After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, I twice visited the World Trade Center site with young adult friends and family who were new to the city and wanted to pay their respects to those who died there. The first visit, coming...

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Twenty-five years ago today, our nation experienced one of the darkest days in American history. On September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people lost their lives in a series of terrorist attacks that changed our nation and, in many ways, changed...

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Recently, I attended a human trafficking seminar put on by a local hospital and hosted at a megachurch. Speakers discussed at length the impact of health care workers and other serving professions on victims and survivors of human trafficking. For...

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Immediately after the dastardly terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, I sat at a computer screen — in the secretary’s office of Austin Heights Baptist Church in Nacogdoches, Texas, far from home — for the better part of a day...

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A former U.S. pardon attorney fired for not restoring the gun rights of actor and director Mel Gibson has sued the Justice Department claiming unlawful termination. Elizabeth Oyer alleges she was fired because Gibson, who lost firearm rights due to...

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Russell Moore is at it again — this time calling fellow evangelicals to account for their gallows humor about immigrants. In his latest Christianity Today newsletter, the former Southern Baptist ethics leader chides evangelicals for excusing their inhumanity toward immigrants...

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The White House has launched an online arcade featuring possibly vibe-coded knockoffs of five retro-classic arcade games modified to promote pro-Trump MAGA themes. And yes, it’s everything you would expect: Poorly made, copyright-infringing, creatively and morally bankrupt nostalgia bait that...

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The Texas State Board of Education recently approved a social studies curriculum that disparages Islam and minimizes Black history. Muslims and education experts who attended the board’s Aug. 31 meeting urged its members to reconsider adopting the changes, saying they...

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Last week, BNG reported that James Talarico will speak at Baylor University. On Sept. 16, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate will hold a campaign event at the Baptist university. The event will be limited to Baylor students, faculty...

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The single most corrupt thing so far about the current United States federal government under this president is the corruption of the immigration enforcement bureaucracy. There are many competitors for this sad award, but at the level of government policy,...

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As the Republican Party holds its midterm convention here in Dallas this week, it’s notable how many Republican elected officials suddenly found somewhere else to be. Some of these don’t want to get more of the stink of a failing...

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Our world is profoundly distracted, disordered, and scattered. It would be tempting to attribute this to a non-Christian society—to multiplied desires and endless consumer options, to secularized pursuits of shallow pleasure. But Christians fare little better here, bombarded with gurus...

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