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Southern Baptist civility study examines why we don’t get along

Read a newspaper, put down the smart phone and get to know your neighbors. These are among suggested remedies for a “caustic, toxic, ignorant and corrosive” American public square in a study released last week by the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Robert Jeffress and I view a rainbow – and read Genesis – differently

It’s true, God promises not to destroy the earth by flood. God did not, however, promise to stop US from destroying the earth.

Franklin Graham: the apple that fell far from the tree

As I see it, Franklin Graham is far from the man his father was. In conspicuous ways, he is still like the angry, impatient and entitled 11-year-old I met in the summer of 1964.

Pro-Trump pastor Robert Jeffress uses Bible to debunk science of climate change

A Southern Baptist pastor who supports President Donald Trump says 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg should worry less about science and more about the Bible.

Religion Notes: Prof awarded $5 million grant to feed hungry kids — through the mail

-Academy of Preachers finds new home at Belmont
-Duke Divinity program seeks to strengthen black church leadership

‘Righteous anger’ is the wrong motivation for the work of God’s justice

For many progressive Christians, young and old, righteous anger has become our pièce de résistance. But anger, no matter how righteous, puts our spirit in the wrong position.

A tale of two churches: one closes, one thrives and both live on

Shortly before it ceased being a congregation in June, First Baptist Church of Santa Ana, California worshiped at nearby Second Baptist Church. The nostalgia and irony were evident for the two congregations because it was the historically white First Baptist that helped birth historically black Second Baptist nearly 100 years ago.

Jesus, ‘Trumpism’ and nationalism: the fake news of a Christian America

The surest way to trash the gospel is to invoke God’s holy name to propagate a partisan political agenda that has nothing to do with the spiritual wisdom of Jesus and everything to do with political privilege and power.

A ‘heretic’ returns to a formative place that once was home – the campus of Southern Seminary

I wanted to view a display that chronicled the founding, theological drift, depths of heresy and resurgence of the seminary as interpreted by the current administration. Apparently, I figured prominently in the tableau as exemplar of the HEResy that required my dismissal.

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The simple gift of attention: an antidote to the abstraction and alienation of our culture

Sustained, uninterrupted attention is an unusual gift, both to ourselves and to others. It may be the thing that saves us. The moment of pure attention contains within it the possibility of a future worth having.

Ahead of conference on sexual abuse, SBC promotes author whose church is being sued over its handling of a minister’s alleged molestation of an 11-year-old girl

Two weeks ahead of a national conference on caring well for the abused, the Southern Baptist Convention promoted a book by a high-profile pastor accused of mishandling abuse, to the consternation of survivor advocates.

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?