Christians often have been reminded that some of their forebears supported slavery, but many do not know Christians ended slavery in the United States. Southern Baptists, in particular, frequently are reminded their convention began amid the defense of slavery. Yet...
The vice president’s speeches about space sometimes sound like sermons. They draw on a long tradition of evangelical thinking about cosmic exploration.
In the first chapel service since trustees forced out President Paige Patterson, the interim president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary urged students to model virtues of self-denial, deference and service. “The cross just doesn’t do something for you; the cross…
Ongoing revelations regarding sexual abuse in the Christian Church mean that we’d all better prepare our hearts – spiritually, individually and communally – with the courage of conscience to live and act in a Church and a country that is losing its bearings.
Survey finds half of Protestants prefer to worship with people who share their views—and half believe they already do.
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Michael Bullard, to Macedonia Baptist Church, Raleigh, N.C., as music minister. Felicia Fox, to First Baptist Church, Gastonia,…
As a theology professor at Baylor University, John A. Wood spent years focused on Christian ethics, business ethics, ethics of war and peace and ethics in film. In retirement, he has turned his ethical expertise to baseball.
North Dakota prosecutors have agreed to drop felony charges against a Native American activist, ending one of the last high-profile criminal cases remaining from the Dakota Access Pipeline protests of 2016-2017. Chase Iron Eyes, an attorney and former Democratic candidate…
It was a favorite Sunday school lesson, and we relished hearing it repeatedly. The story of God appearing to young Solomon as he assumes the kingship of Israel reminded us of what was most important: wisdom. “Give your servant therefore…
By Brent McDougal Who is the next generation? When I speak of the next generation of leaders, I am mostly referring to millennials, people born between 1980 and 2000. Soon these people will become America’s largest living generation and hold…
Marie Griffith notes a strange tic in American culture: whenever anything extraordinarily bad happens, conservative preachers of various stripes come out of the woodwork to blame sexual immorality as the root cause.
The driving force behind the initiative is Heather Johnston, the founder and executive director of the U.S. Israel Education Association, an American lobbying organization that supports the settlement movement and opposes the idea of an independent Palestinian state.
A disciplinary panel has declined to dismiss charges against an Arkansas judge and Baptist pastor accused of violating judicial ethics by participating in a demonstration against capital punishment in 2017. The Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission on Monday said…
