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Christians’ promotion of corporal punishment harms bodies, minds and the gospel

“Spanking? Well, you know, the Bible says, ‘Spare the rod, spoil the child.’” Actually, it doesn’t. The harsh teacher Ichabod Crane in Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow spoke this popular misquotation of Proverbs 13:24. Even the website of…

Promise Keepers goes all in on MAGA

Promise Keepers is back, this time with an explicitly pro-Trump agenda. At its “Daring Faith” rally in Tulsa, Okla., last weekend, the link between being a godly man and supporting Donald Trump was made explicit, according to various media reports….

A cautionary tale of celebrity pastors and family empires

Late last month, Liberty University and its former president, Jerry Falwell Jr., settled for an undisclosed amount to end a multi-year, sprawling set of multi-million dollar lawsuits brought by Falwell against the Lynchburg, Va.-based school. For the world’s “largest evangelical university,” the…

Megan Basham sharply criticized for outing Johnny Hunt’s alleged abuse victim

A prominent religion reporter has lambasted far-right culture warrior Megan Basham for exposing the name of Johnny Hunt’s alleged sexual abuse victim in her new book. Evangelical Twitter is lit up with critiques of Basham’s book, Shepherds for Sale, that…

Kentucky seminary changes its name

Baptist Seminary of Kentucky begins the new academic year with a new name that will ring slightly familiar. The Lexington, Ky.-based school now is known as BSK Theological Seminary. Seminary trustees approved the change after two years of discussions involving…

Court grants indicted seminary professor three additional weeks for motions

Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the federal court of the Southern District of New York, has granted indicted former Southwestern Seminary professor and interim provost Matthew Queen an additional three weeks to make motions, given an ongoing dispute between Queen’s…

Harris represents the ‘thorn’ in Trump’s flesh: Strong, intelligent women

Kamala Harris presents a serious challenge to Donald Trump precisely because she is a strong, intelligent woman. Strong women always have been the “thorns” in the flesh of Trump. He can’t help himself when faced with a woman with nerves…

Responses to Harris’ candidacy provide object lessons in racism and sexism

While it is nothing new, the last few weeks have marked a whole other chapter in ways for us to guard ourselves against racism and sexism in this country. With Kamala Harris now the presidential nominee for the Democratic Party,…

How concerned should we be about conspiracy theorists counting our votes?

Growing up as an independent fundamentalist Baptist, the highlight of each year for our church was the weeklong revival meeting, where we began each night with songs that prepared our hearts for a sermon by a fiery evangelist who then…

Fletcher Seminary: Progressively risking criticism to act Christianly

Jesse C. Fletcher Seminary in San Antonio is an exciting place for women and men to prepare for Christian ministries of many kinds. The young seminary — whose core values are servant leadership, authentic community, engagement and inclusivity — extends…

Christians must reassert themselves in the public square and demand behavior consistent with belief

Upon meeting each other, the brothers in my esteemed fraternity, Omega Psi Phi, have a unique way of greeting and engaging that establishes and proves membership. We’ve learned interrogating to establish membership is crucial because there are a lot of…

‘Show up like your very life depends on it,’ Warnock tells Progressive National Baptists

The campaign against Donald Trump and white supremacy embodies the spirit of revolution ingrained in American history and culture, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock said during a sermon at the Progressive National Baptist Convention annual session in New Orleans, La. “Our…

Theologizing with Larkin Poe, 10 years after Reskinned

Ministry leader with tall tales wins GOP bid for Colorado governor

What Willy Rice once knew

What I learned July 5 at church