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Two parallels and an outlier: Graham Platner, Roy Moore and Donald Trump

The stories of Graham Platner and Roy Moore, although unfolding in different parties and different eras, trace the same institutional pattern: Modern political parties elevate outsiders when they are useful and abandon them when they become inconvenient. Platner and Moore...

Where’s Barnabas?

By Doyle Sager One of my favorite scenes from the movie Christmas Vacation has Clark Griswold standing in his front yard with wife, children, parents and in-laws. They are shivering in the December cold, admiring the gaudy but brilliant Christmas…

On reading Malcolm X’s autobiography

Marking the 50th anniversary of its publication Malcolm X’s Autobiography was the first book that scared me. Here I was, in the transition from adolescence to young adulthood, secretly abandoning my pietist-revivalist rearing in favor of the more verdant fields…

A rare, sacred and necessary gift

By Jason Edwards A few Christmases ago while celebrating with family in my childhood home, I got the distinct feeling that I had entered sacred space. To some extent, I almost always feel like that on these visits. Usually it…

Guns and suicide — how ministers can make a difference

As part of my engagement with LGBT-related issues over the last year, I have learned that this particular population is especially at risk for suicide, especially when they face strong rejection from families and faith communities. This has led me…

Memorial Day can evoke painful memories for military chaplains, former Navy officer says

By Jeff Brumley Gerry Hutchinson attended a Memorial Day ceremony with state officials in Georgia last week, leaving him free to enjoy the holiday weekend with family. But Hutchinson, who oversees chaplains and pastoral counselors for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship,…

The uncomfortable discipline of remembering

As a pastor serving in an active military community, I am privileged to serve alongside those who serve or have valiantly served our country. In recent days I have enjoyed conversations with two retired Army chaplains, I have dialogued with…

The culture of poverty

The term “culture of poverty” was introduced by Oscar Lewis in his seminal 1959 book Five Families: Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty. (If you don’t know about Lewis, 1914-1970, as I didn’t until very recently, he was…

2 Baptist churches use shared roots to grow covenant of action in Macon, Ga.

By Jeff Brumley Two Baptist churches that began as one in pre-Civil War Georgia and eventually split — enslaved people to one congregation, slaveholders to the other — are reviving their relationship by cooperating in worship, fellowship and ministry. Channeling that unity-through-service…

Baptists in Burundi appeal for prayer as protests continue

By Robert Dilday Tensions remain high in Burundi as protesters continued to oppose President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term, and Baptists in the East African country are expressing grave concerns, according to the Baptist World Alliance. “We ask…

The wicked are punished — or not

What Ryan Burge sees in America’s megachurches

We are a nation of immigrants

As worldwide deaths mount, Musk insists DOGE cuts didn’t kill anyone

Where’s Barnabas?

A rare, sacred and necessary gift

Guns and suicide — how ministers can make a difference

Memorial Day can evoke painful memories for military chaplains, former Navy officer says

The uncomfortable discipline of remembering

The culture of poverty

2 Baptist churches use shared roots to grow covenant of action in Macon, Ga.

Baptists in Burundi appeal for prayer as protests continue

Archbishop Romero was motivated by Gospel, not politics, cardinal says

Pew: Evangelicals Stay Strong as Christianity Crumbles in America

Russian Communists are turning to Christ

Muslims were part of America’s story long before the republic began

Signs Of ‘Religious Psychosis’ Experts REALLY Want You To Recognize

Pro-Palestinian interfaith coalition protests Christian Zionist summit

‘Standing For Human Dignity’: Faith Leaders Urge Officials To Protect Midterm Elections

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The wicked are punished — or not

What Ryan Burge sees in America’s megachurches

We are a nation of immigrants

As worldwide deaths mount, Musk insists DOGE cuts didn’t kill anyone