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Christian radio ads urge support for climate change legislation

WASHINGTON (ABP) — Radio ads in eight states will encourage Christians to view climate change as both a moral issue and a matter of national security. A media campaign by the American Values Network will saturate Christian radio stations in…

U.S. officials destroy Afghan-language Bibles allegedly used in proselytizing

WASHINGTON (ABP) — The United States military says it has destroyed Afghan-language Bibles confiscated from soldiers in Afghanistan to ensure troops did not break regulations against proselytizing. According to Reuters, officials denied that evangelical Christian soldiers seen in a video…

British Baptists observe 400th anniversary

BOURNEMOUTH, England (ABP) — British Baptists marked the 400th anniversary of the founding of the first Baptist congregation in 1609 in an annual meeting of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and BMS World Mission May 1-4. This year's Baptist…

Supreme remorse

By Benjamin Cole The elevation of David Hackett Souter to serve as the 105th justice of the United States Supreme Court was, to borrow a phrase from Eliot, the whimper that ended the world for conservatives. Confirmed by a 90-9…

A Christian’s lament over the Pew torture poll

By David Gushee Dear Jesus, Everyone seems to be talking about the poll put out last week by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. They found that 62 percent of white evangelical Protestants believe “the use of torture…

EDITORIAL: Aunt Ida visits the Holy Land

Dear Jimmy, Well, shut my mouth and call me a hymnal. Your old uncle and I actually made it to the Holy Land. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would actually step on some of the…

BAPTIST BRIEFS

Alliance urges end to Cuba travel ban. The Alliance of Baptists applauded President Obama for loosening restrictions on American’s travel to Cuba and called for more reform during the group’s recent convocation in Charlotte, N.C. The Alliance welcomed the president’s…

HERITAGE: ‘A persistent cuss’

Phil and Bernice Rodgerson are living in one of “the villas,” the posh new quarters at Lakewood Manor, the Baptist retirement community in Richmond. Her baby grand piano anchors one corner of their spacious living room and his study is…

OUT LOUD

“You're the only people who never leave Mass early.” Archbishop Timothy Dolan The New York prelate was explaining to inmates at Bedford Hills Correctinal Facility why he loves ministering to prisoners. (RNS/AP) “I respect the opinions of Americans who oppose…

Focus on what is true

While science vs. religion battles continue, can we agree to teach public school children certain obvious truths? Can we temporarily lay aside the theory of evolution and various religious views, and realize there are certain conclusions about our world that…

Say ‘yes’ to Sunday

“Used to be,” the church was at the center of the calendar. We had activities of the church penned on the calendar before any other activities. Now, churches of all denominations “compete” for church membership to be involved in church…

Modify theories if necessary

I have great praise for much of the letter, “Evolution is not a plot” [Herald, April 23], which describes the overwhelminglystrong evidence for the evolution of micro-organisms. My degrees are in physics, so I’ve had to be an autodidact in…

Democratic Socialists’ wins rattle Democrats, rouse GOP

Republican-fueled Islamophobia cited as cause of more attacks

Belgian footballer set an example for men worldwide

Yes, the global refugee situation is a crisis, book contends