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Next month, Arkansans will vote on a controversial ‘religious freedom’ amendment sparked by COVID closures

Proponents of Issue 3 on Arkansas’ Nov. 8 ballot claim it will protect individual religious freedom from violation by local and state government. Opponents say it clears the way for faith-based racial and sexual discrimination. “This is not about a…

Behind the numbers: How Southwestern Seminary’s enrollment came to be the lowest it has been since World War II

When news broke last month about the sudden resignation of Adam Greenway as president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, many Southern Baptist Convention observers and alumni of the Fort Worth, Texas, seminary were surprised to learn how small the school…

Children who tell blunt truth, as opposed to lying, are judged harsher by adults

American children are socialized to be rewarded for telling subtle lies and punished for telling blunt truth, new research from Texas State University finds. While most parents want to teach their children to tell the truth, they are inconsistent with…

The Kentucky youth group brainsaw massacre — a ghost story for All Hallows Eve and Reformation

“Can we go camping tonight, Brad? Pleeeeeease?” During seminary in Kentucky in the early 1990s, I served as youth minister at a small country church in the rolling pastureland 25 miles south of Louisville, Ky., in Elk Creek. Spencer County…

If you’re engaged in justice ministry, here are some tips on how to avoid burnout

Those engaged in justice ministry must practice emotional and spiritual self-care or face overwhelming exhaustion and despair, a global justice ministry expert said in a recent webinar titled “Still Trusting the God of Justice.” “Helplessness and hopelessness can set in…

What is Halloween, anyway?

Halloween. The season of costumes, pumpkin carving and candy. And let’s not forget, articles telling Christians not to let their children trick or treat because this holiday derives from cult traditions. And because cults are inherently satanic, Christians should steer…

Southwestern Seminary lists 24-acre parcel for sale

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has listed for sale a student housing village that encompasses nearly 24 acres of prime multi-housing real estate currently appraised at more than $11 million. Carroll Park apartments encompasses 184 one- and two-bedroom units arrayed in…

Report from Ukraine: ‘In the midst of the suffering, God is at work’

As the war in Ukraine has passed its seventh month, a shift has occurred. Ukrainian forces have reclaimed parts of occupied territories causing Russian state rhetoric to become even more extreme and desperate. Fighting has intensified in the east and…

FBC Woodstock says it is ‘incorrect’ that Johnny Hunt will lead a men’s conference there next February

After resigning from a Southern Baptist Convention leadership position in June due to previous sexual impropriety, Johnny Hunt planned to return to his former church to lead a conference on biblical living for men. Whether First Baptist Church of Woodstock,…

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’

Next month, Arkansans will vote on a controversial ‘religious freedom’ amendment sparked by COVID closures

Behind the numbers: How Southwestern Seminary’s enrollment came to be the lowest it has been since World War II

Children who tell blunt truth, as opposed to lying, are judged harsher by adults

The Kentucky youth group brainsaw massacre — a ghost story for All Hallows Eve and Reformation

If you’re engaged in justice ministry, here are some tips on how to avoid burnout

What is Halloween, anyway?

Southwestern Seminary lists 24-acre parcel for sale

Report from Ukraine: ‘In the midst of the suffering, God is at work’

FBC Woodstock says it is ‘incorrect’ that Johnny Hunt will lead a men’s conference there next February

Wake Forest dean named first Baptist president of Princeton Seminary

Lessons in grieving the loss of a child: From ‘maybe so‘ to ‘it is so’

Tooting your horn, missing the point, or telling the truth about church

European Evangelicals Draw A Clear Distinction From Their American Counterparts

Clergy serving among the ruins of Venezuela

The Deep Spiritual History of AI

Israel’s parliament approves laws to enshrine exemption of ultra-Orthodox men from military service

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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’