FIRST-PERSON: Justice for college athletes
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman sent a letter to the NCAA urging them to restore all awards to female athletes who lost due to the inclusion of male athletes in sporting competitions. Earlier this year, the NCAA reversed its 15-year policy of allowing men who identify as woman to complete, restricting competition for biological females.
Mainline pastors less likely to hold historic Christian doctrine
While there are likely numerous theological differences between evangelical, Catholic and Black Protestant pastors, they share core convictions that aren’t as common among mainline pastors.
Louisiana pastor fired from library job for refusing to use preferred pronouns
BATON ROUGE, La. (LBM) – Luke Ash, the bivocational pastor of Stevendale Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, was fired July 10 as a library technician by the East Baton Rouge Parish Library because he declined to use pronouns with another library employee that did not reflect her biological sex.
Public support for same-sex marriage stalls
Almost 10 years after the Supreme Court granted national recognition to same-sex marriages, most Americans support that right, but the percentage has plateaued in recent years.
Scopes trial propelled Christians toward scientific engagement, professors say
NASHVILLE (BP) – Growing up in New Mexico, Jeremy Blaschke had never even heard of the Scopes Monkey Trial that took place in Dayton, Tennessee, in July 1925.
‘Trial of the Century’ reenactment underscores impact of Scopes case
DAYTON, Tenn. – Austin Peay profoundly misjudged the moment when he, with the swoop of a pen and the authority vested in him as Tennessee’s governor, signed the Butler Act into law on March 21, 1925.
FIRST-PERSON: 100 years after Scopes Trial – Are we better off without God?
Ask most Americans to name the “Trial of the Century,” and they’ll likely say the O.J. Simpson case. I still remember where I was when the verdict came in, driving down Highway 90 in Gulfport, Miss., when the radio announced, “Not guilty!”
1925 Scopes Trial a defining moment in U.S. history
DAYTON, Tenn. (BP) – The setting for the “Trial of the Century” was the small county-seat town of Dayton, 40 miles north of Chattanooga. Better known as the “Scopes Monkey Trial,” it took place July 10-21, 1925.
OBU prof’s book on Dust Bowl remembers struggle, receives national recognition
SHAWNEE, Okla. – Benjamin Myers’ 2019 sonnet cycle Black Sunday has been named one of the “Five Best: Stories of the Dust Bowl” by The Wall Street Journal, earning recognition alongside John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath.”
Compassion, Gospel can’t be overlooked after Penn’s decision to change records
PHILADELPHIA (BP) – The transgender revolution has made promises it is unable to deliver and will bring forward many still looking for their identity.
