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Evangelicals more open to immigration than their politicians believe

U.S. evangelicals strongly favor immigration policies that both strengthen border security and treat migrants and their families with fairness and dignity, Lifeway Research reported. Sponsored by the Evangelical Immigration Table, the survey also uncovered significant support among evangelicals to provide…

Biden administration has been unable to clean up Trump administration’s mess of family separation, but Trump says he might do it again

Almost half the immigrant children separated from their parents by the Trump administration still haven’t been reunited, according to an investigative report in New York magazine. The Feb. 27 report says more than 5,000 children were taken from their parents…

An Ash Wednesday tragedy reminds us how easily our assumtions can burst

I got goaded into riding a drop tower while visiting an amusement park in Orlando. “Oh, come on. … It will be fun!” they said. The higher the gondola went up in the air, the more angst I experienced. One…

John MacArthur says MLK was not a Christian and The Gospel Coalition is ‘woke’

The Gospel Coalition is “woke,” and Martin Luther King Jr. wasn’t a Christian at all, according to John MacArthur. The influential pastor of Grace Community Church in Los Angeles and host of the “Grace to You” broadcast told members of…

Seminary president nominated to lead SBC Executive Committee

After 30 months without a permanent leader, the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee could be on the brink of hiring a president. California seminary president Jeff Iorg, 65, has been nominated for the post by a search committee that has…

Mike Lindell ordered to pay man who debunked his election falsehoods

A judge has ordered MyPillow founder Mike Lindell to pay $5 million to a man who debunked his alleged “data” proving China helped steal the 2020 election from Donald Trump. In 2021, Lindell organized a “cyber symposium” gathering for people…

‘Have you heard the one about …?’

Three women — a Catholic, a Methodist and a Baptist — stepped up to the bar. The bar was not “The Idle Hour,” “Joe’s Bar & Grill” or any liquor establishment. It was the bar of law before which legal…

On Nex Benedict, invisible students, Easter Sunday and Trans Day of Visibility

Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old nonbinary student from Owasso, Okla., died Feb. 7. The cause of death remains undetermined. While tragic that a teen died, many fail to see the significance of what occurred. The focus of numerous reports centers on…

For decades, BJC struggled to live up to its ‘joint’ representation of Blacks and whites

Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty in Washington, D.C., is and has been an institution long championed by moderate and progressive Baptists for its defense of religious liberty for all people. Since 1936, Baptists from across geographic and racial lines…

If faith were a movie

Next Sunday evening, along with millions of others around the globe, I will watch the Academy Awards. I’ve not missed one in 40 years. Since three of my major interests are theology, writing and movies, I decided to do a…

All 25 largest school districts in Texas reject school chaplains option

The biggest school districts in Texas have voted against allowing unlicensed Christian chaplains to replace professional school counselors and to evangelize students at will, leaders of a six-month, faith-based campaign against the policy announced Feb. 29. Groups including Baptist Joint…

Matthew Vines sets off a debate over what it means to be ‘queer’

Dear Mike Johnson, be careful what you ask for

What, to the white Christian, is America 250?

Four years later, anti-abortionists battle on other fronts