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What does Amos say about Israel and Gaza?

As the saga in Gaza continued to unfold, Israel partially opened the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt. While the opening has allowed some medical evacuations and limited returns, it is a modest change when set against the scale…

What if we’re experiencing one giant extinction burst?

I had lunch with a friend a few days ago, and the conversation inevitably turned to what is happening in our body politic. She then said something I can’t stop thinking about: “What if what’s happening in our country is…

Report documents local law enforcement becoming ICE extensions

About 77 million U.S. residents now live in counties where local law enforcement agencies have been contracted and trained to conduct immigration enforcement actions on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to a new report. The number of state…

Judge blocks DeSantis order against Muslim organizations

A federal judge has blocked enforcement of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ order that designates two Muslim groups as terrorist organizations. Last December, DeSantis followed the lead of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and designated the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the…

Ministry jobs

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…

The comedown: The Psychedelic Renaissance in sober light

I never will forget my first psychedelic trip. Visions of Christ, my childhood and forgotten dreams flooded through my mind. When that river of thought slowed to a trickle, I sat on the edge of my bed and knew I…

Once again, judge knocks down Noem’s secrecy

A federal judge has temporarily suspended the latest Trump administration policy requiring members of Congress to give seven days’ notice before inspecting immigration detention facilities. The March 2 order by U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington, D.C., covers all…

We have not been called to be evangelical assimilators

For 21 years of my professional life, I spent my time trying to assimilate into the white evangelical church. As I look back at all those years, I can remember not being enough. I was just enough to get hired…

Two pastors advance in Texas primaries

Religion played a key role in midterm primaries in Texas March 3. A Presbyterian seminarian secured the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate and will face either the incumbent, John Cornyn, a member of the Churches of Christ, or Ken Paxton,…

No kindness, no democracy

Seventy-four years ago, on April 8, 1952, President Harry Truman went on national radio and television to announce he had issued Executive Order 10340, authorizing the United States government to seize the nation’s steel mills. Eighteen months earlier, China had…

Who will tell Trump’s he’s not God’s anointed?

When Thomas Dewey went to sleep on election night in 1948, he was the president-elect. The Chicago Tribune already had sealed the deal with the headline, “Dewey Defeats Truman.” But early in the morning as the election results were tabulated,…

Conversing with Jesus in time of war, 2026

We have as a nation entered into yet another war, this one in Iran. War places special stresses on the Christian conscience, especially when the war is defended as “preemptive,” that is, a war in anticipation of an attack, to…

Eradicating DEI hasn’t made anything better

How Christian nationalism shows up in patriotic worship services

Dear Trump-supporting Christians, are you really OK with this?

‘Every Student. Every State’ campaign promotes school tax credit