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AI is being used to abuse children, and we can do something about it

Last May, congress passed the Take It Down Act, requiring websites to remove “nonconsensual intimate visual depictions” of identifiable individuals. This includes both real and AI-generated content. But this law only addresses content publication, not the various ways in which...

Okla. twister spawns God’s wrath debate

By Jeff Brumley The monstrous twister had barely finished its deadly work in Moore, Okla., on May 20 when the usual voices of judgment and condemnation began echoing across the Internet. Westboro Baptist Church’s Fred Phelps Jr. tweeted that the…

Despite superficial changes, racial reconciliation in Richmond remains elusive, says panel

RICHMOND — Like many American cities, Richmond has reduced the more visible signs of rancor among different races, but racial reconciliation remains elusive, said a panel of activists and observers of Virginia’s capital. The panelists shared their views at the…

Lincoln’s religious influence in forging Emancipation Proclamation still evident after 150 years

RICHMOND — A “profound spiritual odyssey” prompted Abraham Lincoln’s forging of the Emancipation Proclamation, one of “the most revolutionary documents ever signed by an American president,” a prominent religious historian told a conference on racial reconciliation. “Not much attention has…

Christian ‘nones’?

By Bill Leonard Not at the Jordan River, but in that flowing stream stood John the Baptist preacher when he baptized Him. John was a Baptist preacher when he baptized the Lamb, so Jesus was a Baptist and thus the…

BGCT board seeks OK to explore sale

By Ken Camp Messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting in San Antonio this summer will consider a recommendation to grant the BGCT executive board authority to sell the Baptist Building in Dallas. The board at its May meeting…

Hobby Lobby case in federal court

By Jeff Brumley A federal appeals court will hear oral arguments May 23 in Hobby Lobby’s claim that the contraception mandate in President Obama’s health-care policies violates its religious freedoms. A federal judge ruled in November 2012 that the company was not…

No more church evictions from schools, NYC council says

Faith healers charged with murder after second child death

Racism at heart of Buddhist-Muslim strife

College football coach called as Mormon bishop

Pope says God redeems all, not just Catholics

Learning from monks

Recently, I spent a few days at Mount Saviour Monastery and it was an incredible time of reflection, prayer, and spiritual enrichment. I also instituted a social media blackout. I must admit, I didn’t know what to expect. My friend and follow pastor David…

An American experiment: 250 years of trying

10 reasons America is not a ‘Christian nation’

American Dominion traces deep roots of Seven Mountain Mandate

Lindsey Graham and the history of ‘widow’s succession’