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The transmogrification of the SBC: When Baptists no longer are Baptist

As the Southern Baptist Convention in its recent annual meeting has proved itself unreliably Baptist, it gives me pause to think about how quickly the transmogrification of this Baptist denomination into its ecclesiastical opposite has happened. Baptist folk often have...

Increasingly, Hollywood looks to Bible for screenplay potential

NEW YORK (RNS) — Studios and filmmakers are rediscovering a classic text as source material for upcoming mainstream films: the Bible. Nearly 10 years after the blockbuster success of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, which earned $611.9 million…

Does BYU visit by top Southern Baptist and other leaders signal evangelical-Mormon truce?

(RNS) — Last month, after being sure to get his caffeine fix at Starbucks, Southern Baptist leader Richard Land went where few evangelicals had dared to go before: the campus of Brigham Young University, the intellectual heart of Mormonism. After…

50 years later C.S. Lewis’s legacy shines in U.S., but not his homeland

CANTERBURY, England (RNS) — When C.S. Lewis died on Nov. 22, 1963, hardly a soul blinked in Northern Ireland where he was born or in England where he spent most of his working life as one of the world’s greatest…

Does your pastor need a doctorate?

By Mark Wingfield Hearing a story about yet another medium-sized church in a small town where a personnel committee desired above all that their next pastor have the title “Dr.” in front of his name, I found myself thinking, “How…

Church, state and taxes spark debate

By Vicki Brown Congress established the 501(c)3 tax-exempt status applicable to churches, religious organizations and ministers “in recognition of their unique status in American society,” the IRS claims in its Tax Guide for Churches and Religious Organizations. The designation benefits…

Baylor keeps homosexuality ban

By Bob Allen Baylor University’s student body president has vetoed a resolution to drop a ban on homosexuality from the university’s code of conduct. Baylor’s Student Senate voted last week to drop “homosexual acts” from the university’s sexual misconduct code…

Supreme Court slides into partisanship

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war

Increasingly, Hollywood looks to Bible for screenplay potential

Does BYU visit by top Southern Baptist and other leaders signal evangelical-Mormon truce?

50 years later C.S. Lewis’s legacy shines in U.S., but not his homeland

Does your pastor need a doctorate?

Church, state and taxes spark debate

Baylor keeps homosexuality ban

Youth worker accused of molesting girl

Malaysia PM Razak says curb on use of the word ‘Allah’ is key to stability

Billy Graham 95th birthday message to America will air on Nov. 7

Kenyan pastors ask for guns amid Christian-Muslim violence

U.S. denies spying on Vatican cardinals ahead of conclave

Supreme Court to consider religious prayer at government meetings

From Augustine to Jefferson, the idea of separating church and state has deep religious and secular roots

Defying pope and facing excommunication, SSPX consecrates bishops at huge outdoor Mass

BWA Leader Transitions to Full-Time Role with BWA Women

The Bible verses dividing Washington: How Matthew 25 became a political litmus test

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Supreme Court slides into partisanship

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war