently issued an open letter supporting a new law which purports to protect religious liberty but is widely-described as the country’s most aggressive anti-LGBT legislation. Baptist pastors including current and past presidents of the…

The new God-fearers (formerly known as the Nones) and where to find them

The spiritual-but-not-religious subset of Nones haven’t given up on God (whoever or whatever they conceive God to be). Their search for the divine has simply broadened beyond traditional churches.

President Obama, Memorial Day and Hiroshima

Certainly I want to be sympathetic toward those who lost loved ones while in military service. And, yes, I want to be sympathetic toward those whose loved ones died while in military service for other countries.

Baylor can go further in addressing sexual assault

The world of college football was rocked last week — at least that’s what they tell me — when Baylor University demoted president Ken Starr and fired football coach Art Briles after the university’s board of regents received the results…

Painful lessons from a pastor’s viral transgender post

“Does God still love me?” That is one of the most painful questions I have been asked in the past two weeks after writing a commentary that went viral and made me a most unlikely spokesperson for the transgender community…

A Christian feminist response to Baylor

When the Pepper Hamilton summary report was released revealing major failures by Baylor University to comply with Title IX requirements, I read the entire document and was not at all surprised with its findings. It’s not that I thought Baylor…

Getting back to gospel basics is the systemic cure for Baylor’s woes, pastors say

The sexual assault scandal that exploded at Baylor University last week has generated waves of heartbreak, disbelief and outrage. And now add theological reflection to the litany of responses. “For me this underscores the depth of human sin and that…

Baylor places values ahead of victories

Baylor University has risen to the ideals of its Texas Baptist heritage, thanks to the courage and commitment of its board of regents.

Social media buzzing with Baylor fallout

From the New York Times to ESPN, Baylor University is major news since an investigation found it failed to properly handle sexual assault allegations against football players. The planned firing of head football coach Art Briles and the demotion of…

The Sanders insurgency: A return to the ‘secular sacred’?

The Sanders phenomenon is ostensibly secular, but it has a lot in common with what historian Steve Fraser calls the “secular sacred” moral center of 19th-century resistance to capitalism’s amoral despoilers.

Rob Bell: podcaster, bestselling author, performer and, yes, pastor

Conjure up an image of a former mega-church pastor and you will almost certainly not envision Rob Bell.

When sexual intercourse is seen as male entitlement

I often hear remarks that today’s society is too sensitive and too focused on political correctness. Ideas, phrases and words that were once acceptable in everyday society are no longer accepted. Certain actions too, that were once commonplace, are now…

Rubio says US shouldn’t be held accountable by international court

Demands mount as Trump’s ICE agents kill two more people

The real American religion: A July 4 postmortem

9 months later, schools are paying for firing teachers over Kirk posts