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The moral hypocrisy of Albert Mohler (and evangelicals of his ilk)

Evangelicals such as Mohler claim to be pro-life and shape their politics to support candidates who likewise claim to be pro-life and who will help stack the federal judiciary with pro-life judges. Their position is hypocritical, because they are not pro-life. They are pro-birth.

Our national curse: the cruel convergence of Trump’s presidency and the COVID-19 pandemic

Trump’s cruel suspension of U.S. support to the World Health Organization is not only fraudulent; it is a crime against humanity.

Scrounging for ‘what elements you have around you’ to share virtual Communion

We joined others at the Lord’s Table(s), a community scattered by a deadly pandemic but gathered, alone together, in homes across the city, sacralizing the common things of life by making holy the elements we had around us.

No summer camps this year as Passport seeks to protect participants from coronavirus

Passport has announced the cancellation of its 2020 in-person summer camp season in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Birmingham-based ministry said it will offer virtual programming instead.

A decade after his death, remembering Cecil Sherman’s ‘life wish’ for the church and CBF

The life and faith of Cecil Sherman offer inspiration for meeting the challenges before us as churches and as the Fellowship he led.

We’re prepared: a word of encouragement to my clergy colleagues and to those who love them

My clergy friends and other siblings in ministry, it is time for us to stop saying that we are not prepared for this moment of chaos and crisis. Hear me say: yes, we are.

Comparative vocabularies of pandemic and faith in a time of chaos

These comparative lists kept running through my mind – one describing our reaction to a spreading virus, the other reminding me of faith and joy, regardless of circumstances.

With pews empty, should churches use Zoom to hire ministers?

“Taking on a role – and knowing that it can be multiple months before you actually stand in front of the whole congregation – I imagine can be frustrating.”

Zoom church is helpful for now. But we cannot become satisfied with technology’s quasi-ability to facilitate communion

Thrust into the wilderness of this global pandemic, we must not succumb to the temptation to turn stones into bread. We should not allow virtual church to become more desirable – more permanent – than the miracle of a physically gathered community.

Mark Wingfield tapped to lead BNG as executive director and publisher

“BNG has become one of the most trusted news sources not only for Baptists but for a large swath of the Christian world in the United States and beyond.”

‘Will it come like this, the moment of my death?’ Living and dying in a COVID-19 world

This global pandemic requires us to confront the possibility of death – not fearfully or obsessively, but with intentionality born of the reality of the present moment, longing for Easter as Gethsemane and Golgotha linger.

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Trump’s war on ‘woke’ targets federal grants and foreign relations

Reflections on In the Twilight of the Christian West

Why rural families need support now

Why do we keep sounding the alarm?