It may now seem surprising to many United Methodists, and even more Baptists, that for most of our histories in the United States, all Methodists and Baptists were regularly designated as evangelical denominations. The most important reason is that both...
Note: This article includes detailed discussion of child sexual abuse in the context of why God allows suffering in the world. Now the TheoBros are using the gospel to spread indifference about the rape and murder of 10-year-old girls….
A federal appeals court has rejected President Donald Trump’s use of an 18th-century law to swiftly deport accused Venezuelan gang members from the United States. The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled Sept. 2 the administration…
One breakthrough in my understanding of people decades ago came from studying personality types. This helped me accept that people are different and being different isn’t wrong, it’s natural. I quit trying so hard to change people. The reality is…
Fifty years ago, O.S. Hawkins and George Mason were not estranged in their affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention. Both men attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, and went on to become well-known pastors in large Baptist churches. But a fork placed…
Truth Rising, a new film being released this Friday, says the Western world faces a critical “civilizational moment.” The only hope for avoiding decline and starting renewal is Christians “with the clarity of a full Christian worldview” who are “boldly…
Not all ideas are equally valid, and not all beliefs are equally true. There is reality and there is fantasy. A heavy dose of “both sides are valid” denial of reality has set up the United States of America for…
Garrison Keillor is still on the road at 83. From 1974 to 2016, he was on the radio practically every Saturday night at 5:00 Central Time. The show was called A Prairie Home Companion. If you’ve read this far, you…
The Trump administration claims its effort to end cashless bail is about reducing crime, but immigration and racial justice activists warn it’s nothing more than an assault on the poor and people of color. “By reviving cash bail, the administration…
The Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign is striking terror in the lives of children worried their parents could be detained at school drop-off or while they are in classes during the day, education and immigration advocates say. The stress also…
“So, inerrancy was in essence adapted and used by enslavers?” “Yes.” I was sitting in Stephen Ray’s office working on my Ph.D. at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary. I had asked if I could take a directed study on Reformed theology…
If ever there were a ministry built around one person, it is “Grace to You,” the broadcast ministry of the late John MacArthur. And Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, where MacArthur served as pastor 55 years, is not much…
Aside from the Scopes trial, three-time presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan is best known for delivering his “Cross of Gold” speech at the 1896 Democratic Convention. Some say it was the greatest speech in American political history. In 1896, the nation…
