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Americans value freedom but there are differences on what it means

America’s 250th birthday prompted researchers at Navigator to ask Americans how they define America, patriotism and what our country should aspire to. The result was 82% of Americans across all generations saying they believe freedom is an extremely important value,...

Alabama chief justice defies Supreme Court gay marriage ruling, forbids clerks to issue licenses

The charism of creativity

By Molly T. Marshall One of the first Hebrew words I learned in seminary was bara, the word used of God’s creative activity as recounted in Genesis. My Hebrew teacher carefully instructed the nascent scholars that this word could only…

A lesson from the dying garden for the church

When I was a child, my dad worked for IBM. This meant that my formative years were spent in the well-groomed suburbs of Dallas, Miami and Atlanta. Such suburbs are filled with wonderful neighborhoods and plenty of new construction for…

Unprofessional Christianity, part 3: Dreaming

I still believe folks should encourage us to dream God-sized dreams for our lives, except of course when “God-sized” is simply code for “upper middle class sized,” as I’m not entirely sure it is the divine who has bountifully blessed…

Making resolutions for 2016? Give them to God, ministers say

By Jeff Brumley New Year’s resolutions are huge in the United States, where 45 percent of Americans commit to them annually. But fewer take them seriously, according to the Statistic Brain Research Institute, which tracks the trend. It reported that…

Martha Stearns Marshall Month around the corner

By Bob Allen Heading into the 10th annual Martha Stearns Marshall Month of Preaching, Baptist Women in Ministry Executive Director Pam Durso sees evidence of “a shift in Baptist culture” toward accepting that God calls women as well as men…

Religious groups challenge contraceptive mandate in Supreme Court brief

By Bob Allen The government has no right to force religious groups including an order of Catholic nuns and the Southern Baptist Convention’s insurance provider to alter their own health care plans to achieve an Obamacare goal to provide women…

Bomb scare prompts evacuation at church

By Bob Allen Nearly 150 children were evacuated Jan. 4 from a day-care center at a Baptist church in Winston-Salem, N.C., while police investigated a suspicious package later determined to pose no threat. According to local media, authorities evacuated First…

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US megachurches report strong rebound from pandemic

Baptists need to speak up again for religious liberty

What in hell became of heaven?

Alabama chief justice defies Supreme Court gay marriage ruling, forbids clerks to issue licenses

The charism of creativity

A lesson from the dying garden for the church

Unprofessional Christianity, part 3: Dreaming

Making resolutions for 2016? Give them to God, ministers say

Martha Stearns Marshall Month around the corner

Religious groups challenge contraceptive mandate in Supreme Court brief

Bomb scare prompts evacuation at church

Trump to court evangelicals in talk at Liberty University

Pope: Humanity seeks God, and the Magi show us where to find him

Franklin Graham starts cross-country rallies: ‘America needs the Christian vote’

Wheaton prof faces termination after ‘same God’ comment

After 1,000 Days of War, Israelis Are Weary Amid Growing Isolation

Generational divide emerging in GOP over Israel, Netanyahu: poll

Between July 4 and Nov. 3, faith leaders seek fair access to the voting booth

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3 views on Donald Trump held by American Christians

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Baptists need to speak up again for religious liberty

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