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Scott Pace named candidate to lead Southeastern Seminary

NEW By Scott Barkley, posted March 26, 2026

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP) – Scott Pace will be presented as the recommended candidate by a search committee to serve as Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary’s next president, the school announced.

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Social media giant loses second lawsuit

Attorney Mark Lanier speaks to the media after a Los Angeles jury delivered the first verdict of $3 million in favor of his client. Meta and Google were ultimately ordered to pay $6 million to 20-year-old Kaley G.M., who claimed the platforms led to her social media addiction as a child. Screen grab

By Scott Barkley, posted March 26, 2026 in Social media, Tech & Entertainment

LOS ANGELES (BP) – A day after a New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $375 million in damages, jurists in a Los Angeles courtroom agreed with a 20-year-old that mechanisms in Instagram and YouTube led to her social media addiction as a child to the tune of $6 million.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced changes to the military chaplaincy corps in a Tuesday, March 24 video announcement on social media. Those changes include swapping the military rank insignia with a religious insignia from chaplain uniforms as well as administrative changes to the military’s religious codes. (Screen capture)

By Brandon Elrod, posted March 26, 2026 in North American Mission Board, World & Politics

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced two historic changes to the military’s chaplaincy corps this week after previewing those updates in December of last year.

Scott Pace has been nominated to succeed Danny Akin as Southeastern Seminary president. SEBTS trustees will vote during the April 20-21 spring meeting. SEBTS photo

By Scott Barkley, posted March 26, 2026 in Seminaries, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

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By Adam Dooley, posted March 26, 2026 in First Person

All of us, in varying degrees and frequency, will have to face the enemy of worry along the way. Believe it or not, Jesus had a great deal to say about this subject. His Sermon on the Mount offers practical guidelines for overcoming our common nemesis.

By Diana Chandler, posted March 26, 2026 in Music, Tech & Entertainment

WASHINGTON (BP) -- Nearly every U.S. adult can access religious radio broadcasts from home, Pew Research Center said March 26, and almost half tune in, mostly for music.