They were right. I was wrong to call sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) a crisis. Crisis is too small a word. It is an apocalypse. Someone asked me a few weeks ago what I expected from the third-party investigation into the handling… Read More »This Is the Southern Baptist Apocalypse
Armed with a secret list of more than 700 abusive pastors, Southern Baptist leaders chose to protect the denomination from lawsuits rather than protect the people in their churches from further abuse. Survivors, advocates, and some Southern Baptists themselves spent more than 15 years calling… Read More »Southern Baptists Refused to Act on Abuse, Despite Secret List of Pastors
What do you imagine when, in the middle of Psalm 23, you read the author telling God, “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies”? A table? In a field? With adversaries lurking around? Wouldn’t a fortress be better? What does… Read More »At the Table Communing with Jesus: An Interview with Louie Giglio
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In the recent breathtaking development from the US Supreme Court, a leaked draft opinion for the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case indicated that abortion rights would be reversed. In the fallout, headlines appeared warning women that if the rulings Roe v. Wade and… Read More »Abortion Bans Should Ban Abortion
His name did not appear on his art. Most of the millions who have seen it do not know who he is. But Fred Carter’s art is unforgettable. He drew bodies that were heavy—weighted with humanity and the possibility of redemption. He painted biblical characters… Read More »Died: Fred Carter, Little-Known Black Artist Behind Chick Tracts
Franz Mohr, former chief concert technician at Steinway & Sons in New York, has died at 94. He was, in his own assessment, “just a piano tuner who loves the Lord.” But Mohr’s expertise and backstage support was valued by the world’s most famous concert… Read More »Died: Franz Mohr, Master Piano Tuner and Evangelist
Willow Creek Community Church, one of the largest and most highly regarded congregations in the nation, will lay off 30 percent of its staff due to post-COVID-19 declines in attendance and giving. “Willow is about half of the size we were before COVID, which is… Read More »Willow Creek Cuts Staff Budget by $6.5 Million
Bible Gateway presents the Bible Connection Podcast, where we talk about the Bible and how it connects to every facet of life. For 32 years, Klaus Krogh has created and operated a graphic design company dedicated to doing the best possible quality of work on… Read More »Bible Connection Podcast: Designing the Word with Klaus Krogh
There is no good news coming from freestanding seminaries, and there hasn’t been for some time. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary closure of its campus in Hamilton, Massachusetts, is simply the latest in a string of downsizing among evangelical seminaries. Trinity’s Divinity school (TEDS) recently downsized its… Read More »How Seminary Downsizing Cuts into Community