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Getting rid of Jesus: You don’t have to worry about room in the inn if you raze the inn

Charlotte’s westward expansion — beyond Uptown, Biddleville, Wesley Heights — was in full swing around 1924, when Julia Alexander and her family decided to subdivide and sell off her deceased father’s estate, called Enderly. The old farm would become the…

The faithful understand how those harmed commit harm

I am among a growing number of Christians whose prayers for the death penalty’s continued demise are being answered. The latest year-end report from the Death Penalty Information Center provides abundant evidence. Once again, 2022 statistics show the death penalty continuing…

Ministry jobs and more

Baptist News Global provides a free listing of ministry-related jobs for Baptist churches, theological institutions and organizations across the United States. Each free posting is for 30 days and is limited to 150 words. Postings may be extended another 30…

Autocratic nations are pretending to embrace religious freedom, U.S. commission warns

Autocratic nations, especially in the Middle East, are increasingly adopting policies that only appear to foster religious tolerance, according to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. They do this to curry favor and trust with the United States and…

Jeff Foxworthy is a man at the mission

Every Tuesday morning, you’ll find Jeff Foxworthy at the Atlanta Rescue Mission. The internationally known comedian has served as a small group leader there for 12 years. This happened because he felt called by God to be on mission there….

Pope Francis and BWA general secretary join in latest meeting of Baptist-Catholic dialogue

Pope Francis was directly involved in the latest round of dialogue between the Baptist World Alliance and the Catholic Church. The fifth meeting of Phase III of the international Baptist-Catholic dialogue took place Dec. 12-16 in Rome, hosted by the…

Mary, Our Mother (For Baptists): Blessed is she

This is the final article in a four-part Advent series. One of my children asked me the other day, “What’s the big deal about access to birth control?” My answer was, “If your mother had not had access to birth…

Amy Grant will host a same-sex wedding, Franklin Graham objects, and where does that leave Michael W. Smith?

Amy Grant is hosting her niece’s same-sex wedding on her farm, and Franklin Graham wants everyone to know he disapproves. Of course, this should come as no surprise to Graham. In a 2013 interview with the LGBTQ news outlet PrideSource, Grant said…

Oklahoma could have nation’s first publicly funded Catholic charter schools

A Catholic charter school funded by taxpayer dollars is likely coming to Oklahoma soon, based on a recent ruling of the state’s outing attorney general, with support from the re-elected governor and newly elected state superintendent of public education. For…

Blessed are the mess makers

I am amazed at how the tiniest habits have followed me throughout my life. A cluster of repetitive acts stacked upon one another like gathering cornerstones. Building my character while leaving me to discover who I am and who I’m…

CBF appeals for immediate support for Mississippi Delta tornado victims

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has issued an urgent appeal for donations to provide food, water, clothing and housing for Mississippi Delta residents whose trailer homes were shredded Dec. 14 by tornadoes and storms that also ripped through parts of Louisiana,…

Do you see what I see? Lots of missing church members on Christmas Eve

Have I told you the story of the funeral I officiated for a 93-year-old woman who had been a faithful member of a Baptist church all her life but had no relation to a church or a minister to lead…

An American experiment: 250 years of trying

10 reasons America is not a ‘Christian nation’

American Dominion traces deep roots of Seven Mountain Mandate

Lindsey Graham and the history of ‘widow’s succession’