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Taxpayer-funded By Dawn’s Early Light woos Trump’s evangelical base

Democratic presidents have targeted Christians and attacked religious freedom for decades, but President Donald Trump is making everything right, claims By Dawn’s Early Light, a taxpayer-funded movie starring Trump administration officials that praises the president’s Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian...

Asbury Seminary plans to sponsor Syrian refugee family

Senate passes bill repealing parts of Obamacare, stripping Planned Parenthood funds

Trump accused of invoking Jewish stereotypes at Jewish forum

Pastor pens verses on gun violence sung to the tune of church hymns

Brain trends, part 2: Designer brain

By John Chandler You have to love the evolution of the online dating scene. We’ve quickly evolved from a generic Match.com or e-Harmony into a world where customization rules. (Farmers Only, anyone?) My favorites are those that promise you will…

Are social media “thoughts and prayers” helpful anymore?

By Alan Rudnick In the wake of tragedy it has become an automatic response for many Christians: “Our thoughts and prayers are with…” I know, I said it on Facebook and Twitter after the shootings in San Bernardino, Sandy Hook, and…

When prayer is not enough

By Thomas J. Whitley It was “just another day in the United States of America. Another day of gunfire, panic and fear.”

There is nothing wrong with seminaries that a disruptive strategy couldn’t fix

By George Bullard In recent times we have witnessed a dialogue around the role and function of seminaries. This dialogue has been generated primarily by people involved in seminaries, divinity schools and other forms of higher education. Thus, their perspective….

A call for American evangelical leaders to confront evangelicalism’s lunatic fringe

A Call for American Evangelical Leaders to Confront Evangelicalism’s Lunatic Fringe Every religious movement that grows sufficiently large has a lunatic fringe; extremists attach themselves to religious (and other) movements to gain respectability and a “voice”-to influence the movement and…

People of faith explore upside of web: community building

By Jeff Brumley and Bethany Harper There’s a lot about the Internet and social media that’s good for humankind and religion, says Rabbi Joshua Stanton. “It demonstrates the creative potential of human beings and provides evidence that human beings are…

SBHLA director announces retirement plans

By Bob Allen Bill Sumners, an archivist who for more than 30 years has overseen one of the most respected historical collections by a religious denomination, will retire next July as director of the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives….

D.C. church postponing vote on gay marriage

By Bob Allen With the anticipated ending of a search for a new pastor, First Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., has postponed a vote scheduled in February about whether to change the congregation’s wedding policy to permit same-sex marriage. An…

Eradicating DEI hasn’t made anything better

How Christian nationalism shows up in patriotic worship services

Dear Trump-supporting Christians, are you really OK with this?

‘Every Student. Every State’ campaign promotes school tax credit