We need to repent so that our culture no longer tolerates sexual assault and harassment, questions if it is real, or just explains it away.

Men, it would be beautiful for us to begin by saying, “I was wrong, and I am sorry.” And then say, “Help me to make this better.”

Pastor Garrett Vickrey reflects on the moral authority of today’s church and whether our words still reflect the word of God.

Following the tragedy of the Las Vegas mass shooting, Jake Raabe asks gun-owning Christians questions about trust and protection.

Keith Platte, director of the Baptist Student Ministry at Howard Payne University, discusses the importance of the local church for campus ministries and why he feels called to college ministry.

Congressman Chris Smith, chairman of the global human rights subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, suggests that more can and should be done for persecuted Christians and Yazidis in Iraq.

What of American churches? Are most too divided, declining, naïve, immobilized, silent to offer effective responses to firearm violence and the spiritual (yes, spiritual) issues that impact them? When an agnostic or two show up after this or the next shooting incident, will we have any good news? (from BNG)

In light of NFL protests during the national anthem, pastor Eric Black analyzes why he stands when the anthem is played.

If “true community is not found behind a screen,” what is the church doing to discourage smart phone addiction and encourage in-person community-building?

Are the NFL protests revealing that nationalism and racism have infiltrated the church?

Readers respond to recent articles on women pastoring Baptist churches and whether Confederate monuments are today’s “high places” that should be torn down.

Anson R. Nash Jr., executive director of the Corpus Christi Baptist Association, discusses his calling to minister through public schools, which eventually led to his current position.