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Voting the wrong way makes Christians ‘unfaithful’ to God, Mohler says

Christians who fail to vote or who vote “wrongly” are “unfaithful” to God, Al Mohler told a group of conservative evangelicals Sept. 14. The president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., and a leading spokesman for Southern Baptists…

We are hurt by Samford’s exclusion

Baptist Church of the Covenant in Birmingham, Ala., is a vibrant, Spirit-filled Baptist congregation that was formed out of protest. In 1970, when a Black mother and daughter were refused membership at First Baptist Church because of their race, roughly…

100 clergy who are Samford grads urge president to reverse exclusionary policy

More than 100 clergy who are alumni of Samford University have signed an open letter to university President Beck Taylor asking for a reversal of the school’s new policy to exclude from campus ministries churches that affirm same-sex marriage. “We…

These Christians are leaving behind the church, but not their faith

In their 2015 book Church Refugees, Josh Packard and Ashleigh Hope discuss a demographic of people they call the “dechurched” or the “dones.” This group of Christians consists of people of faith who want to maintain their spiritual lives but…

Religious groups step up as DeSantis and Abbott make immigrants pawns for publicity

Religious groups are teaming with migrant advocacy networks and government agencies to serve asylum seekers recently sent by bus to Washington, D.C., and by plane to Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., by the governors of Arizona, Texas and Florida to protest White…

Samford doubles down on LGBTQ exclusion, claiming nothing has changed, which some alumni say is a lie

Editor’s note: On Tuesday, Sept. 13, BNG sent two separate requests to appropriate media relations staff members of Samford University seeking a response to the events described in this article and two previous articles. As of this publication, three days…

‘Reverend, they ain’t ever coming back’: Confronting churchly realities 2022

Early on in the COVID crisis, I had a long conversation with a close pastor friend about changes in American church life occurring before our eyes. We talked about what I call “the changing sociology of Sunday,” a demographic-cultural reality…

Avoiding the conversation about white supremacy in churches is dangerous, Jones warns

White Christians have a moral obligation to address the white supremacy that has historically infused and still permeates American Christianity, Robert P. Jones said during a recent lecture to the Chautauqua Institution. “Refusing to address this sinister disorder in our…

‘Be careful of Scripture heavy in law but light on grace,’ Wesley warns

‘Show up and do something,’ ACLU leader urges

From the South Side to the South Lawn and back again

Democracy as a moral practice, not just a system

Voting the wrong way makes Christians ‘unfaithful’ to God, Mohler says

We are hurt by Samford’s exclusion

100 clergy who are Samford grads urge president to reverse exclusionary policy

These Christians are leaving behind the church, but not their faith

Religious groups step up as DeSantis and Abbott make immigrants pawns for publicity

Samford doubles down on LGBTQ exclusion, claiming nothing has changed, which some alumni say is a lie

‘Reverend, they ain’t ever coming back’: Confronting churchly realities 2022

Avoiding the conversation about white supremacy in churches is dangerous, Jones warns

In new worship album, Chris Tomlin remembers Keith Green with remake of ‘O Lord, You’re Beautiful’

Why Bathsheba is not an adulteress

The biblical view from the Tower of Babel

What Forrest Gump’s mother would say about Marjorie Taylor Greene

Missouri judge finds state laws restricting abortion violate voter-approved constitutional amendment

Seeing Pope Leo XIV’s AI Encyclical Through A Jewish Lens

The Baptist who made Juneteenth a holiday

A judge orders ICE to free a Wisconsin mosque leader, citing a ‘substantial’ free speech claim

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‘Be careful of Scripture heavy in law but light on grace,’ Wesley warns

‘Show up and do something,’ ACLU leader urges

From the South Side to the South Lawn and back again

Democracy as a moral practice, not just a system