RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP) — The Black church is facing a cataclysmic problem of desertion amid an emphasis of creating a worship experience that looks like […]
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The Sky Is Not Falling, Revisited: Religious Private Institutional Enrollment is Stronger than State and Secular Private
Since I still see people panic about Christian higher education every time the news emerges that a Christian college or university with less than 700 […]
The Song of the Law — Lessons from John Witte, Jr’s Table Talk
“For we live not only under the rule of law. We live also under the rhythm of law—the ebb and flow, the different paces and […]
Fully Seen, Fully Known
Recently I walked with students among the self-portrait collection at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. Most of these portraits were glamorous and proud, but […]
DR DIGEST: Teams from across the country helping those affected by Beryl
Texans on Mission providing relief for Beryl victims By Ferrell Foster, Texans on Mission HOUSTON (BP) — Texans on Mission has deployed two mass feeding […]
‘Underwrite and undergird’ work of Southern Baptists, Black pastors exhort one another
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) — At St. Stephen Baptist Church, a majority African American church ministering in mostly Hispanic La Puente, Calif., the Cooperative Program (CP) ranks […]
Review of Teaching for Spiritual Formation: A Patristic Approach to Christian Education in a Convulsed Age
Many valuable resources exist for Christian professors eager to integrate faith and learning in the classroom; however, I have found some of the best theological […]
The Rush to Judgement about Canada’s Indigenous Schools’ “Grave Sites”: What Christians Can Learn from Destructive Partiality – Part 2
I remember seeing the headlines and reading the stories while visiting relatives in Canada. In June of 2021, Sarah Beaulieu, an anthropologist who teaches at […]
A Marginalized but Important Christian Virtue: Especially for Christian Scholars – Part 1
One virtue that briefly made headlines a few months ago is rarely discussed today. At least, I rarely hear of it talked about as a […]
Faith & Business: Beyond Add-On Models
With the ability to captivate our hearts, awaken imaginations and paint pictures of what it means to be a good person, stories help form (and […]