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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...

Army of aid mobilizes as storms, flooding pound Texas, Oklahoma

By Jeff Brumley Folks in the Southwest have just about had it with the weather during the past month. Oklahoma and Texas in particular seemed to have been singled out for meteorological abuse in the form of tornados, hail storms…

Citing prayer and a ‘persuasive board chair,’ Olive says he’ll remain at Bluefield

By Chris Shoemaker Just two days after announcing his plans to step down as president of Bluefield College, David Olive has rescinded his resignation and decided to continue to lead the Baptist school. Olive attributed his change of heart to…

SBC leader rebukes Obama for remarks at poverty summit

By Bob Allen A top Southern Baptist Convention official says President Obama owes evangelical Christians an apology for suggesting at a recent anti-poverty summit that they care for the unborn more than the poor. Frank Page, president of the SBC…

Baptist News Global to honor Texas editor for lifetime achievement

By Bob Allen Baptist Standard Editor Marv Knox has been named fourth recipient of the Greg Warner Lifetime Achievement Award in Religious Journalism by directors of Baptist News Global, a journalistic organization formed last year in a merger of Virginia’s…

Clemson coach to skip fundraiser after backlash from gay-rights groups

What’s the biblical definition of marriage?

With scripture, Hillary Clinton wins over a voter

Cleveland clergy demand police reform after Brelo acquittal

New Jersey priest fired as Seton Hall chaplain comes out as gay

Called or not?

By Molly T. Marshall I had a very interesting conversation yesterday with a successful cancer doctor who is thinking about taking early retirement and pursuing a degree in religious studies. He reflected on how much pain and suffering he had…

What ‘Wagon Wheel’ taught me about the kingdom of God

This past Monday, I went to a Memorial Day concert at Pisgah Brewery in Black Mountain. Old Crow Medicine Show, an old time bluegrass band was playing, and I accompanied my friend Natalie who happens to be one of their…

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’