You won’t believe our story of Medicaid waste, fraud and abuse
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on May 22, 2025. Three days before what we thought would be my wife, Ruth Ellen’s, final surgery for stage three breast cancer, my mind was racing as I was trying to finish moving out of our old house while confirming plans for where our five kids would […]
How you connect apocalypse to Advent affects how you interact with the news
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on December 8, 2023. Few activities fuel a connection with Advent like reading the news. Stories about weather catastrophes, wars and rumors of wars have many Christians across the theological and political spectrum wondering if the apocalypse is near and perhaps finding themselves praying the words, “Even so, […]
Is it weird that Mike Johnson’s underage son is his porn accountability partner?
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on November 13, 2023. The latest theater of conservative evangelicalism’s multiple-front spiritual warfare cosplay is being dubbed the “War on Technology” by Cypress Baptist Church of Benton, La. It began as a gathering in October 2022 that promised to “help families win the technology battle in their homes.” […]
While we’re talking about guns in America, let’s talk about our fear-based theology that also drives gun sales
This article originally appeared on July 19, 2021 at Baptist News Global. The sound of skidding tires filled the air as the car spun around, the window rolled down, and an arm reached out. It wasn’t until the third shot that I realized that I was staring down the barrel of a gun. With nowhere to […]