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My take on the infamous Christianity Today editorial on Trump: Blessed are the (real) journalists

Journalism shares a lot of the same values as Christianity. They both privilege truth.

Church taps ‘Cheers’ approach to mix spirits with the spiritual

“You walk out of there every month knowing you heard something you needed to hear.”

Five tips from the dead about living life in the new year

What troubles me most about the people I meet for the first time at the cemetery is how many of them failed to live life beyond basic expectations.

An unnamed concubine’s story in Judges is our story: Will we remain asleep to sexual violence?

I’m beginning to realize just how many people in our churches have been the unnamed concubine of Judges 19.

Transitions for the week of 1-3-20

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Matt Boschen, to Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Glen Allen, Va., as associate pastor for students. He comes…

BNG’s Top 25 of the decade

Presented here are BNG’s top 25 news and opinion articles during the past decade.

Naked and ashamed: American Christianity’s purity culture and embodiment in the Church

Purity culture, alive and thriving in church youth groups, argues that Christians should shut down their sex drives and minimize the relationships to their bodies. Research shows the damage being done.

Last call for aging white evangelicals: The political marriage to Trump will collapse. What then?

Some species of evangelical religion will ultimately rise from the rubble of American conservatism, but it will be greatly curtailed, politically irrelevant and, I pray, more recognizably Christian.

2019 was not a good year for the church: 10 resolutions for doing better in 2020

It’s high time for the church to drop all its stones and stop acting like its role is to be judge, jury, and executioner for those who believe and live in different ways.

Year in Review for thoughtful Christians: Part 2 (July – December)

If you consider yourself a thoughtful Christian, then this is the Year in Review for you.

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?