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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...

US Reform Jews adopt sweeping transgender rights policy

Brain trends, part 1: Enhancement

By John Chandler If you’ve ever heard a motivational speaker — or, heck, had a coach — you’ve been told that we only employ a tiny fraction of our vast mental capacity, and that we can tap into so much…

The contested BGAV presidency

Note: I don’t normally write things on this blog that are so narrowly focused (Virginia Baptist life to be exact), but this is incredibly important to me, and it is a prime example of how rural churches and female pastors…

‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ offers good acting, bad story

By Michael Parnell Movies are supposed to be about something. They should have a guiding focus, an idea about themselves. Good movies can be described in a sentence. An example: The Godfather is a movie about family. Bad movies forget…

Things forgotten: The unexpected experience of ‘coming home’

Written by Deborah Foulkes, Ph.D. During the summer of 2015, I had the opportunity to travel to Africa for the first time as part of Biblical Seminary’s Global Trauma Recovery Institute program. As the plane touched the Tarmac, I was…

Prayer could be performance enhancing. So should it be banned in sports?

By Jeff Brumley One standard the World Anti-Doping Agency uses to ban a substance is whether it enhances, or has the potential to enhance, athletic performance. Drugs aren’t alone in such scrutiny. The use of high-tech prosthetic limbs has caused…

Church replaces ‘Black Lives Matter’ sign

By Bob Allen After vandals stole its ‘Black Lives Matter’ sign, First Baptist Church of Jamaica Plain, Mass., now has two. While a crowd of about 100 gathered Nov. 1 for a reinstallation ceremony covered by the Boston Globe, an…

Church’s waning clout no surprise to ‘remnant’

By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist scholar says a recent Pew study indicating Americans as a whole are growing less religious but that those who still belong to a religion are as faithful as ever simply confirms a “remnant” theme…

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

US Reform Jews adopt sweeping transgender rights policy

Brain trends, part 1: Enhancement

The contested BGAV presidency

‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ offers good acting, bad story

Things forgotten: The unexpected experience of ‘coming home’

Prayer could be performance enhancing. So should it be banned in sports?

Church replaces ‘Black Lives Matter’ sign

Church’s waning clout no surprise to ‘remnant’

5 things about Prophet Muhammad that might surprise you

(Ex-)ex-gay activist Alan Chambers on his Prop 8 epiphany

Modern Orthodox Judaism says ‘no’ to women rabbis

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

Top 24 Leaders of the New Apostolic Reformation in the U.S.

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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