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AI is being used to abuse children, and we can do something about it

Last May, congress passed the Take It Down Act, requiring websites to remove “nonconsensual intimate visual depictions” of identifiable individuals. This includes both real and AI-generated content. But this law only addresses content publication, not the various ways in which...

Most Utah Mormons want their church out of Boy Scouts, poll shows

ISIS enshrines a theology of rape

Gary Hall, dean of Washington National Cathedral, to step down

Why Franklin Graham’s salary raises eyebrows among Christian nonprofits

Meet the Baptist baseball lifer who will coach Israel’s team

Sermon mistakes

By Doyle Sager I misspoke in one of my recent sermons. I know. You’re not surprised that a preacher flubbed up. You’re only surprised that said preacher would admit it! Yes, I made a mistake in the pulpit! I was…

Civility in the midst of election season?

Now that another presidential election season is upon us, we need to remember the importance of civility in the public square. No matter where we stand on a political, social, or cultural issue, God calls us to be kind and…

The rise of shadow work

By John Chandler Other than sleep, humans spend more time on work than any other activity. In the United States, a Protestant work ethic land where work is something akin to religion, we are even willing to get less sleep…

Churches must be creative to meet coming ‘Boomer wave’

By Jeff Brumley Congregational coaches are warning churches against becoming so fixated on Millennials and other young people that they ignore the surging population of Baby Boomers already in their midst. But those experts say most congregations simply aren’t ready…

Former Union University student pleads guilty to murder

By Bob Allen A former Union University student pleaded guilty Aug. 6 to second-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the 2014 shooting death of his fiancée on the campus of the Baptist affiliated school in Jackson, Tenn. Charlie Pittman,…

Al Mohler, Franklin Graham, criticize FBC Greenville’s affirmation of gays

By Bob Allen The president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s flagship seminary said Aug. 18 he is not surprised by news that the school’s mother church has taken a stance of affirming homosexuality. Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological…

An American experiment: 250 years of trying

10 reasons America is not a ‘Christian nation’

American Dominion traces deep roots of Seven Mountain Mandate

Lindsey Graham and the history of ‘widow’s succession’