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Taxpayer-funded By Dawn’s Early Light woos Trump’s evangelical base

Democratic presidents have targeted Christians and attacked religious freedom for decades, but President Donald Trump is making everything right, claims By Dawn’s Early Light, a taxpayer-funded movie starring Trump administration officials that praises the president’s Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian...

Mohler says troubling story of Abraham, Isaac reveals ‘we are saved’

By Bob Allen The story of Abraham offering to sacrifice his son as a burnt offering in Genesis 22 makes sense only if it is literally true, a Southern Baptist seminary president said at a recent preaching conference. “If this…

Church protests beating deaths of Christian couple accused of blasphemy

Author frees Jesus’ stories to be read as living, vibrant texts

Are women leaning in? Not at Evangelical organizations

Pope Francis suggests no-cost annulments in divorce cases

Conservative Christians packed an electoral punch, but can they do it again in 2016?

The benefits and drawbacks of boundaries

I have a love/hate relationship with boundaries. On the plus side, they protect my family and me and all that I care about. Years ago a friend said, “Your right to swing your arm stops where my nose starts.” I…

For youth ministers, a challenge dealing with mental illness in adolescents

By Terry Goodrich and Jeff Brumley Many mental health disorders first surface during adolescence, and college and youth pastors are in a good position to offer help or steer youths elsewhere to find it. But many of those pastors feel…

Publisher finds challenges in appealing to conservative, liberal faith traditions

By Bob Allen Six months after a controversy over its decision to publish Matthew Vines’ book God and the Gay Christian, the publisher of authors including John Piper, Bill Gothard and David Platt has announced organizational changes increasing distance between…

Ken Hall fired as Baylor’s senior vice president

By Ken Camp A former CEO of Buckner International and former president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas has involuntarily become a former senior vice president of Baylor University. Ken Hall, who has served as senior vice president for…

More Wednesdays, fewer Thursdays

By Bill Wilson How quickly our conversations can go from theoretical to all-too-real. Last Wednesday, I spent a rewarding day in Tennessee on a retreat with 45 ministers and staff members thinking through the unique and profound pressures of ministry…

If fear wins the day

Michael Helms Helen Cooper is a writer for the New York Times. Her coverage of the Ebola crisis is unique because she was born in Liberia and she still has family living there. Having immigrated to the United States, she…

Eradicating DEI hasn’t made anything better

How Christian nationalism shows up in patriotic worship services

Dear Trump-supporting Christians, are you really OK with this?

‘Every Student. Every State’ campaign promotes school tax credit