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A Baptist reading of Pope Leo’s Magnifica Humanitas

Ever since the beginning of Pope Leo XIV’s papacy last May, there has been anticipation concerning his first encyclical letter. Oftentimes the subject and tone of a pope’s opening epistle is a significant marker of a given pontificate. For Pope…

Four years later, anti-abortionists battle on other fronts

It has been four years this month since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, and the number of annual abortions in the U.S. has nearly doubled. But the battle continues on other fronts, including efforts to ban the drugs…

Churches, pay attention: Americans gave $617 billion last year

When I meet with pastors and ask how giving is going, the answer is pretty much the same: Giving is down, and not just during the low seasons churches are used to experiencing. The decline in giving is no longer…

Democracy and prophetic witness

This is the 10th in a BNG series of articles on Christianity and democracy that will lead toward the July 4 celebration of America’s 250th birthday. The series has been curated by Carol McEntyre, senior minister at First Baptist Church of…

How Baptists helped end slavery in the United States

Christians often have been reminded that some of their forebears supported slavery, but many do not know Christians ended slavery in the United States. Southern Baptists, in particular, frequently are reminded their convention began amid the defense of slavery. Yet…

Don’t let John Piper determine whether your loved one ‘should’ be cremated

In the 1970s, my father opposed the switch in women’s basketball from half-court to full-court play. He was so dogmatically conservative, he nearly did not receive tenure at a Southern Baptist college. But when he died, per his wishes, he…

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

One of the leading apologists for gay Christians has created a firestorm of controversy among Christians in the LGBTQ community with a column published in The New York Times June 30. Matthew Vines is the author of the op-ed headlined,…

Dear Mike Johnson, be careful what you ask for

For decades, political conservatives have been clamoring for “originalist” and “textualist” interpretations of the U.S. Constitution because they want to conserve the frozen-in-time ideals of the Founders. This is why they loved former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who was…

Supreme Court’s support for birthright citizenship draws partisan reactions

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of birthright citizenship in a June 30 ruling striking down President Donald Trump’s executive order that sought to end the historic right. The 6-3 decision affirms the long-held understanding of the 14th Amendment,…

What, to the white Christian, is America 250?

This year, the Trump administration dispatched a fleet of six Freedom Trucks, traveling across the country to promote the story of American exceptionalism on the United States’ 250th birthday. Many visitors report the exhibit champions a sanitized version of U.S….

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BNG introduces ‘Bible Divas’ podcast

Baptist News Global introduces a new podcast series this week called “Bible Divas.” This podcast brings together four female biblical scholars: Angela N. Parker, Anna Sieges Beal, Jennifer Garcia Bashaw and Cynthia Shafer-Elliott. “While the Southern Baptist Convention seeks to…

3 views on Donald Trump held by American Christians

US megachurches report strong rebound from pandemic

Baptists need to speak up again for religious liberty

What in hell became of heaven?