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Sorry 666: Churches Fear 990 More
How more ministries going digital could unwittingly aid atheists targeting church tax breaks.
Mosul Christian: Thanks for Changing Your #WeAreN Photo
Believers in Iraq rally around label that forced them out of their homes and churches.
Confessions of a Cosplay Mom
How this Christian parent learned to embrace the wacky Comic-Con scene.
What We Talk About When We Talk About 'Birth Control'
Meaningful debate requires us to define the terms of discussion.
New Executive Orders on LGBT Discrimination Don't Exempt Religious Orgs
(UPDATED) But Obama won't withdraw memo on religious discrimination.
How Poor Could They Be?
On going broke and getting judged.
Religious Freedom vs. LGBT Rights? It's More Complicated
The legal context for what's happening at Gordon College, and how Christians can respond despite intense cultural backlash.
What Makes a Company Division 'Christian'?
Secular companies have owned Christian subsidiaries for years. Now those family ties are being tested.
Four Questions I Have About Transgender Identity
Struggling to love my neighbors in grace and truth.
Let Kids Be Kids Instead of Sexualized Little Adults
What both conservative and liberals miss about children’s gender identity.
How Children Change the Immigration Debate
Dale Hanson Bourke offers a primer on the recent news of tens of thousands of children attempting to cross the US/Mexico border
What I'm Teaching My Kids About the Fourth of July
Why we celebrate, even in the midst of a complicated history.
America's Founding May Not Have Been Christian, but It Sure Wasn't Anti-Christian
An atheist philosopher ignores religion’s place in Revolutionary America.
Mercy in the Name of God, Not Government
How our country’s religious freedoms might prompt us to care for immigrants.
The First Amendment Decision Nobody's Talking About
While the Hobby Lobby case is higher profile, the Supreme Court's unanimous First Amendment decision last week has greater staying power.
33 Under 33
Meet the Christian leaders shaping the next generation of our faith.
In Honor of Periods, Pad Commercials, and Menstrual Cramps
Why suppressing our cycles isn’t always the answer.
Supreme Court Narrowly Rules For Hobby Lobby
(UPDATED) 5-4 decision on healthcare rules that the government cannot require faith-based organizations to provide contraception against their owners' religious beliefs.
Fair Trade in an Unfair World
Conflicted over bananas, button-downs, and now, smart phones.
The Forgotten Side of the First World War
Philip Jenkins remembers the religious passions that set the world ablaze a century ago.

Top Story May 2, 2024

Was Paul a Slave?
Was Paul a Slave?
The surprising argument that Saul of Tarsus was born into bondage.

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