The data post from Ryan Burge caught my eye — as usual. But one of the comments below the post really got my attention. “Let’s be real, non-denoms are basically Baptists,” the commenter said. This was in response to Burge’s...
At least 152 federal immigration agents have been charged with or convicted of violent crimes including rape, kidnapping, child molestation and murder at some time in their lives, according to a new report by the Ohio Immigration Alliance. The organization…
A writer is nothing without other people. You don’t think of this when you think of them. Their kind are usually tucked away, secluded and trapped inside a room where daylight breaks in from a single window. The scene outside…
The morning after receiving word that his wife, Mica, had died by a gunshot wound to the head, pastor John-Paul Miller declared with excitement to his congregation, “I wrote a new parody for you all today!” Cheers erupted as Miller…
I cried when I learned Wendell Berry died. A couple times, actually, and I’m probably not done. The man meant a lot to me. Have you ever read a book that met you at exactly the right place in your…
Baptist layman, poet and conservationist Wendell Berry died at his home in Port Royal, Ky., Aug. 31 at age 92. The Kentucky farmer became a sort of patron saint for iconoclastic Baptists, of which he was one. BNG columnist Justin…
There is a document with the seal of the United States government on it, and it teaches that a category of children does not exist. It is called “Wolves in White Coats.” The Department of Health and Human Services released…
Ken Paxton went to church on Sunday, and his son-in-law prayed over him for God to give him victory over Democrat James Talarico and “the kingdom of darkness” in November’s U.S. Senate race. Daniel Hayworth serves as campus pastor at…
Baptist News Global provides a free listing of ministry-related jobs for Baptist churches, theological institutions and organizations across the United States. Each free posting is for 30 days and is limited to 150 words. Postings may be extended another 30…
Florida will account for nearly 60% of all U.S. executions this year if Harold Gene Lucas is put to death as scheduled Sept. 1. If carried out as planned, Lucas’ lethal injection will be the 14th for the state and…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently issued a report created by a Focus on the Family affiliate that claims transgender medical procedures have no basis in fact and offer no benefits but are instead part of a…
This week has been full of reading stories of and tributes to Dolly Parton, moments when her life connected with theirs. What a treat! I’ve also been replaying my own life choices this past week, because I said no to…
“Brad, I’ve got a big ask.” It was the vice president for church relations at the Baptist university where I taught in East Tennessee. Our relationship dated back to his being a guest preacher at two churches I served. He…
