No political victory should be worth sacrificing moral integrity

Graham Platner’s campaign to dethrone Susan Collins as one of Maine’s two senators has come to an abrupt end following allegations of sexual assault. In an 11-minute-long video on X, the progressive firebrand launched a combative defense calling the allegations...

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Reimagining churches as full-time partners with those in poverty

By Laura Rector I was temporarily homeless this summer after I lost my below market-rate housing in California to a planned development. This transition meant spending about 40 days without a true residence and sleeping in hotels or friends and…

Is politics trumping mercy?

In this age of the demise of many magazines because of the great growth of information on the Internet, a small Christian community in New York known as the Bruderhof has bravely begun to publish the Plough Quarterly , an…

“Undo the folded lie”

“I believe the light that shines on you will shine on you forever . . . though I can’t guarantee there’s nothing scary hiding under your bed.” -Paul Simon, lyrics in “Father and Daughter” This Advent I feel more like…

Chowan University mourns student’s death

By Bob Allen A Baptist-affiliated university in North Carolina recently mourned the loss of a student murdered at an off-campus party Dec. 5. Flags flew at half-staff at Chowan University in Murfreesboro, N.C., for a Dec. 9 memorial service for…

Alumni pair ask Carson-Newman to revoke Title IX waiver

By Bob Allen Two alumni of Carson-Newman University have written an open letter urging the Baptist-affiliated school to revoke its waiver from a federal law banning discrimination. Travis Cooper and Jared Champion, who graduated from the school located in Jefferson…

Mark Driscoll starts new church in Phoenix

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An open letter to Carson-Newman University

By Travis Cooper and Jared Champion Dear President O’Brien, We write to you regarding Carson-Newman University’s decision to seek and accept a waiver to the provisions of Title IX. In a moment when division and hate abound, we were heartbroken…

Conservatives call for ‘religious freedom,’ but for whom?

Your Christmas nativity scene is a lie

Survey: Same-sex marriage, Pope Francis top religion stories of year