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Concert to remember slain Union University student

A Southern Baptist church in Tennessee will hold a special night of worship Sunday, March 6, in memory of a Union University co-ed murdered in 2014. “A Night of Worship with Proclamation of Union University in Memory of Olivia Greenlee”…

New transitions this week

STAFF CHANGES Dan Barringer, concluding his tenure as interim pastor of First Baptist Church, Seymour, Ind. Brent Beasley, resigning as pastor of Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas. Eric Bruntmeyer, to Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas, as president, effective June 1….

The unseen side of Bernie Sanders’s young voter revolution

The appeal of Bernie Sanders’s policy to young liberals is well-known. The appeal of his ‘spiritual’ outlook is less discussed, but potent.

Is your social network your community? Probably not.

Henry Mintzberg of the University of McGill has asked an interesting question of those who believe they are living in community because of their social networks. “If you want to understand the difference between a network and a community,” he…

Is Trump a moderate or a maniac? Divinity school professor isn’t sure

Last fall, Wake Forest School of Divinity scholar John Senior celebrated the release of his first book, which examines the moral complexities that shape how politicians govern. The book also proposes that those who govern should view their positions as…

Global Baptist Peace Conference set for 2018

Plans are underway for a sixth Global Baptist Peace Conference to be held in Cali, Colombia, in 2018. The gathering, scheduled Jan. 29-Feb. 3, 2018, is for Baptists across the globe who are passionate about nonviolence, social justice and the…

Why this election makes me hate the word ‘evangelical’

The word “evangelical” has become almost meaningless this year, and in many ways the word itself is at the moment subverting the gospel of Jesus Christ.

A geeky moment in the culture — and the church

I recently subscribed to Scientific American, the iconic popular science magazine. In other seasons of culture, the previous sentence may have read more confessional than I intend it, but as the latest installment of the “Star Wars” franchise has proven,…

Christian website calls Trump candidacy a ‘scam’

In a first-ever position statement on a political candidate, the evangelical news-and-commentary website the Christian Post ran an editorial Feb. 29 urging Christians to back away from GOP frontrunner Donald Trump. “As the most popular evangelical news website in the…

Scripture pushes ‘messy family’ to grow, celebrate

Somehow, Buck and Stephanie Baskin make messy look good. They live in a quiet, Mesquite, Texas, neighborhood. But the quiet ends at the door. Inside, their growing family of adopted children are all hustle-and-bustle. When Buck opens the door for…

Where is interfaith dialogue going?

Globalization and world religions, interlocking realities in our day, place the great faiths of the world in ever closer proximity. Incidences of violence, done in the name of religion, prompt questions about whether religion is a dangerous force to be…

Leland Center, Truett Seminary to explore merger

The John Leland Center for Theological Studies in Arlington, Va., and Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary in Waco, Texas, have initiated steps toward a merger.

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