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Clergy bless clinic reopened after Supreme Court overturns abortion regulations

A dozen interfaith clergy held a July 9 blessing ceremony at a women’s reproductive-health clinic in Texas to demonstrate there is more than one way for Christians to view the abortion debate.

Is all sex, except sex within a traditional marriage, exempt from the blessing of God?

While upholding the goodness of marriage, maybe it’s time the Church dismissed the legalism of “marriage only” in favor of true, loving relationships that are consummated, not in following the letter of the law, but with the spirit of living principles – commitment, communication, trust, respect and a deep and true spirituality.

Letters to the Editor for 07.11.19

Freedom of the press is precious, yet it is illusory by Toby Druin, Waxahachie, Texas

Christian speaker removed from conference over church’s views on women, gays

A staff member at a Southern Baptist megachurch accused in a recent New York Times story of trying to shirk responsibility for child sex abuse has been removed as a speaker at an upcoming design conference because of the church’s stance on women and homosexuality.

Entitled Millennials aren’t killing the American Church; entitled churches are

When there are four year olds in jail at the border and the Arctic Circle hits 80 degrees, it’s time to find out why exactly the world needs the unending existence of our aging fellowship hall and sparsely-populated sanctuary. If we don’t know the answer, I’m not so sure Millennial church members are going to pull us out of that tailspin.

Hungering for a Christian response to Mississippi’s veggie burger ban

The law raises difficult questions for legislators concerned that hamburgers are not ham, hot dogs are not dogs, circus peanuts are not peanuts, Buffalo wings are not buffalo and refried beans are not fried twice. Churches could divert attention by pointing out a host of problems bigger than lentil burgers that lawmakers might have addressed.

Seminary president dismisses eternal subordination in the Trinity as ‘theological malarkey’

Patriarchal assumptions of biblical writers and centuries of interpretation by men lead too many Christians today to wrongly believe that God is literally male, a female seminary president from the United States told a group of Baptist scholars at an international conference July 5-7 in Nassau, Bahamas.

WWJDD: What Would James Dunn Do? America on July 4, 2019

Had James Dunn lived to witness this year’s Fourth of July event – hijacked by President Trump – he would have let his freedom of dissent ring loud and clear. At this moment in the history of American Christianity and American government, Dunn’s distinctive gospel dissent needs to be heard and heeded.

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Franklin Graham uses Decision Magazine to issue dire warning against Equality Act

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