“Take him out! Blow him up! Take him out! Blow him up!” the children chant during a vacation Bible school program at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky. With eerie music looming over the scene, the viral TikTok video...
While content knowledge is important, biblical literacy also requires a greater degree of understanding regarding translation itself a form of interpretation.
A Baptist church in the nation’s capital is requesting a day in court before a federal court rules in a lawsuit by an atheist group that lost its tax-exempt status for failing to file a form not required for churches…
When the visionary rhetoric of a vibrant future collides with the realities of established precedents, facilities, job titles or traditional methods, the result is conflict. This is where many congregational visioning processes get derailed.
David Gushee, the outgoing president of the American Academy of Religion, continues to believe not only that religion can bring us together, but also that its potential to heal has never been more needed.
A multi-disciplinary team of scientists used 3,700-year-old archaeological evidence from Jordan’s Tall el-Hammam Excavation Project to understand the end to a civilization that existed near the Dead Sea.
Gratitude is an essential practice that positions us to receive life’s blessings and burdens with openness and trust. Giving thanks with a grateful heart is transformative.
The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, formed in 1998 by churches opposed to moderate leadership of the SBC-affiliated Baptist General Convention of Texas, celebrated the milestone at the group’s recent annual meeting in Houston.
Pray regularly for your pastor, week in and week out, because discerning and speaking a word from the Lord is an ever-present challenge and sometimes a heavy burden.
The goal of the Lakshmi Cow Sanctuary, a nonprofit, is to save cows destined for the slaughterhouse.
Whether Democrats or Republicans, Christians in the U.S. can be active participants in party politics and still be true to their faith, says a consultant on religion and politics and former staffer in the Obama administration’s faith-based initiative.
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A Baptist state newspaper editor declared legalized pot a winner in the recent midterm elections in an editorial calling 2018 “a banner year for the advancement and normalization of marijuana.”
