Guest Commentary

• More Churches Are Checking the National Sex Offender Registry. Is it Helping? Since they were first offered an opportunity to pool their resources and buy background checks on volunteers and employees at a discount 11 years ago, about a third of Southern Baptist churches have signed up for the OneSource... Jul 31, 2019

  

  More Churches Are Checking the National Sex Offender Registry. Is it Helping?
• Reporting Persecution to Police a Vanishing Option for Christians in India Persecution of Christians in Bihar state, India, has so intensified in the past two years that Pastor Shelton Viswanathan didn’t dare call police after Hindu extremists broke bones in his hand and foot. Jul 30, 2019

  

  Reporting Persecution to Police a Vanishing Option for Christians in India
• Drew Brees Partners with Prestonwood Baptist Church to Start Flag Football League for Youth Texas church Prestonwood Baptist Church will host the first Football ‘N’ America league, a co-ed flag football program for youth in Texas. Jul 30, 2019

  

  Drew Brees Partners with Prestonwood Baptist Church to Start Flag Football League for Youth
• Celebrating New Religious Freedom Law, Bolivian Evangelicals Push for More After 183 years as a Roman Catholic nation, Bolivia officially became a secular country in 2009, when a new constitution, promulgated by the administration of its first indigenous leader, President Evo Morales, dropped any... Jul 30, 2019

  Celebrating New Religious Freedom Law, Bolivian Evangelicals Push for More
• 5 Significant Truths Christians Should Remember While Using Social Media Online interactions may be virtual, but they have real influence on our lives. The maze of content ranges from benign to downright dishonoring to God. So how should a Christian behave on social media? Jul 30, 2019

  5 Significant Truths Christians Should Remember While Using Social Media
• Former ISIS Solider Leaves Terrorist Group, Wants to Return to Israel A former ISIS soldier says he now believes Israel is a democratic state and wants to return to the country. Jul 30, 2019

  Former ISIS Solider Leaves Terrorist Group, Wants to Return to Israel
• Death Penalty Decision Answers Lingering Questions about How Barr’s Faith Affects His Politics U.S. Attorney General William Barr is, by all accounts, a very committed Catholic. He’s a Knight of Columbus and served for several years as a member of its Supreme Board. He served on the board of the Catholic Information... Jul 29, 2019

  Death Penalty Decision Answers Lingering Questions about How Barr’s Faith Affects His Politics
• 3 Dead, 15 Wounded in Mass Shooting at California Garlic Festival Three people were killed, and 15 others injured after a gunman opened fire on attendees of the California Gilroy Garlic Festival, Sunday night. Jul 29, 2019

  3 Dead, 15 Wounded in Mass Shooting at California Garlic Festival
• Joshua Harris and the Sexual Prosperity Gospel “Prosperity theology” says that God matches faith with financial blessing and physical well-being. Common in Pentecostal and charismatic circles and at the heart of popular ministries such as Joel Osteen’s and Kenneth... Jul 29, 2019

  Joshua Harris and the Sexual Prosperity Gospel
• Yankees All-Star Mariano Rivera Shares How He Became a Christian, Why He Supports Israel, Donald Trump Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera unapologetically expressed the importance of his Christian faith and explained his support for President Trump and Israel after an opinion writer accused him of perpetuating... Jul 26, 2019

  Yankees All-Star Mariano Rivera Shares How He Became a Christian, Why He Supports Israel, Donald Trump