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Samaritan’s Purse cancels ads in magazine that has criticized Franklin Graham

Relevant publisher Cameron Strang said recently on Instagram that the magazine claiming more than 2 million monthly readers on various platforms lost long-time advertiser Samaritan’s Purse and Operation Christmas Child “due to our critical reporting about Franklin Graham’s inflammatory rhetoric.”

Who is your Messiah: the one who welcomes all to the table or the one who excludes?

Do we want the suffering servant Messiah of the Gospels? Or do we prefer the vengeful, conquering general of Revelation 19? The Messianic image we are drawn to reveals a great deal about what is in our hearts.

Christian TV network enters world of 24-hour news

The Christian Broadcasting Network is entering the crowded world of 24-hour news broadcasting at a time when the mainstream news media is under increasing attack by President Donald Trump and some of his supporters, many of them evangelicals.

The forgotten struggle over gender and bigotry in Christianity

History reminds us again and again that it’s always been easier to believe in miracles, in virgin births and atoning deaths, than something so simple and basic as human solidarity.

Ministry jobs and more

Baptist News Global provides a free listing of ministry-related jobs for Baptist churches, theological institutions and organizations across the United States. Each free posting is for 30 days and is limited to 150 words. Postings may be extended another 30…

Pastor Robert Jeffress terms Kavanaugh confirmation a clash between darkness and light

The clash over the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is a battle between good and evil, according to pro-Trump Pastor Robert Jeffress.

‘I’m sorry.’ No more apologies from women for filling spaces into which the Spirit calls them

I AM SORRY, but there can be no apologies by women when they fill the spaces into which the Spirit calls them or the spaces for which their wit and intelligence gifts them. Women with this heritage ought to be free to fill their space boldly and unapologetically, for this is the space they have been created and called to fill.

Reading Jael’s story in a women’s prison

What does Judges 4-5 mean to abused women who fought back?

Richard Foster: Effort is not the opposite of grace

As he retires from public ministry, the ‘Celebration of Discipline’ author reflects on the heart of spiritual formation.

White evangelicals least likely demographic to believe Kavanaugh accuser

Nearly half of white evangelicals say Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh should be confirmed even if sexual assault allegations against him are true, according to a new Marist poll. The poll, sponsored in partnership with NPR and PBS NewsHour, asked…

I went to a preaching conference co-founded by women. Where were the men?

I pray that at next year’s conference we will be smashing the patriarchy side-by-side with the men who preached to us as little girls, who taught us in seminary classrooms and who encouraged us to speak truth to power. I pray that next year, the men who say they support women in ministry will rise up in support of this gathering of women who need to see that we are not the only ones advocating for ourselves.

Lessons to remember about the Kavanaugh spectacle

Does anyone seriously contend that a woman or person of color who behaved as Judge Kavanaugh did during testimony anywhere would be considered credible? And whatever one may think about the nominee’s fitness to serve on the Supreme Court, one thing is…

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?