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2021 BNG reading: These are a few of my favorite things

Raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens; Bright copper kettles, and warm woolen mittens; Brown paper packages tied up with string; These are a few of my favorite things. Mark Wingfield used this song from The Sound of Music to…

United Methodists renewing their vows through annual Wesley Covenant Service may struggle this year

Whatever future 2022 may hold, one thing is certain: Come the first Sunday in January, millions of United Methodists will renew their vows in a beloved tradition known as the Wesley Covenant Service. This year, however, the covenant service takes…

Cancel student loan debt for everyone

It’s not ideal or lifegiving for anyone to be forced to choose between buying groceries for their family or paying toward a student loan. As many prepare for 2022, we will again be faced with this predicament, because we have…

Five ways to help your pastor this year

At the dawn of a new year, many churches are adopting new budgets and making plans for whatever will come in this third year of COVID-influenced ministry. There are lots of decisions to be made, and not always enough information…

How code-switching might explain why people aren’t coming back to church

In March 2020, my congregation had just begun to stabilize from the loss of about one-third of the congregation and staff after we voted to welcome LGBTQ believers into full membership. It had been a long, difficult and meaningful season…

Sexuality, gender, pandemic and theology led BNG’s Top 15 most-read opinion pieces this year

Controversies involving sexuality, gender, religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccines, and Critical Race Theory made for the most-read Baptist News Global opinion columns in 2021. Highly read pieces also included deep dives into the contradictions of the Reformed theology, race-based fissures…

12 cures for the hollow church

It’s been several years since the huge oak on the property of First Church came crashing down into the empty parking lot one Saturday night. A blast of straight-line winds proved more than the 250-year-old icon could withstand. The tree…

Today’s evangelicals are medieval crusaders at heart

At the dawn of 2022, forget the culture wars; this is a postmodern crusade, and the Christian soldiers are on the march. Evangelical Christians are medieval crusaders at heart. In the 11th and 12th centuries, Christian Crusaders went to war…

John MacArthur rallies pastors to preach against government bans on conversion therapy Jan. 16

Government bans on the discredited practice of conversion therapy amount to persecution of evangelical Christians and an “attack on the word of God,” according to influential California pastor John MacArthur. The pastor who famously defied county and state authorities to…

3 views on Donald Trump held by American Christians

US megachurches report strong rebound from pandemic

Baptists need to speak up again for religious liberty

What in hell became of heaven?

2021 BNG reading: These are a few of my favorite things

United Methodists renewing their vows through annual Wesley Covenant Service may struggle this year

Cancel student loan debt for everyone

Five ways to help your pastor this year

How code-switching might explain why people aren’t coming back to church

Sexuality, gender, pandemic and theology led BNG’s Top 15 most-read opinion pieces this year

12 cures for the hollow church

Today’s evangelicals are medieval crusaders at heart

John MacArthur rallies pastors to preach against government bans on conversion therapy Jan. 16

New Year’s resolutions when you can’t count on anything except COVID

With New Year’s resolutions around the corner, D.C. pastor wants to help readers ‘win the day’

The birth of Abba’s Jesus

Empires Crumble From Within

The July 4 white supremacist march exposes an uncomfortable truth about our country

Florida’s school choice program offers universal vouchers but cannot show systemwide academic improvement

‘Church Hurt’ Is A Very Real Thing. Here’s What Experts Want You To Know About It.

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3 views on Donald Trump held by American Christians

US megachurches report strong rebound from pandemic

Baptists need to speak up again for religious liberty

What in hell became of heaven?