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Ironing a distorted funhouse mirror: Healing cognitively driven depression

At the campus counseling center, I had promised my therapist, Chrissy, that, unlike previous forays into counseling, I would be completely honest. In a previous article on dealing with depression, I described how being honest with a college student convinced…

May 13, 1985: Philadelphia’s Fire Still Burns

Forty years ago, on May 13, 1985, a tragedy unfolded in the Cobbs Creek section of West Philadelphia that would forever scar the conscience of a city and shock the world. On that day, the Philadelphia Police Department — under…

Evangelical leaders say Trump inspires national spiritual revival

Christians have long prayed God would send revival. Now, some Christian leaders say they are seeing signs of revival thanks to President Donald Trump. “Now, after just 100 days in office, the president has inspired a spiritual revival in our…

CBF North Carolina ministry explains its decision to aid Afrikaners

The operators of Welcome House Raleigh say they understand the anger at their decision to help resettle Afrikaners while refugees from other nations have lost federal benefits or been blocked from entering the United States altogether. “We share that anger,…

There’s no ‘white genocide’ in South Africa

President Donald Trump has claimed, without evidence, there is “white genocide” in South Africa. Once more, he has pulled a rotten apple out of his barrel to embellish his own sense of superiority and power. There is no “white genocide”…

The irony of white supremacy

We have no record of Jesus ever interacting with someone who looks like me. He and all those around him were people of color. But I come from Northern European heritage. By racial identification, I am classified as white/Caucasian. In…

How to steal a Baptist church

With his father and brother in the news for taking control of a Houston megachurch, Ed Young of Fellowship Church in Dallas is now hawking a downloadable Church Bylaws Kit for other pastors who desire to become Controlling Executive Officers….

You won’t believe our story of Medicaid waste, fraud and abuse

Three days before what we thought would be my wife, Ruth Ellen’s, final surgery for stage three breast cancer, my mind was racing as I was trying to finish moving out of our old house while confirming plans for where…

Women in US remain more religious than men, even as Gen Z trend flips

American women remain more likely to be religious than men, according to Pew Research Center’s Religious Landscape Study. The study aligns with other research on gender and religion: Women have consistently been found more likely to be religious than men,…

Split Supreme Court won’t allow public funds for religious charter school

The nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school will not happen, after a tie vote by the U.S. Supreme Court May 22. Justice Amy Coney Barrett abstained in the case OKPLAC Inc. v. Statewide Virtual Charter School, leaving eight justices…

‘Recommit to Pride,’ faith coalition urges

Faith-based organizations are pushing back against the increasing mistreatment of LGBTQ people by calling for renewed support for Pride Month celebrations. “The majority of religious people in America support full LGBTQ equality,” close to 20 groups say in a petition…

The parachurch: How did we get here?

Before the Reformation, there was not a Catholic Church in the Roman Catholic sense we think of today. It was just the church. There were no denominations. There was one central authority, the pope. (Unless you count the time from…

What you’re not seeing: Tens of thousands of children separated from parents

The way we were

Talarico’s pastor pushes back on Daily Wire’s claims

Spiritual formation is how churches learn whom to hear