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At this VBS, a skit simulates a violent execution

“Take him out! Blow him up! Take him out! Blow him up!” the children chant during a vacation Bible school program at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky. With eerie music looming over the scene, the viral TikTok video...

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Hong Kong Baptist U. prof censured

By Bob Allen A Hong Kong Baptist University professor will lose his job for publishing unsubstantiated claims about another university in a controversial book that has been denounced as politically motivated. Radio Television Hong Kong reported Dec. 12 that Professor…

‘The Hobbit’ as Advent journey

By Darrell Gwaltney “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit,” so begins J.R.R. Tokien’s The Hobbit or There and Back Again. In preparation for The Hobbit: An UnExpected Journey opening this weekend, I picked up my old…

Tennessee Baptist leader says goodbye

By Bob Allen A past president of the Tennessee Baptist Convention who served on numerous key committees over the years is saying goodbye to attendance at annual meetings, explaining the organization has become so theologically narrow that it is no…

How to Kill a Church

A prefatory note: This brief story was written based on conversations I’ve had with ministers, laypeople and leaders, young and old, rich and poor, and those no longer visiting church.  It was a cold, December day and though the Nativity scene was brightly…

Binders of Hispanics

By Miguel De La Torre In meetings at GOP headquarters across the country, one can almost hear the party bosses ordering the delivery of binders of Hispanics. This is not all bad. The Latina/o community, and by extension the United…