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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...

Glorieta leaseholders seek injunction

By Ken Camp An Arkansas couple who own a house on land leased from Glorieta Conference Center has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court seeking a temporary restraining order or injunction to prevent the transfer of property from LifeWay…

The birds, the bees and the Baptists

By Ken Camp The fear of offending diverse church memberships understandably causes many pastors to shy away from open discussions about sexuality, said Christian ethicist David Gushee. “I would fault churches for their silence on these issues, but having witnessed…

Jesus’ pacifism is not passive

By Joe Phelps I visited recently with a young man who is part of a crew remodeling our house. When I learned that he is an Army reservist who is home for a while from the Middle East and will…

SBC ethicist addresses online porn

By Bob Allen The temple prostitutes that tempted some in the New Testament church in Corinth have been “digitalized and weaponized” today in the form of Internet pornography, Southern Baptists’ top spokesman for moral concerns warned seminary students Sept. 5….

Pope to G-20: Keep your armies out of Syria

The Real Housewives of Duck Dynasty

Pat Robertson documentary ‘Mission Congo’ reignites diamond mine fraud allegations

Cardinal Dolan tells Catholics in Milwaukee that Christ, Church are one, can’t be separated

NAE’s Leith Anderson: Evangelicals oppose strike against Syria

Lamb of God banned from performing in Malaysia

Every pilgrim needs a notebook

Hebrews 11: 8: “He set out, not knowing where he was going.” Parker Palmer: “From our first day in school, we are taught to listen to everything and everyone but ourselves.” Hardy Clemons: “Treat your journal as a sacred object.”…

Children’s ministry certification enhances churches’ work with the youngest in the congregation

RICHMOND — For nearly a decade the Virginia Baptist Mission Board’s children’s ministry certification has impacting churches across Virginia. Begun in 2005, the certification courses are designed to help prepare those “interested in a lifetime commitment to ministering to children…

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