As “evangelical” has become an increasingly political term, rather than a religious one, should Christians stop calling themselves by that name?

Let’s stop looking for a fight where none exists. I’m frankly too busy and too filled with the season’s joy to worry about whether a store clerk tells me ”Happy holidays” or ”Merry Christmas.” (Baptist News Global)

Why aren’t more churches or public faith leaders telling the truth about America’s unique scourge of gun violence?

After another mass shooting, praying is doing something. But should we be doing something in addition to praying?

After being sexually harassed while serving at her first pastorate, Pastor Amy Butler calls out the church and herself in their complicity of “just taking it.” (Baptist News Global)

A federal law was supposed to put an end to the use of local zoning laws as tools of discrimination. It hasn’t. (The Atlantic)

In the aftermath of the worst shooting in Texas history at First Baptist Sutherland Springs, Ferrell Foster argues that all churches should hire professional security.

When Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church Dallas, interviewed Fox News host Sean Hannity, many opposed it for its commingling of church and politics.

Five hundred years after Reformation Day, Molly T. Marshall wonders if Baptists are still reforming themselves. (BNG)

“What is the actual evidence on the relationship between religion and morality?”

Jonathan Merritt discusses the merits of “Church Clarity,” a new website seeking to reveal official church stances on their “affirming” or “non-affirming” stances regarding homosexuality.

Matthew Levering and Kevin J. Vanhoozer debate the merit of the Reformation: Should it have occurred, and is it still occurring today?