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March 2014

March 04, 2014

So, AP does its part to pin Nazi salute on Trail Life boys?

I doubt that many news consumers who do a quick read of the recent Associated...

February 2014

February 26, 2014

Got news? A Baptist emerges as acting president of Ukraine

The news rolls on in Ukraine, with leaders of the opposition attempting to get some...

February 13, 2014

Ghosts haunt AP story on Boy Scouts of America

When my oldest son was a Boy Scout, the entire experience was couched in church...

February 10, 2014

Why the slide in the influence of America’s churches?

GENE ASKS: What one factor accounts for the indifference so many Americans harbor toward the...

January 2014

January 24, 2014

Shocking! Baptist says wives should ‘submit’ to husbands

Courtesy of The Washington Post, let's all prepare to hyperventilate. This news will shock you...

January 15, 2014

Wind of change comes sweeping down the plain

My home state of Oklahoma made big news Tuesday when a federal judge struck down...

January 05, 2014

Grantland gets the ghosts in the Baylor football saga

Regular readers will know that I have been arguing, for quite some time now, that...

January 01, 2014

Oklahoma news: A Christmas ‘miracle’ via the local atheists

News stories blending the miraculous with Christmas aren't difficult to find: families reunited, poor children...

December 2013

December 20, 2013

The Big D’s sex-loving, millionaire megapastor

Would a major network such as A&E really consider a reality series featuring a millionaire...

December 08, 2013

Baylor’s Art Briles: Diehard Texan and what else?

Try to imagine national-level journalists writing about how a coach does or does not fit...

December 02, 2013

Does God hear prayers from just anyone?

ROBERT ASKS: Do you think God hears, listens to, prayers of anyone? THE GUY RESPONDS: Nobody should...

November 2013

November 14, 2013

Billy Graham’s 95th birthday bash: Happy or harpy?

In the 1984 hit movie "Sixteen Candles," Molly Ringwald's character, Samantha Baker, awakens on what...

November 08, 2013

That holy ghost in Baylor head coach’s guilt and grief

Right now, Baylor University coach Art Briles is one of the hottest leaders in college...

October 2013

October 28, 2013

Detroit paper ducks Bible when female Baptist bishop quits

I haven't been around that many Baptists of late, but one of the first things...

October 24, 2013

Moore of the same, but still a worthy effort

I had a sense of deja vu this week as I clicked on a 2,000-word...

October 22, 2013

Baptist pro: Don’t meet the press, unless you want to

Here's an interesting piece of church-crisis communications advice: Don't take your story to the press. In...

October 20, 2013

The return of Baylor football, minus all that Baptist stuff

Way back when I was in college, soon after the cooling of the earth's crust,...

October 17, 2013

Luke Russert on snark, journalism, faith and easy targets

Let's start the day with a quick thought from Luke Russert of NBC News, who...

September 2013

September 29, 2013

Got news? Looking at key facts in the Chris Davis timeline

It's the last day of the regular baseball season and for fans of the Baltimore...

September 12, 2013

Hey, guess what, all Baptists are Calvinists

Where's Joe Carter when you need him? Oh, right. I forgot. Before his premature departure,...

September 07, 2013

Pod people: ‘Conservative’ Baptists spark a conversation

In three and a half years, I've written 439 posts for GetReligion (this makes 440,...

September 04, 2013

AP embraces cliches, labels in seminary prez profile

Yawn. Sorry, I just finished reading The Associated Press' feeble attempt at profiling Albert Mohler...

September 04, 2013

Hey AP: Where is religious left on religious liberty issues?

A long, long time ago, 1998 to be precise, I wrote a column marking the...

August 2013

August 26, 2013

The Boston Globe shows how to write about church planters

Earlier this month I called a story about a church planter in Brooklyn the worst...

August 24, 2013

Religion and the 1963 March on Washington

August 28 is the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. There's a huge...

August 14, 2013

Hey Mr. DJ, put some praise music on

As a famous religious figure once said, “Ask and you shall receive.” Sometimes even we...

August 06, 2013

Yay! Dallas paper examines heart and soul

It's becoming clear that The Dallas Morning News has no regard for the F-word. Faith,...

August 05, 2013

Tampa Bay tear jerker: A ‘former’ Baptist pastor?

The following is a picky little post about a story that kind of got under...

August 02, 2013

The worst religion story of the year

While struggling to find words to adequately describe the worst religion article of the year,...

July 2013

July 30, 2013

Concerning theological Swiss Army knives (think chaplains)

In the world of church-state studies, few puzzles are as tough to crack as those...