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,...

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Pastor of Florida megachurch resigns over ‘moral failure’

Playing politics with religious freedom: Mississippi and RFRA

The Mississippi House of Representatives and Senate passed on Tuesday religious freedom legislation that has prompted outrage from progressive news media and advocacy groups. A column on the website Slate included perhaps the most provocative headline: “Mississippi passed its anti-gay…

Healthy church, preacher produce rare gift: pastoral longevity

By Jeff Brumley Jack Glasgow has seen things at Zebulon Baptist Church that fewer and fewer modern pastors have seen — or likely ever will see. Things like shepherding members of his North Carolina congregation from birth to ministry, and others from…

Our silence on faith does not serve those leaving the church

By Alan Bean David Gushee, a theologian and ethicist who teaches at Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology, struck a nerve when he suggested that moderate Baptists with roots in the Southern Baptist Convention could benefit from a statement of…

What’s the biggest misconception about atheists?

Health-sharing ministries see Obamacare bump

Miss. governor signs religious practices bill

Do evangelicals give God’s violence a pass?

Sex abuse cost U.S. Catholic Church nearly $3 billion

Why it doesn’t matter if Noah film is inaccurate

Noah starring Russell Crowe has seen success at the box office with the general public but not everyone is happy about the film. Some claim that the Noah story was hijacked and is inaccurate. True, there are parts of Noah…

Let’s clear the air a bit

With RFRA being in the news again as the Supreme Court recently heard arguments on the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties case, my mind drifted back to the last time it was in the news: when Jan Brewer vetoed…