A Campaign of Faithfulness

The decision by former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore to enter the race to be Alabama’s next governor ensures that the campaign will be filled with lots of God talk. Though Moore has stated the Ten Commandments will not be part of his campaign, it will be hard...

An Endangered Species—a Free Press for Baptists

Will Baptists support a free press, a prophetic critique? I’m worried about the answer. I’m worried about the consequences of that answer for a faithful Baptist community. Twenty-five years ago, Southern Baptists had a vigorous press. Baptist state...

‘Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story’

In 1993, a filly named Mariah’s Storm had her bid for a Breeder’s Cup smashed when she fractured her cannon bone in a race. Her trainers persevered, however, and the horse’s eventual comeback has now inspired a terrific movie from the producing team...

How Hollywood Is Selling ‘Narnia’ to Christians

With the Dec. 9 release of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” still more than six weeks away, the companies behind this highly anticipated film adaptation are already making sure it doesn’t escape the attention of a targeted audience: Christians....

‘An Unfinished Life’

“An Unfinished Life” is set in the high-country of a remote Wyoming ranch. But it also transports us to the high-country of the soul—an inner place that is stark and lonely, where people hide their hurt behind cowboy stoicism and mountains of reserve. In...