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Sex expert says Genesis not final word on gender roles

Sexologist William Stayton said biology doesn’t support a literal interpretation of the story of Adam and Eve to explain the difference between the sexes last week at a JUST SEX Conference sponsored by the Alliance of Baptists. Stayton, professor emeritus…

When it comes to sex, turn to Bible, not biblical interpretation, scholar says

A good starting point for understanding what the Bible says about sex is the Bible, an Episcopalian scholar said at three-day discussion of “just” sex arranged by the Alliance of Baptists Oct. 18-20 in Nashville, Tenn. Kelly Brown Douglas, canon…

Couple narrowly survives Hurricane Michael only to face destruction-induced trauma

Denizens of the Gulf Coast are known as much for their healthy respect for hurricanes as they are for their disdain for evacuating them. Hurricane Michael has destroyed that attitude. “From now on they only have to say there is…

South Carolina is lobbying to allow discrimination against Jewish parents

That discrimination would apply not just to Jewish parents, but also to parents who are Muslim, Catholic, Unitarian, atheist, agnostic or other some other non-Protestant Christian denomination.

Josh Harris is kissing ‘I Kissed Dating Goodbye’ goodbye

Joshua Harris, the Christian pastor and author who wrote I Kissed Dating Goodbye as a teenager, says he no longer agrees with the book’s central idea.

In our neighborhood, ‘eyes on the street’ takes on deeper meaning

From one perspective, Skeet was the embodiment of all the problems plaguing our neighborhood. When you can only see broken windows, Skeet looked only like a broken man. But no person or neighborhood is only broken. What the folks closest to the ground knew was that Skeet helped hold Enderly Park together.

Church once led by Herschel Hobbs calls first female pastor

After a decade as minister for young adults at the historic First Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the Rev. Sarah Stewart has been promoted to senior pastor. Stewart, 36, officially begins duties Nov. 19 as 19th pastor of the…

Bible Museum says five of its Dead Sea Scrolls are fake

The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., says five of its most valuable artifacts — once thought to be part of the historic Dead Sea Scrolls — are fake and will not be displayed anymore.

Evangelicals are paying high moral price for anti-abortion gains. What would Jesus do?

White evangelicals are trading their moral core for anti-abortion gains. Time to rethink support for Trump, Republicans and policies that are inhumane.

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Religion Notes: Hackers converge, compete at Baptist-affiliated university

Moderate Baptists will recognize many of the institutions that made McCormick Theological Seminary’s annual list of Seminaries that Change the World. The Chicago seminary’s Center for Faith and Service compiled the lineup from what it called “a select group of…

Family violence: an injustice that churches must address

As people of faith, let us seize this holy commission, covering survivors of family violence with the compassionate cloak of justice, confronting violence wherever it casts its shadow and following God into every place where oppression must be overcome by justice.

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?