Despite years of record-setting declines shrinking the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) to its lowest membership in nearly half a century, Southern Baptists have begun to see some signs of life within their 46,906 churches. 　　Worship attendance, small group attendance, and baptisms were up last year in the SBCs annual statistical report, released Tuesday, while membership fell below 13 million. 　　2023...

　　A cancer diagnosis flips your world and your life upside down. It distorts the way you view reality and compresses time. It forces you to weigh alternatives and make choices that normal people don’t have to make and conventional circumstances don’t dictate. Deciding to treat it, and specifically how to treat it, involves not merely what is available, but what...

　　Jack Balkin’s new book, Memory and Authority, opens with an account of the “modalities” of historical argument that lawyers and judges may employ in interpreting the Constitution. These include arguments based on text, constitutional structure, and purpose, but also factors like “national ethos,” “political tradition,” and “honored authority.” It soon emerges that Balkin’s underlying goal in listing these approaches, as...

　　How to live in light of your identity in Christ 　　And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus… -Ephesians 2:6 　　In the ninth century, King Alfred the Great saved England from conquest by the Danish. At one point during his war with the Danes, Alfred was forced to seek...

　　The website for 99.1 JOY FM in St. Louis features a scrolling playlist of its lineup of Christian pop music and a listen now button to tune in to the simulcast broadcast. But visitors may find that after a few hours of streaming artists like Lauren Daigle and Brandon Lake, the site may kick them off. 　　Because of higher royalty...

　　A banner hangs outside the Church of God in the village of El Rincn, Honduras, that says, Lets be part of the solution, not the pollution. 　　Its a message pastor Wilfredo Vsquez posted after witnessing the harmful effects of plastics in his community. 　　More and more, I understand that if we want to see changes in any area of society,...

　　More Than A Sliver of Hope (John 11:40) 　　By Rachael Adams 　　Today’s Bible Verse:Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?” - John 11:40 ESV 　　Though the night was silent, my mind was anything but. Frustrated, I was awake when I should have been asleep, I gazed at...

　　A Prayer to Uproot the Lies in My Life 　　By Alisha Headley 　　“Stand therefore, having girded your waist in the belt of truth …” - Ephesians 6:14 　　The Apostle Paul gives us a guideline in the book of Ephesians on how to guard ourselves daily against the enemy. Paul beautifully outlines the spiritual armor of God we have access to...

　　Weekend, May 4, 2024 　　Here to Make a Difference 　　“But terror will come on the earth and the sea, for the devil has come down to you in great anger, knowing that he has little time.” (Revelation 12:12 NLT) 　　Even if some liberal theologians don’t believe it, the devil believes that we are living in the end times. So, he...

　　Hillsong Church Australias legal settlement with a former student who was groped by a worship leader fell apart on Thursday when the survivor refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement. 　　I will not give up my voice, Anna Crenshaw, daughter of Pennsylvania megachurch pastor Ed Crenshaw, told Australian reporters. This has never been about money for me but about justice and...

　　One of the oldest books in existence, which contains what is perhaps the oldest complete versions of Jonah and 1 Peter, is going up for auction in June. The sale of the Crosby-Schyen Codex has scholars excited to talk about its uniquenessand nervous about whether it could go into private hands and disappear. 　　The Crosby-Schyen Codex is a primary example...

　　Conservatives love to talk about the progressive movement’s efficacy at penetrating culture, dominating the spheres of everything from entertainment to sports to education. Over the decades, the far left has conquered the institutions and the right side of the aisle is just beginning to retaliate. Some say conservative values are making a comeback while others contend that Western Civilization is...