WASHINGTON (ABP) — Even as Democratic members of Congress report death threats over their votes in favor of health-care reform and a prominent conservative broadcaster continues his attacks on a left-leaning evangelical leader for advocating social justice, a group of…
Wallis says Glenn Beck has helped advance social justice
WASHINGTON (ABP) — Social-justice advocate Jim Wallis said recent attacks by broadcaster Glenn Beck have ironically given new life to the concept of fighting social ills like poverty and inequality in Jesus' name. Wallis Wallis said Sojourners, the group he…
Seminary professors attack new book by Brian McLaren
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — Brian McLaren, a leader in the "emergent church" movement who roiled evangelical waters in 2004 with his book A Generous Orthodoxy, is at it again. In his previous book, McLaren argued that instead of focusing on…
Southern Baptist Seminary professors attack new book by Brian McLaren
Brian McLaren's "A New Kind of Christianity" is published by HarperOne. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — Brian McLaren, a leader in the emerging-church movement who roiled evangelical waters in 2004 with his book A Generous Orthodoxy, is at it again. In…
A Time to Laugh: The late Grady Nutt was a pioneer of Christian comedy
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — Singer-songwriter Don McLean’s 1970s hit record “American Pie” mourned the 1959 plane crash that killed rock-and-roll pioneers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper as “the day the music died.” For a generation of humor-loving…
Grady Nutt a pacesetter for Christian comedy
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP)—Singer-songwriter Don McLean’s 1970s hit record “American Pie” mourned the 1959 plane crash that killed rock-and-roll pioneers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper as “the day the music died.” For a generation of humor-loving Baptists, Nov….
A Time to Laugh: When laughter ceases to be the best medicine
(ABP) — Something that strikes one person as funny — even something heard at church — may seem inappropriate to another. How can believers strike a balance as they use humor and laughter in ministry? Individuals need to understand the…
Former youth minister convicted of sexual assault
Editor's note: This story was updated later in the day after its posting March 25. BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (ABP) — A former American Baptist youth minister who entered and then withdrew a guilty plea for sending nude photos to a 15-year-old girl…
Survey says pastors value, benefit from seminary degrees
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — Amid declining enrollment at seminaries and new models being developed as alternatives to traditional theological education, LifeWay Research has released a survey finding the vast majority of pastors value the training they received while in seminary…