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Two upcoming executions raise alarms

American death penalty abolitionists are raising concerns about two executions with troubling humanitarian and moral implications. One involves double-murderer Jeffrey Lee, an Alabama Death Row inmate scheduled to die by lethal injection Sept. 17. His jury’s 7-5 vote for life…

BJC sides with Orthodox Jew denied prayer meeting in his own home

An Ohio city was wrong in using zoning laws to bar a resident from hosting a Jewish prayer gathering in his home in 2021, says Amanda Tyler, executive director of Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty. “Being free to exercise…

The year of the ecclesial abstention doctrine

We’ve written more about the ecclesial abstention doctrine this year than I have in my entire career in religious journalism. Increasingly, secular courts are appealing to this doctrine to dismiss — or avoid — cases that present thorny debates among…

Let me tell you about Annie Dillard

I keep mentioning the news to people as though it’s about someone they knew. “Did you hear? Annie Dillard died.” People seem to sense something in my voice and respond with sympathy. Then comes the slightly awkward admission: “I don’t…

Christian nationalism erodes Enlightenment ideals

Imagine going into your kitchen, taking out the largest mixing bowl from your cabinet, and pouring in the most toxic chemicals from your workshop or from under the sink. What you would end up with is an explosive, dangerous concoction…

Someday …

Someday, Donald Trump will be a mere memory. Just last week we were reminded, during the 9/11 memorials, that one-third of the nation’s population was not yet born when the planes hit the twin towers. That’s how soon firsthand memory…

The plight of Christian immigrants

Earlier this year, I went to New York City for a ministry trip where we prayed with people and gave out food through a food distribution center in Queens. While I was there, I was able to talk to quite…

Franklin Graham’s daughter nominated as ambassador

Franklin Graham’s daughter, Cissie Graham Lynch, has been nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as United States Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. The post at the U.S. State Department requires Senate confirmation. The last person nominated by…

Supreme Court blocks Trump’s attack on voting by mail

The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked part of a Trump administration effort to interfere with the midterm elections by instituting last-minute complicated rules governing mail-in balloting. The Sept. 14 ruling upheld a lower court decision preventing the U.S. Postal Service…

Billionaire blamed for forcing Ed Sheeran to lose opening tour acts

The politics of U.S-Israel relations hit the concert stage this week as pop singer Ed Sheeran got caught in the crossfire between his opening acts and his concert promoters. All the opening acts lined up for Sheeran’s “Loop Tour” in…

A visit with Senate candidate Adam Hamilton

Editor’s note: BNG has developed a shared content agreement with UM Insight, an independent news service mainly covering issues related to The United Methodist Church. This article was published at UM Insight Sept. 9 and is used here by permission….

Mohler answers Land’s critique on Christian nationalism

Faced with a public reprimand from Richard Land, Al Mohler has modified — slightly — his position on evangelical Christians and the Constitution of the United States of America. During a debate on Christian nationalism at New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho, Mohler…

Bus tours are rolling across America to get out the vote

If Dolly Parton can give from the heart, so can Elon Musk

The cost of admission to the Colosseum

High school freshman creates church sensory room as Eagle project