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"We have rejected much of our immediate [evangelical] past," says Josh Carney of his church, University Baptist Church in Waco, Texas. Looking to older traditions, "we found that some of our objections had already been addressed."

Violence. Danger. Fear. Trust. Betrayal. Salvation. Ethics. They're all invoked in the story of the binding of Isaac. Here are a couple different points of entry into this difficult passage.

I just returned from a glorious five days spent motorcycling through Washington and Oregon.  We crossed the...

The notion that grief moves through some kind of process toward resolution owes more of a debt to American optimism than to Christian hope.

PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) Gov. John Kitzhaber has signed a new law that removes the remnants of Oregon's legal protection for parents who rely...

DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) It's summer. It's hot. It's the South. That must mean it's time for an old-fashioned camp meeting....

CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Nearly a millennium ago, four unruly knights crossed the English Channel from France and confronted the archbishop of...

Geneva, June 17 (ENInews)-- At a meeting in Geneva that concluded on 14 June, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Council approved plans for...

Last spring I helped the church I was in the process of leaving prepare for its 100th anniversary celebration....

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When Westminster John Knox Press launched the Interpre­tation commentary series in 1982 with Walter Brueggemann's provocative volume on the book of Genesis, readers encountered the strange new ...

(RNS) Southern Baptists adopted a resolution Wednesday (June 15) that supports a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants but clearly states they reject "amnesty."...

(RNS) Thomas A. Farrington isn't looking for cards or a tie this Father's Day. What he really wants, he says, is for other black men...

A new Alabama law that makes it a crime to offer rides to undocumented immigrants is the "meanest" immigration law in the country,...

Traveling to Paris or Philadelphia this summer, or Detroit this fall? You may want to consider taking in the exhibit on "Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus."...

On Tuesday, the Senate rejected a measure that would eliminate...

The scholarly quest for the roots of the religious right has already passed through several iterations. Darren Dochuk's impressive book builds on this work and pushes the narrative back another generation or two.

The symbol of the fish resounds throughout scripture, and it splashes well beyond the pages.

Southern Baptists delivered a group rebuttal to Michigan pastor Rob Bell for writing a book that questions traditional views of hell....