After 30 years, the NRSV gets an update: Here’s what that means
Mar 15, 2022 · In a nation where the 1611 King James Version of the Bible still holds tremendous sway, imagine the challenges of updating one of the modern English translations of the Good Book.. That’s why Friendship Press, the National Council of Churches and the Society for Biblical Literature assembled a team of dozens of scholars to undertake the first update of the New Revised Standard Version in 30 ...
Faithful America inducts 12 more into its ‘false prophets’ hall of fame
Nov 6, 2023 · Two weeks into his new job, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives already has made the list. Although it’s a list he might not want to be on. Mike Johnson is one of 12 “false prophets” highlighted this year by Faithful America, the organization behind the “False Prophets Don’t Speak for Me” campaign. The 12 new inductees into the hall of …
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I asked people why they’re leaving Christianity, and here’s what I ...
Dec 13, 2022 · For some time now, Christianity has been on the decline. According to a September 2022 Pew study, people identifying as Christian have decreased from 90% of the U.S. population in 1972 to 64% in 2020.. But it’s not just researchers who are talking about this. As of Dec. 6, 2020, the hashtag “#exchristian” had 696.7 million cumulative views on TikTok and was assigned to more than 68,600 ...
Crash-course in Bible history: How the Bible came to be
Feb 14, 2023 · It is possible that Hebrew literature existed in some form well before 700 BCE, but we do not have those physical documents. The earliest copies of parts of the Hebrew Bible are from the Dead Sea Scrolls, a set of texts found in the Qumran caves and that include both biblical and non-biblical manuscripts.These can be dated between the third and first centuries BCE.
Why being transgender is not a sin – Baptist News Global
Nov 9, 2018 · Transgender identity is about who a person is. It’s not about who they love or what actions they take that might be sinful in the sense that we all sin. It is about their fundamental being as humans created by God in God’s image – an image that God has declared to be good.
More evangelical leaders on board Trump train for 2024
Jan 24, 2024 · Ben Carson, the doctor and author who served in Trump’s cabinet as secretary of Housing and Urban Development, has been campaigning for Trump and is rumored to be up for a position in the next Trump administration should there be one.. Trump “has just been a friend of religion and of faith,” said Carson, one of the few former Trump cabinet members to back the former president, while 17 ...
Trump’s evangelical base believes God spared him from an …
But the most frequent spiritual references came from Trump’s evangelical supporters, including evangelist Franklin Graham, who is scheduled to pray at the Republican National Convention Thursday night. He told the Washington Post: “Trump came very close to having his brains spread over that platform but God, I believe, protected him.”. Another of …
10 Lessons from the LGBTQ Debate in Church - Baptist News Global
Feb 13, 2018 · Our congregation went through 18 months of intense study, prayer and dialogue about LGBTQ inclusion, and we have the scars to show for it. And we would have had scars regardless of which way the decision went. But we are better for choosing the good over the easy.
The death and resurrection of Donald Trump: A warning
Apr 14, 2023 · The firm belief of far-right Republicans that Donald Trump is a God-anointed messianic figure, sent to save America from the wicked agenda of the Democrats to destroy our “traditional values” and establish a godless, anti-Christian government.