🌎 Andy Stanley Denounces SBC

Published: Thu, 07/04/24

Updated: Thu, 07/04/24

July 4, 2024

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IN THE NEWS

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Andy Stanley Denounces SBC for Removing Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church

North Point Community Church pastor Andy Stanley criticized the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) for removing Saddleback Church, founded by Rick Warren, from the denomination in 2023 for eliminating women as pastors. “Last year, his...

Some legislators lean into religion in public education as Supreme Court leans right

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FROM FAITH ON VIEW

Yes Language Evolves, But…

I think everyone on Facebook has a few grammar nerds who regularly post about things like the Oxford Comma or rant about the improper use of the word “literally.” While I’m not aggressive about these issues (yes, I have an opinion about the...

Mean and hateful have replaced the easy and light gospel of Jesus

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COMMENTARY

Where are the conservatives and pluralists in higher education?

Steve Teles, a political scientist at The Johns Hopkins University, writes: “The university’s ideological narrowing has advanced so far that even liberal institutionalists–faculty who believe universities should be places of intellectual...

Evangelical Christians Are Throwing Their Support Behind Israel. They’re Partly Driven By Antisemitism.

As Israel’s siege of Gaza raged on in March, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made time for a meeting in Jerusalem with a delegation led by Mario Bramnick, a Florida-based pastor with close ties to former President Donald Trump who has...

Are We in the Middle of a Spiritual Awakening?

When I asked readers who identified as spiritual but not religious to reach out to me, I was astounded by how much variety there was in the faith experiences of individuals in this group. Some said they found spirituality both in the beauty of...

Vandalizing religious art isn’t defending the church. It’s sacrilege

An icon of the Madonna and Child was stolen from Catholic University in 2021; the university responded by installing a second print of the image, which depicted both Jesus and Mary as Black. The second print was also stolen. During the Amazon...

Do you want “certainty” or “change” in this general election?

Our election seems to have become a run-off between two buzzwords, “certainty” and “change”. Certainty versus change was my lasting impression after the latest TV debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer. A staged debate that was...

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