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Who is the domestic terrorist?

In the wake of the violence of January 6, 2021, some observers wondered why the insurrectionists at the U.S. Capitol weren’t charged with domestic terrorism. The reason is simple: There is no standalone federal crime on the books for domestic...

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Transitions ON THE MOVE John Moxley, to First Baptist Church, Dillwyn, Va., as pastor. Dave Hawes, to Fair Bluff (N.C.) Baptist Church, as pastor. David E. Roberts, to Hampton (Va.) Baptist Church, as interim pastor. Tim Williford, to Lystra Baptist…

HeraldBeat

Transitions ON THE MOVE John Moxley, to First Baptist Church, Dillwyn, Va., as pastor. Dave Hawes, to Fair Bluff (N.C.) Baptist Church, as pastor. David E. Roberts, to Hampton (Va.) Baptist Church, as interim pastor. Tim Williford, to Lystra Baptist…

HeraldBeat

Transitions ON THE MOVE John Moxley, to First Baptist Church, Dillwyn, Va., as pastor. Dave Hawes, to Fair Bluff (N.C.) Baptist Church, as pastor. David E. Roberts, to Hampton (Va.) Baptist Church, as interim pastor. Tim Williford, to Lystra Baptist…

HeraldBeat

Transitions ON THE MOVE John Moxley, to First Baptist Church, Dillwyn, Va., as pastor. Dave Hawes, to Fair Bluff (N.C.) Baptist Church, as pastor. David E. Roberts, to Hampton (Va.) Baptist Church, as interim pastor. Tim Williford, to Lystra Baptist…

HeraldBeat

Transitions ON THE MOVE John Moxley, to First Baptist Church, Dillwyn, Va., as pastor. Dave Hawes, to Fair Bluff (N.C.) Baptist Church, as pastor. David E. Roberts, to Hampton (Va.) Baptist Church, as interim pastor. Tim Williford, to Lystra Baptist…

Can anything new be said about abortion?

By David Gushee The Roe v. Wade anniversary with its ritual marches of protest and defense occurs this year amidst our quadrennial election carnival. Our elections now seem to require that contending politicians seek to outdo one another in ideological…

Supreme Court declines to review prayer case

By Bob Allen The U.S. Supreme Court declined Jan. 17 to reconsider a lower court’s decision barring a North Carolina county from invoking prayers in Jesus’ name at twice-a-month meetings of its main governing body. The court declined without comment…

Jim Newton, Baptist journalist, dies at 75

Jim Newton By Bob Allen Longtime Baptist journalist Jim Newton died Jan. 16 at Baptist Hospital hospice care in Clinton, Miss., after a battle with leukemia. Newton, 75, was born in Kingsville, Texas, into the third generation of a family…