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By Amy Butler I recently returned from a week at Preacher Camp. There are many things to recommend about the experience of retreating with excellent colleagues to plan preaching, and I’ve often written about the gift of this kind of…

‘Straight Outta Compton’ reveals plight of African-American men in U.S.

All musical bio-movies seem to follow the same script. A group or an individual rises from poverty to the heights of fame. Along the way they get taken advantage of by a manager and end up casting said manager aside….

Centennial of the lynching of Leo Frank . . . and the struggle over the meaning of freedom

In August 1913 the body of 14-year-old laborer Mary Phagan was found in the basement of the National Pencil Company in Atlanta. The company’s Jewish-American superintendent, Leo Frank, was eventually convicted of the crime and sentenced to death by hanging….

Study: church diversity does not guarantee diverse thinking, beliefs

By Jeff Brumley Many think of multiracial congregations as places where understanding grows between blacks, Hispanics and whites on social and justice issues. But a newly published study suggests that the opposite is true in many such congregations. Instead, it…

Ted Cruz recruiting pastors in push to defund Planned Parenthood

By Bob Allen Sen. Ted Cruz will hold a nationwide conference call for pastors Aug. 25, seeking evangelical support for his presidential campaign by going after Planned Parenthood. Cruz (R-Texas), a Southern Baptist and pastor’s son, invited pastors to join…

Injunction extended in contraceptive case

By Bob Allen Baptist organizations including the Southern Baptist Convention’s insurance provider got temporary relief Aug. 21 from an Affordable Care Act requirement that employers include in their employee health care plans drugs and devices they believe cause abortion. A…

Rubio says US shouldn’t be held accountable by international court

Demands mount as Trump’s ICE agents kill two more people

The real American religion: A July 4 postmortem

9 months later, schools are paying for firing teachers over Kirk posts

Molly T. Marshall: Creativity, risk taking and seminary leadership

Can Russell Moore unite the Religious Right?

Arkansas rejects request for Hindu statue at Capitol

Catholics love their celebrity pope and most — not all — his priorities

4 reasons why preaching the lectionary might be right for your church

‘Straight Outta Compton’ reveals plight of African-American men in U.S.

Study: church diversity does not guarantee diverse thinking, beliefs

Ted Cruz recruiting pastors in push to defund Planned Parenthood

Injunction extended in contraceptive case

Common Core meets VBS in Louisville

Russian Orthodox Church lends weight to Putin patriotism

European Evangelicals Draw A Clear Distinction From Their American Counterparts

Clergy serving among the ruins of Venezuela

The Deep Spiritual History of AI

Israel’s parliament approves laws to enshrine exemption of ultra-Orthodox men from military service

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Rubio says US shouldn’t be held accountable by international court

Demands mount as Trump’s ICE agents kill two more people

The real American religion: A July 4 postmortem

9 months later, schools are paying for firing teachers over Kirk posts