Forgiving Judas
It’s easy to vilify Judas, but is it the appropriate response to betrayal?
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Holy Week: Breaking the silence
The secret is out. The silence is broken. The kingdom of God is here.
Read MoreBaptists go after payday loans
Acting against predatory lending is both biblical and Baptist.
Read MoreSlain pastor lawsuit headed for trial
A wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the shooting death of a pastor caught in the middle of a botched drug investigation can move forward, an appeals court said Feb. 4.
Read MoreNo prison for molester termed unfair
A newspaper editorial says a light sentence for a former Southern Baptist music minister who sexually abused five boys in the 1980s points to a problem in America’s justice system.
Read MoreGay minister arrested in sit-in
An activist ordained recently by a Baptist church was jailed in an act of nonviolent civil disobedience demanding equal opportunity for gay couples to wed.
Read MoreFormer minister pleads guilty to abuse
An ex-music minister avoided prison Jan. 22 in a plea bargain confessing guilt to decades-old sex crimes against victims he groomed while volunteering at two Mississippi Southern Baptist churches.
Read More‘Zero Dark Thirty’ as lament
“Zero Dark Thirty” is a visceral lament upon a decade of conflict and pursuit of one who caused this nation so much pain. Viewing the film creates an opportunity for people to gather communally and remember, grieve and have closure.
Read MoreOverlooking Joshua
Most Christians read Exodus as a story of liberation, but many Native Americans view it from the perspective of the Canaanites.
Read MoreBaptist deaths in 2012
Baptist journalists, pioneers in racial reconciliation and beloved leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship were among deaths reported by ABPnews in 2012.
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Commentaries
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A recipe for blended worship By Bob Burroughs
Oil and water, obviously, will never mix. I have come to the same conclusion in these recent years of music ministry: that contemporary and traditional worship never mix -- well.
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The illogical politics of abortion By Miguel De La Torre
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A modest proposal for a fractured Baptist family By Marv Knox
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Columns
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Molly T. Marshall
Re-imagining disability
A new theology of disability envisions a Body of Christ where all have a place.
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Amy Butler
Back from the bridge
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Bill Wilson
Change happens
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Bill Leonard
The freedom of Will
From Our Blog
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Are you opening — or closing — your children’s hearts?
Rabbi Rami ShapiroThere are only two ways to raise your children: you either shut them...
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Don’t Worry, Gay Scouts, Southern Baptists Still ‘Love’ You
Thomas WhitleyAt last week’s annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, messengers from SBC churches around...
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Looking for our fathers
Roger LovetteSomewhere I read of a young man who in a fit of rage...
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