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Think, vote, pray

Today we have an opportunity to exercise our civil liberty by going to the polls to vote. Tom Brokaw reminds us that we will go freely and “not at the point of a gun or a tank” and that is…

Alas, my Facebook and Twitter feeds are blowing up with political jabs that mostly rely on ad-hominem attacks that play into people’s confirmation bias of a candidate. [sigh] No candidate is immune from a little ad-hominem attack against their opponent….

Hope is my friend

I was cruising through the list of notification on the GoodReads web site when one caught my eye. “Hope is your friend.” Of course, it was a notification that someone named Hope and I had made a social media connection,…

Talking politics in church

When 4-year-old Abigail Evans burst into tears for no apparent reason, her mother asked what was making her so sad. “I’m tired of Bronco Bama and Mitt Romney,” Abigail wailed between sniffles. Mamma Evans didn’t switch off NPR, but she assured her daughter that…

OPINION: What do God and Hurricane Sandy have in common?

At Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, classes were cancelled on Monday, Oct. 29, because of the devastation of Hurricane Sandy on the northeastern coast of the United States.The loss of lives is above 100, and the economic impacts of the…

OPINION: God alone determines proper life of the Church

Over the past several weeks the focus of many conversations has been on the decision of the executive committee of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board to exclude Ginter Park Baptist Church from fellowship because they ordained a man who happens…

OPINION: Ginter Park Baptist, the BGAV and the tie that binds

Ginter Park Baptist Church ordained a gay man as a minister in September. This is creating a stir among Baptist organizations in Virginia. The Richmond Baptist Association, on Sunday, Oct. 21, created a committee to study the association’s relationship with…

Election Day checklist: Photo I.D., reading material to endure long lines and for some â€” communion

As voters in the Mid-Atlantic head to the polls today, some Baptists in the region will make an additional stop — to participate in communion as a reminder that their commitment to Jesus Christ trumps political identity. In scattered locations…

Baptists in Maryland grapple with ballot items on casinos, gay marriage, undocumented workers

Voters in Maryland are not only electing a president today, but also are considering whether to expand casino gambling, legalize gay marriage and extend in-state college tuition to undocumented immigrants — a clutch of moral issues that has prompted soul…

Mohler again claims same-sex marriage harms children

Dan Patrick reiterates: ‘No separation of church and state’

Baptists know better than this

Judge bars Tennessee from revealing immigration status of sick children

How not to vote on today

Hope is my friend

OPINION: What do God and Hurricane Sandy have in common?

OPINION: God alone determines proper life of the Church

OPINION: Ginter Park Baptist, the BGAV and the tie that binds

Election Day checklist: Photo I.D., reading material to endure long lines and for some â€” communion

Baptists in Maryland grapple with ballot items on casinos, gay marriage, undocumented workers

Election Day checklist: Photo I.D., reading material to endure long lines and for some â€” communion

Billy Graham endorses Minnesota marriage amendment

Mexico’s Churches Seek a Gospel Win This World Cup

Roughly a third of the way into Steven Spielberg’s new blockbuster film “Disclosure Day,” which focuses on the theoretical release of evidence documenting the existence of alien life, a conversation between the two main characters takes a sudden turn toward the spiritual.

Religious groups are more prepared for aliens than you think

Nigerian Churches Are Fighting Soccer-Fueled Gambling Addictions

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Mohler again claims same-sex marriage harms children

Dan Patrick reiterates: ‘No separation of church and state’

Baptists know better than this

Judge bars Tennessee from revealing immigration status of sick children