Why coercive religious politics undermine Christianity and democracy

This is the ninth in a BNG series of articles on Christianity and democracy that will lead toward the July 4 celebration of America’s 250th birthday. The series has been curated by Carol McEntyre, senior minister at First Baptist Church of...

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College students raise funds to fight slavery

Three ways to spend Christmas book money

In 1500 Dutch humanist and theologian Desiderius Erasmus wrote to a friend, “When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.” Thanks to gift cards from Amazon or Barnes and…

Casting visions from the pulpit

By Jeff Brumley Some pastors may look forward to — and even need — a post-holiday lull. But not Doug Dortch, the senior minister at Mountain Brook Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. Instead, he’ll be busy those first few days…

Redeeming fornication

By Bob Allen Christians lost more than just a word when they began substituting modern euphemisms like “premarital sex” for the old-fashioned sin of “fornication,” a Southern Baptist theologian said in a recent essay. Russell Moore, theology dean at Southern…

‘Les Misérables’ and reaching for grace

By Darrell Gwaltney In late November 1996, my wife and I attended Les Misérables at the Palace Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London, England. Attending the play was such a transcendent experience for us we said we would never see…

‘Les Misérables’ and reaching for grace

By Darrell Gwaltney In late November 1996, my wife and I attended Les Misérables at the Palace Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London, England. Attending the play was such a transcendent experience for us we said we would never see…

‘Les Misérables’ and reaching for grace

By Darrell Gwaltney In late November 1996, my wife and I attended Les Misérables at the Palace Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London, England. Attending the play was such a transcendent experience for us we said we would never see…

‘Les Misérables’ and reaching for grace

By Darrell Gwaltney In late November 1996, my wife and I attended Les Misérables at the Palace Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in London, England. Attending the play was such a transcendent experience for us we said we would never see…

Targeting ‘Les Miserables’ to Christians pays off at the box office

Faith leaders want Americans to pray for collegiality

In 113th Congress: First Hindu, first Buddhist in Senate, and (maybe) first ‘none’