When ‘Stakes Is High,’ Community Is Key
The early church had everything to lose because of their faith in what they believed God was doing through them and what God was calling them to do. But they never gave up.
Christian Nationalism, the Border and Fourth of July Church in Dallas
I believe — with my conservative Christian brothers and sisters — that Christians have an essential role to play in modern-day America and that the Bible has something to say about politics. To learn more I determined to go to a Southern Baptist church in
Time for Shifting Tides
It’s being as kind, gentle, and loving as possible when saying this: The Southern Baptist Convention is in a mess of its/our own making, and it’s time to move in a positive direction.
Moral Courage to Lead
Finding the moral courage to be first can be difficult. We need more Deborahs, Jaels, and Jackies.
Lessons from the Storm
Just when I thought my life was calm, predictable, and manageable, an AF-3 tornado ripped through our city with winds up to 160 mph. So much for the arrogant assumption that we are in charge of our lives.
The Bible as Shield & Weapon
We are not going to be able to just come together over racial justice, have Kumbaya moments, and really expect for anything to get done. If we really want to rid ourselves from the sin of racism — that hurts non-white people and white people
Which Way Will We March?
In the book The Last Week, Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan suggest that on that Palm Sunday there were actually two processions entering Jerusalem. "The two processions, they state, "embody the central conflict of the week that led to Jesus’s crucifixion.”
Tony Perkins is the Wrong Pick to Lead Religious Freedom Efforts
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, was recently elected chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. "He has no place on a commission designed to protect religious freedom at home or abroad," says Rabbi Jack Moline, president of the Interfaith Alliance.
Supreme Court Gets Its Logic Crossed
Last week, a majority of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court decided to flip to a calendar in their quest to discover truth. Well, they didn’t admit that, but that’s essentially what they did in the case of the 94-year-old cross in Bladensburg, Md.
The Supreme Court Made the Bladensburg Cross a Special Case. Let’s Keep it That Way
(RNS) - For many court watchers, including BJC, it is difficult to reconcile the promise of religious liberty for all with the constitutionality of a massive Latin cross sponsored by the government. One takeaway from this case could be that an unconstitutional establishment can become