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Reading Ryan Stollar’s final message through the lens of trauma

Note: This article discusses suicide, child sexual abuse and domestic violence. It may be distressing for some readers.   On June 30, child liberation theologian and abuse survivor advocate Ryan Stollar died by suicide, following a lengthy struggle with his...

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Union University names Texas educator as new president

By Ken Camp Samuel W. “Dub” Oliver, president of East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, Texas, since 2009, has been named president of Union University, a Baptist school in Jackson, Tenn., effective June 1. Union University’s board of trustees unanimously…

Georgia Baptists support guns in church

By Bob Allen Georgia Baptists’ new lobbyist made headlines his second week on the job, testifying in the state’s General Assembly in support of legislation that would allow guns in churches. “Really, it’s a sanctity of human life issue as…

What’s so beautiful about America?

By Marv Knox The blogosphere, Facebook, Twitter and, no doubt, millions of e-mail accounts just about melted down lately, thanks to a Coca-Cola commercial. Maybe America needs to hold a can of Coke up to its collective face and chill…

Treasuring the gift of water

By Bruce Day The Bible is full of water illustrations and metaphors. Most are of the positive actions and attributes of God – cleansing, restoring, saving. Some of my favorites are: • Psalm 1:3, “That person is like a tree…

A faulty worldview

The news recently broke that Virginia’s new Attorney General plans to ask a federal judge to declare the Commonwealth’s voter-passed constitutional amendment officially upholding the traditional understanding of marriage unconstitutional.  This move is entirely unsurprising even as it is deeply…