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Americans value freedom but there are differences on what it means

America’s 250th birthday prompted researchers at Navigator to ask Americans how they define America, patriotism and what our country should aspire to. The result was 82% of Americans across all generations saying they believe freedom is an extremely important value,...

In HBO’s ‘The Leftovers,’ concept of Rapture gets secular treatment

By Michael Parnell HBO pioneered the adult television series, shows that usually appear on Sunday nights. Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire and the recent True Detective are examples of these series, but I like to think of them…

Election of new president tops BWA gathering’s agenda

By Eron Henry More than 300 Baptist leaders from around the world will gather in Izmir, Turkey, July 6-12 for the Baptist World Alliance’s Annual Gathering. The event will include meetings of the BWA’s governing General Council and its executive…

SACS commission releases statement on Brewton-Parker accreditation woes

By Bob Allen The board of trustees of a regional accrediting body for degree-granting higher education institutions in the South voted June 19 to remove the accreditation of Brewton-Parker College for failure to comply with membership standards. Those standards related…

Caner ordered to pay attorney fees

By Bob Allen After losing a copyright infringement lawsuit to prevent the posting of videos alleging contradictions in different versions of his once famous “Jihad to Jesus” testimony, a Georgia Baptist college president now must pay more than $34,000 in…

SNAP leader says police should investigate alleged abuse cover-up by DOM

By Bob Allen An advocate for clergy abuse victims said July 2 that police should investigate whether a Southern Baptist director of missions concealed molestation by the youth minister at a church he previously served as pastor. Mack Allen Davis,…

Book examines Joseph Smith’s murder

Why you should leave religion off your resume

‘Death penalty has no place in 21st century,’ says UN chief

Church’s sex offender shelter shut down by state of Alabama

China bans Ramadan fast in Muslim northwest

Leave Jesus out of the Fourth of July

On this 4th of July weekend, I exhort you, American preachers, do not take Uncle Sam into the pulpit. Carefully consider how you plan worship for this Sunday. A good place to start would be: do not sing “America the…

3 views on Donald Trump held by American Christians

US megachurches report strong rebound from pandemic

Baptists need to speak up again for religious liberty

What in hell became of heaven?