Is Critical Race Theory Incompatible with the Gospel?
Whether things that emerge from outside the church can be put into service for the work of the gospel is a perennial question in Christian history. Read full piece
2020 Broke Christmas Music. Here’s What I’m Listening to Instead.
The holidays, it appears, are here. And with them, the annual sleigh-dump of Christmas music, which this year arrives like an unsolicited fruitcake: unexpectedly heavy, disproportionately sweet, and near impossible to digest. Read full piece
Southern Baptist Leaders Amplify Trump’s Lies About Election Fraud
Prominent Southern Baptist leaders were among those taking to social media Dec. 2 to affirm and defend Donald Trump’s 46-minute video in which he repeated blatantly false accusations that the 2020 election was rigged against him and should be overturned. Read full piece
Listening to Podcasts Makes Us Better Preachers
How the popular audio genre can help pastors fine-tune sermon preparation and delivery. Read full piece
Democrats Push ‘Abolition Amendment’ To Fully Erase Slavery From U.S. Constitution
With the adoption and ratification of the 13th Amendment 155 years ago, the practice of slavery formally ended in this country, but it did not strip away all aspects of involuntary servitude. Read full piece
The Supreme Court Is Colliding With a Less-Religious America
Justices’ drive to promote “religious liberty” may only become more intense. Read full piece
Panel Urges Southern Seminary to Make Amends for Past Racial Sins
Panelists at a Dec. 2 virtual forum on “Race and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary” agreed the Louisville, Ky., school’s entanglements with slavery and racism demand a stronger response than the school has put forward. Read full piece
For Churchgoers During the Covid-19 Pandemic, a Deadly Lesson from the 1918 Flu
To gather or not to gather has been the question at the forefront of the minds of today's religious leaders and their church members. During the 1918 influenza pandemic that ultimately killed 50 million to 100 million people, different answers to that same question resulted in
Preservationists Fighting to Save Old Baptist Church in St. Louis
The Second Baptist Church building sits empty and dilapidated along Kingshighway in St. Louis. It was bought eight years ago by a man who had plans to rehab the space but reportedly done nothing with it. Read full piece
How to Fake a Fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls
And other things you wanted to ask an expert in forged biblical antiquities. Read full piece