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How the SBC defended inerrancy but couldn’t face the truth

There is a revealing irony at the heart of the recent Texas Monthly article on the quiet collapse of the Southern Baptist Convention. The movement that rose to power defending “biblical authority” now finds itself haunted by a different question…

Mohler: Women should vote but not interpret sermons on podcast

Women should have the right to vote in U.S. politics but should not be allowed to interpret Scripture on a podcast, Al Mohler said last week. In separate segments of his podcast “The Briefing,” the president of Southern Baptist Theological…

Anti-Christian Bias report exalts Calvinism and lies as normative

It is no secret that Donald J. Trump is intent on exacting retribution on his perceived enemies. Top of his list is former President Joe Biden. While the recently released report by the Justice Department’s Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian…

Tennessee botches execution of prisoner who claims innocence

Tennessee botched the high-profile execution of Tony Carruthers May 21, resulting in Gov. Bill Lee granting the prisoner a one-year reprieve. The Tennessee Department of Correction said medical personnel were able to insert a primary IV line for the 10…

Iran and Florida noted for increase in executions

Iran was the primary driver behind an 87% increase in executions around the world last year, according to a new report by Amnesty International. The human rights organization said it tallied 2,707 people executed in 17 nations in 2025, up…

Developing a new conversation on race

Jesus had a lot to say about putting new wine in old wineskins, and those words need not to be lost on us as we imagine our way forward in our racial healing work. It not good enough to put…

Salem Media to be acquired by Colorado Springs nonprofit

Salem Media, which offers conservative and Christian content via radio, digital media, streaming, podcasting, television and publishing, will be acquired by WaterStone, a Colorado Springs nonprofit that pioneered donor-advised funds. Salem, which lost $35 million last year and lost $2.57…

Wake Forest names new president

Peter Rodriguez has been named 15th president of Wake Forest University. An economist by training, he currently serves as dean of Rice University’s School of Business, which includes the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business and the Virani Undergraduate…

Theo: On humanity and love

Theo is a “prescriptive” character, the author explains, who “gives us a way to use our days well, and that is to fill them with little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love, and just to keep doing the same…

When a Christian-based cop drama tackles immigration

As immigration remains one of America’s most divisive political issues, a new Christian-produced cop drama is attempting to bring the debate to television audiences — a move one leading advocate commends while noting it misses nuances. On April 30, Christian-backed…

When outrage prophets roamed the land

There’s a gathering of young white, male preachers filled with anger at church and state. I have dubbed them the “outrage prophets,” similar to the false prophets of the Old Testament. One of their members, Joel Webbon, drew my attention…

Here’s what I hear when you say you’re a ‘purple’ church

A fair number of churches these days are proud of being called “purple” churches, meaning they welcome and celebrate both Republicans and Democrats among their members. That may have been fine in 1990 but means something entirely different today. Now,…

3 views on Donald Trump held by American Christians

US megachurches report strong rebound from pandemic

Baptists need to speak up again for religious liberty

What in hell became of heaven?