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How You Can Hold Your Work in Proper Perspective
Work can be virtuous or lead to a life of dysfunction. It’s important to keep your work in proper perspective. One way to do that is by understanding what place God wants to play in your work.
1 Reason Why I Support the Baptist Center for Ethics
The Baptist Center for Ethics has demonstrated the continuing need for Christians to work at creating a new and appropriate sense of what should be normal in living a Christian life.
Where Do You Fall? From Sunday Stalwart to Solidly Secular
Seeking to cut across religious lines, a new Pew Research Center report placed people into seven broad groups of religious beliefs and behaviors. So where do you fall on the range?
August 31, 2018
How McCain’s Faith Sustained Him and Allowed Him to Forgive Himself (CNN) Sen. McCain Remembered at North Phoenix Baptist Memorial as More Than Just a Politician (San Diego Union Tribune) Aretha Franklin’s Funeral Puts...
What does the DNA say?
Two recent stories highlight the growing role of DNA analysis in archaeology. One of them offers a reminder that Israel -- a land bridge between Africa, Asia, and Europe -- has always been a land of migrants. In 1995,...
Ministering to Ministers: 10 Vital Ways You Can Help
Too many pastors succumb to the pressures of pastoral ministry. Some take their own lives; others engage in self-harming behaviors. The church must recognize its vital role in ministering to the minister.
Report: U.S. Purchasing Power Stagnant for Decades
Unemployment is under 4 percent; the stock market is reaching all-time highs. U.S. wages, however, have not kept pace with inflation, stagnating purchasing power for four decades.
How Christians Can Be Good Citizens and Still Criticize the Empire
Is it possible for U.S. Christians to be proud of their country and still criticize or condemn some of its actions? Of course, if we learn to do these two things.
August 30, 2018
Theologian: Trump Manipulating Evangelicals Who ‘Lionize’ Him as Biblical Cyrus, Will ‘Turn on Them’ (Christian Post) Why Evangelicals Support Trump (AL.com) Why Trump Will Never Lose Evangelical Support (Rolling...
Profiles in Goodwill: Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson is pastor of Bread, a faith community in Fort Worth, Texas, and founder and executive director of Pastors for Texas Children.
Teacher Uprisings Show Path Forward for Labor Movement
Although unions aren’t the bulwark against corporate greed they once were, the teacher uprisings of 2018 have been a bright spot and a path forward in a tough employment environment.
6 Things ‘Indispensable’ Pastors Can Do to Avoid Burnout
Many pastors work as if they are indispensable, and their families and their health suffer. If they burn out, they will be of no value to their ministries or the Lord.
The End of Work: On Celebrating Labor Day Well
Labor Day, first nationally celebrated in 1894, was established to celebrate not just work, but the accomplishments of trade unions and labor movements. Here’s why Christians should remember it.
When Evangelicals Chase After Secular Power Games
The seductive lure of power destabilizes character and undermines previously solid moral principles. Yet, despite Jesus’ warning, many U.S. evangelicals find it’s a siren call they can’t resist.
CBF Releases Profile for New Executive Coordinator Post
A month after Suzii Paynter announced she will transition out of her current leadership role, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship released a profile for its executive coordinator position.
‘Where’s the light to guide us through?’
By John D. Pierce The first time a Kate Campbell CD landed in my inbox, in 2001, it stayed there until a convincing publicist called weeks later to follow up. Leaving the office I grabbed the hymns-plus-original-songs...
Sen. John McCain: What Makes a Hero?
Sen. John McCain, who died Aug. 25, modeled extraordinary courage as a prisoner of war, a presidential candidate and in the face of his own death, which should inspire the admiration and respect of all Americans.
Why I Support EthicsDaily.com: Sustaining a Faithful Witness
EthicsDaily.com garners timely and effective articles on wide-ranging issues, and the videos draw their constituents into a larger engagement with critical ethical challenges. That’s why I support EthicsDaily.com.
Report: Many Seek Out Churches with Same Political Views
When it comes to seeking a church to join, nearly half of U.S. Protestant churchgoers seek a congregation in which people share their political views, a report says.
August 28, 2018
Sen. John McCain: Known as a Veteran, but Also a Man of Quiet Faith (Religion News Service) Millennial Evangelicals Diverge from Their Parents’ Beliefs (New Yorker) Tennessee Man Confesses to Burning a Black Man Alive...
August 27, 2018
Senator McCain Memorial Service at North Phoenix Baptist, Around the Country (ABC15) Trump Exploited the Authoritarianism of White Evangelicals (Washington Monthly) The One Thing that Could Drive Evangelical Christians...