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This Christmas season, let’s not kill Jesus before he’s even born

As Christmas nears, one of my favorite things to do is look at Christmas lights. Nothing feels more festive than driving around that one neighborhood in town with the large historic homes decorated immaculately with twinkling lights and Christmas cheer….

The shock of being 60 years old

I turned 60 years old this past summer. I have not quite gotten over it yet. Sixty is just different. It definitely feels at least three years older than 59. “They” say age is just a number. So maybe this…

BJC leaders say religious liberty fears about Respect for Marriage Act are overdrawn

Conservative Christian leaders opposed to the Respect for Marriage Act are engaged in cancel-culture fear mongering that frames marriage equality as a threat to their religious liberty, Amanda Tyler said in a recent episode of the “Respecting Religion” podcast. “For…

Why these Christian men believe women shouldn’t have the right to vote

Following new data comparing voter registration and turnout rates between women and men, a group of male leaders associated with Doug Wilson believes the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave American women the right to vote, was a mistake….

Once ordained, always ordained?

Long ago, Carlyle Marney, an irascible Baptist preacher of blessed memory, praised Ralph Waldo Emerson for leaving the ministry because his conscience prevented him from serving the Lord’s Supper. Marney noted if he ever left the ministry, it would be…

Supreme Court hears case of wedding website designer who won’t serve same-sex couples

While the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court appears ready-made to support a Colorado wedding website designer who doesn’t want to serve same-sex couples, other justices grilled her attorney hard about why she should be allowed to discriminate on…

Mary, Our Mother (for Baptists): Mary, did you know?

This is the second in a four-part series BNG will publish every Monday during Advent. A few years ago, I preached on the Sunday after Christmas, low attendance Sunday, a regular occurrence for an associate pastor (and a woman) like…

World Food Program warns of ‘unprecedented global food crisis’

“We are facing an unprecedented global food crisis, and all signs suggest we have not yet seen the worst. For the last three years hunger numbers have repeatedly hit new peaks. Let me be clear: Things can and will get…

Salvation as deliverance and blessing: Moving from Thanksgiving through Advent to Christmas

It was the Old Testament theologian Claus Westermann who startled me years ago by talking about the two ways God saves in the Bible: salvation as deliverance and salvation as blessing. Most theologians and preachers focus on salvation as deliverance,…

The present crisis for church staff

Even if U.S. government fails immigrants, faith groups say they’ll keep working

Six Scriptures undergirding my attitude toward other faiths

Pew reports on how faith communities were treated during first year of COVID worldwide