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Return of ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy called unnecessary and cruel

The Biden administration is facing withering criticism for resurrecting a Trump-era immigration policy that requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their legal cases unfold in the United States. After being sued by the states of Texas and Missouri,…

Grace and peace to you — at the tip of a sword

For weeks now, I’ve been teaching verse by verse through the book of 1 Thessalonians on Sunday mornings. Last week and this week, we hit the hinge between the last verse of 1 Thessalonians and the opening lines of 2…

Reflections on The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill

When I was in college in the mid-2000s, I devoured books by pastors and writers who were labeled “Emergent.” Coming out of my Southern Baptist upbringing, I was drawn to expressions of Christianity that seemed to engage culture not as…

When walking with the grieving, carry the umbrella

“Come to me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls….

Moral leaders need to speak the truth about COVID and vaccines, Griffen urges

Wendell Griffen seldom minces words. Especially when talking about the coronavirus pandemic and the role he believes former President Donald Trump — and his religious enablers — played in allowing it to spread rapidly and repeatedly across the United States….

This Christmas, they can try to control the Bible, but they can’t have Jesus

I wanted to be an R.A. They had so much more fun than the G.A.s. For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, for many years in Southern Baptist churches, Wednesday night programing for children was…

It’s complicated: The backstory to Norma McCorvey and Roe v. Wade you probably don’t know

Joshua Prager has written what critics are calling the definitive book on Norma McCorvey, her family and the landmark Supreme Court decision she sparked that’s once again at the center of public attention, Roe v. Wade. The Family Roe: An…

Advent, race and the intimacy of Incarnation: Why we must see beyond a white Baby Jesus

Just ahead of the first Sunday of Advent this year, a painting depicting Mary cradling the body of the crucified Jesus was stolen from the wall outside the Mary Mirror of Justice Chapel at Catholic University of America law school,…

There’s another big religious liberty case coming to the Supreme Court next week

With all eyes fixated on the United States Supreme Court this week hearing oral arguments in the Mississippi abortion case, scant attention has been paid to another potentially landmark case before the court next week on taxpayer funding for religious…

Something doesn’t add up about the two Kentucky seminaries suing the federal government over vaccine mandates

“Pandemics unmask who we really are — our morals, our values, our ethics, our humanity. They test us in ways nothing else can.” — Sanjay Gupta, M.D., World War C, 2021 In a tutorial for doctor of ministry students at…

Natalie Grant and Charlotte Gambill are daring to be vulnerable leaders

Charlotte Gambill had only recently met Natalie Grant, but an experience in a women’s dressing room while shopping bonded them forever. “I’d taken Natalie out shopping …and Natalie went into the dressing room, and she was in the changing room…

Infertility and Roe v. Wade

Editor’s note: In exceptionally rare circumstances, BNG publishes opinion pieces without identifying the author. This is one of those rare cases where, due to the intensely personal nature of the story told and the likelihood of jeopardizing a ministerial career,…

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?