Recognized for the promotion of women’s rights and inclusive education, two leading figures relate civil war struggles and the challenge of special needs. Lebanese Baptists have reason to be proud. This month, two senior members of their community, Mona Khauli and Nabil Costa, were recognized for their faith-based work on behalf of their nation. Mona…
Despite entrenched colorism in society, believers show how the Bible redefines a woman’s self-worth. Growing up on the Indonesian island of Java, Happy Natalisa remembers being mocked for her dark complexion. Her classmates called her si hitam (black) and orang Papua because her father was Papuan, an ethnic group hailing from Indonesia’s easternmost province in…
I asked ChatGPT to interpret the Sermon on the Mount. Here’s what I learned about AI’s exegetical errors. This piece has been adapted from an article that was originally published in the Biblical Mind. In the past several months, it has been difficult to avoid discussion of artificial intelligence or, more particularly, ChatGPT and a…
For Christians, Greta Gerwig’s latest film is an opportunity to reckon with the “fortunate fall.” Questions about gender and sexuality plague the evangelical church, from the SBC to the PCA. Books on the topic are proliferating. In that context, it’s understandable that some folks see the new Barbie film as another volley in the gender…
Sweden’s desecration of Islam’s holy book has prompted a bid to burn the Bible. European evangelicals condemn the offense but link the freedoms of expression and religion. Swedish evangelicals fear a human rights retreat, as the fallout continues from last month’s Quran burning. Earlier this month, Iraq expelled the Swedish ambassador after Swedish police authorized…
Communal suffering has to be reckoned with. And so does God’s healing word. A few weeks ago, I arrived at the airport a little early to pick up a friend and decided to pull over in the emergency lane to wait. I knew it wasn’t the right thing to do, but there were 20 cars…
At a moment of career disillusionment, a new book gave me a biblical perspective on the blessings and dangers of big tech. In the last decade, our lives have become increasingly saturated with digital technology. Apps and platforms play outsized roles socially, professionally, casually, and corporately; in work, school, and church. It can be hard…
Lifeway still plans to end online music resource but apologizes for short notice. Update (July 24): Lifeway has decided to postpone the discontinuation of lifewayworship.com, the online Baptist church music resource that was once conceived as a digital hymnal without a back cover. The Southern Baptist Convention publisher announced it was shutting the site down…
A Supreme Court ruling against race-based admissions won’t change much for Christian liberal arts schools. The US Supreme Court ruled against race-based college admissions last month, raising questions about the future of diversity efforts in higher education. But leaders at many evangelical colleges don’t expect the decision to hinder their efforts to promote diversity. “For…
A negative score from groups accusing PEPFAR of supporting abortion threatens the program’s five-year renewal. The President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief, or PEPFAR, has been a uniquely successful bipartisan effort, saving 25 million lives globally from HIV/AIDS since it was put into place 20 years ago. Congress and the White House have reauthorized it…
