VETERANS DAY: Scripture provides guide for healing after trauma
In a few short months, the United States will celebrate 250 years as a nation. Already in 2025, the Army (June 14), Navy (Oct. 13) and Marine Corps (Nov. 10) have celebrated 250 since their inception. Lesser known however is that the Army and Navy Chaplain Corps also celebrate 250 of ministry to those who serve, and bear the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual scars of war.
FIRST-PERSON: Men and the specter of failure
“Every man lives with the specter that he is letting someone down,” a pastor once told our men’s group.
From gameday breakfasts to 18 baptisms: Florida church’s long play
DELAND, Fla. – Sixteen DeLand High School football players were baptized Oct. 16 at Stetson Baptist Church, in an event leaders described as the fruit of four years of simple, steady ministry presence.
Ministry offers trauma healing to women in Ukraine
More than 1,000 women in Ukraine recently attended conferences, workshops and seminars designed to offer Christ-centered trauma healing.
Artificial intelligence focus of latest ERLC podcast series
NASHVILLE (BP) – The latest edition of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) podcast focuses on the topic of artificial Intelligence (AI). The two-part series covers what Southern Baptists should know about AI and examines the ways that AI is shaping humanity.
FIRST-PERSON: Winning against pornography
To say that pornography use is a “sin epidemic” in our nation, and in the Christian community, may be an understatement.
Brandon Lake garners the most Dove Awards with five; Forrest Frank abstains
NASHVILLE (BP) – “Gratitude” and “Graves Into Gardens” singer Brandon Lake won big at last week’s Gospel Music Association Dove Awards at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.
From Fisk Jubilee Singers to megachurch hits, new museum celebrates Christian music
NASHVILLE (RNS) — The lobby of the new Museum of Christian & Gospel Music in downtown Nashville was filled with the sounds of drills, vacuums and other power tools last week as workers scurried to put the finishing touches on displays ahead of the grand opening a couple days away.
FIRST-PERSON: Spiritual formation in the Age of the Algorithm
We are shaped and formed by our loves and affections. They inform what we think is important and what we value. As Augustine reminds us, our loves drive us toward a trajectory of worship.1 We worship what we love, and we live based on what we love. But, you and I know that because of the Fall, we have to be supernaturally directed by God to rightly order our worship and our loves.
Role of faith in veterans’ suicide prevention receives platform at the White House
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BP) – Faith leaders joined others Sept. 17 at the White House to speak on faith’s role in preventing suicide among veterans and addressing recovery for those struggling with suicidal ideations.











