Guest Commentary

• Churches across the Country Will Host Special Father's Day Events This Weekend In an op-ed for The Biblical Recorder, Milton A. Hollifield Jr. said fathers should look to the story of Joshua for inspiration in leading their own homes. Jun 15, 2018

  

  Churches across the Country Will Host Special Father's Day Events This Weekend
• Presbyterians Aim to Revive Mainline Denomination at Annual Meeting As the Presbyterian Church (USA) prepares for its biennial General Assembly in St. Louis beginning Saturday (June 16), many PCUSA leaders are hoping to address several contentious issues during the weeklong meeting — and to... Jun 15, 2018

  

  Presbyterians Aim to Revive Mainline Denomination at Annual Meeting
• Former Lesbian Rallies against Bill That Would Ban 'Conversion Therapy' A woman who says she is a former lesbian is rallying with others in California against a law that would ban “conversion therapy.” Jun 14, 2018

  

  Former Lesbian Rallies against Bill That Would Ban 'Conversion Therapy'
• A ‘Dire Time for Human Rights in Russia’ as World Cup Begins The 2018 FIFA World Cup started today with a match between Saudi Arabia and the host nation Russia at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow. Jun 14, 2018

  A ‘Dire Time for Human Rights in Russia’ as World Cup Begins
• What Do Evangelicals Want from Trump on Foreign Policy? This political reality poses a provocative question for white evangelical Protestants, who went 81 percent for Trump in 2016. What do American evangelicals want out of foreign policy? Jun 14, 2018

  What Do Evangelicals Want from Trump on Foreign Policy?
• Justices Deny Bid from Dissident South Carolina Churches to Keep Buildings The Episcopal Church in South Carolina is preparing to reclaim control of more than two dozen properties worth an estimated $500 million after the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to hear an appeal brought by a breakaway group of... Jun 14, 2018

  Justices Deny Bid from Dissident South Carolina Churches to Keep Buildings
• Losing Their Religion: Younger Adults are Less Religious, and Not Only in the US There are few spots around the world where parents don’t have to drag their young adult children to worship: Ghana, a predominantly Christian county is one; Chad, a predominantly Muslim country, is another. Jun 14, 2018

  Losing Their Religion: Younger Adults are Less Religious, and Not Only in the US
• Southern Baptists, in #MeToo Age, Affirm Women, Ask for ‘Purity’ of Leaders Southern Baptists, grappling with some #MeToo-aided falls from grace among their leaders, have called for affirming women, showing compassion for the abused and expecting “moral and sexual purity” of their leaders. Jun 14, 2018

  Southern Baptists, in #MeToo Age, Affirm Women, Ask for ‘Purity’ of Leaders
• Pence Addresses Southern Baptists after Debate over Whether He Should Vice President Mike Pence touted President Trump’s meeting with North Korean President Kim Jong Un in a speech before Southern Baptists and urged their continuing prayers as the administration moves ahead with negotiations to... Jun 14, 2018

  Pence Addresses Southern Baptists after Debate over Whether He Should
• Supreme Court Cake Decision Aligns with Most Americans What I find fascinating about the Court’s ruling is that it aligned very well with the findings of a poll Pat Caddell, formerly a pollster with the Carter Administration, conducted of the American people in August 2015, after... Jun 13, 2018

  Supreme Court Cake Decision Aligns with Most Americans