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While transgender rights are being expanded by the Biden administration in Washington, D.C., bills have been introduced in more than a dozen state legislatures that would narrow rights for transgender persons, especially minors, and for their parents and caregivers. This year’s proposed state legislation — all of which faces uncertain reception — largely focuses on…

Reporting on the ongoing battle in the SBC over Critical Race Theory, with some recently opposed, and now some calling for a different approach with an emphasis on “justice.” At its 1995 annual meeting, the SBC issued a resolution on racial reconciliation, acknowledging the role of slavery in its founding. However, the “Justice, Repentance, and…

The BJU Seminary announced a new resource, the Journal of Biblical Theology & Worldview. From their launch page, here is their introduction: By God’s grace BJU Seminary has a decades-long legacy of equipping pastors and teachers and counselors to study and live and minister the Bible. The Journal of Biblical Theology & Worldview aims to share that…

A California judge has granted a temporary restraining order against Godspeak Calvary Chapel and its Pastor Rob McCoy for holding in-person services in violation of COVID-19 health orders. … McCoy announced in a video message Friday that he will continue to hold indoor services. “I wish it didn’t have to come to this, I really do, but we…

Heavy drinking is robbing Americans of decades of life. From 2011 to 2015, an average of 93,296 deaths annually could be tied to excessive alcohol use, or 255 deaths per day. Excessive drinking brought death early, typically 29 years sooner than would have been expected. Source: Heavy drinking killed hundreds of thousands of Americans in…

Most viruses are beneficial to living things, but occasionally one of them escapes whatever is controlling it and it run amok, burning hot but often quickly burning out. Source: Coronaviruses in creation – creation.com Good information at Creation.com. For more resources from them on this and other topics, click here.

Enrollment rates and retention are critical for small Christian schools. The experiences of Trevecca and Bryan call attention to how important it is for a college to cultivate a niche identity—without creating any controversy that might make prospective students or their parents leery of the institution. … “If you’re seeing something that works at some…