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Passport gets $1 million Lilly grant

Passport, a national student ministry, has received a $1 million grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc. to support The Growing Faith Initiative. The grant will expand and enhance Passport’s daily devotional site, d365.org, and allow Passport to more readily connect…

I want to experience God in 2023

Although it was almost 35 years ago, I still remember asking myself what we were going to do about Christmas. My single-parent mom was dealing with the debilitating health issue of Lupus, and she had not been able to work…

Hunger alleviation program developed at Baylor adopted as federal program

A summer meals program created by the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty has transitioned from a demonstration project into a full-blown federal strategy to combat childhood hunger. Meals-To-You was included in the 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill signed into law…

Why I have a growing appreciation for preaching

I have been engaged in the preaching task since I was 20 years old. That means I have been at it for 31 years. Preaching is my lifestyle. There is always a biblical text and a developing sermon in my…

FDA approval for pharmacies dispensing abortion pills changes the debate

The U.S. Food Drug Administration last week lifted regulations on abortion drugs, allowing pharmacists to dispense some medication with prescriptions, prompting adjustments at some faith-based abortion groups. Some groups that oppose abortion rights filed lawsuits and called on Christians to…

Do I Stay Christian? and other questions to think twice about before asking

I like to think of myself as an innovative, avant-garde and cutting-edge minister, so I am always on the lookout for books that will make me look more radical than I actually am. Brian McLaren titled his latest book to…

Thanks for visiting the border, but we’ve got some concerns, evangelical immigrant advocates tell Biden

Thanks for what you’re doing, but we’ve got some serious concerns about some of your other policies, members of the Evangelical Immigration Table wrote to President Joe Biden and members of Congress Jan. 10. The group of evangelical immigrant advocates…

As a 21-year-old seminarian, David Fearon challenged the RSV translators on the word ‘homosexual’

David Sheldon Fearon, 84, died peacefully in his home in Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, B.C. Canada at the beginning of January. On Oct. 22, 1959, Fearon, then a 21-year-old seminary student at McGill University’s School of Religious Studies, Montréal, Quebec, wrote…

New report warns about coercion of religion by Chinese Communist Party

The Chinese Communist Party uses government-sanctioned faith organizations to control institutionalized religion and to force religious groups to promote the political aims of the state, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said in a new report about religion in…

Supreme Court slides into partisanship

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war

Passport gets $1 million Lilly grant

I want to experience God in 2023

Hunger alleviation program developed at Baylor adopted as federal program

Why I have a growing appreciation for preaching

FDA approval for pharmacies dispensing abortion pills changes the debate

Do I Stay Christian? and other questions to think twice about before asking

Thanks for visiting the border, but we’ve got some concerns, evangelical immigrant advocates tell Biden

As a 21-year-old seminarian, David Fearon challenged the RSV translators on the word ‘homosexual’

New report warns about coercion of religion by Chinese Communist Party

Teaching my grandson about sacred curiosity and Epiphany

The New Apostolic Reformation drove the January 6 riots, so why was it overlooked by the House Select Committee?

The threat of Christian nationalism has only grown since January 6

From Augustine to Jefferson, the idea of separating church and state has deep religious and secular roots

Defying pope and facing excommunication, SSPX consecrates bishops at huge outdoor Mass

BWA Leader Transitions to Full-Time Role with BWA Women

The Bible verses dividing Washington: How Matthew 25 became a political litmus test

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Supreme Court slides into partisanship

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war