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Saddleback’s Andy Wood Explains Female Teaching Pastors Are Biblical, Female Elders Are Not

On Friday, Saddleback lead pastor Andy Wood released a video responding to the SBC's determination that the denomination's largest church was no longer “in friendly cooperation with the Convention.”

Derek Carr, New Saints QB, Prioritizes Faith But Won’t ‘Throw Bibles at Everybody’

Veteran quarterback Derek Carr reiterated the importance of his faith and his desire to love and serve at his introductory press conference with the New Orleans Saints on Saturday.

Jerry Falwell Jr. Sues Liberty University, Claiming He Is Owed $8.5M in Retirement Benefits

Jerry Falwell Jr. is suing Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, claiming that his former employer has withheld $8.5 million in retirement benefits that were previously promised to him. 

How a Little-Known Editor Made God a Bestseller by Helping Americans Let Go of Religion

A chance encounter at a party led religion professor Stephen Prothero to rediscover the story of Eugene Exman, a longtime book publisher who helped transform American religion.

Tim Keller Asks for Prayer in Health Update: ‘New Tumors Have Developed’

Author and pastor Dr. Timothy Keller has posted an update on his battle with cancer, asking for prayers for the latest strategy he is taking to combat it. New tumors have developed, says Keller, so he will be repeating the immunotherapy he endured last year. 

Jackie Hill Perry: ‘Older Women, We Need You. We Need Your Wisdom.’

As part of a recent Glory Event, Jackie Hill Perry posted a short video calling out older women and pleading for them to speak into the lives of younger women.

Actor Rainn Wilson: ‘The Last of Us’ Typifies ‘Anti-Christian Bias in Hollywood’

“The Office” star Rainn Wilson, a member of the Baha’i Faith, took to Twitter over the weekend to state what many people already suspect: Hollywood often targets Christians.

For FBI Legend J. Edgar Hoover, Christian Nationalism Was the Gospel Truth, Argues New Book

Lerone Martin’s new book shows that J. Edgar Hoover was perhaps the most influential Christian leader in America during his tenure in office, promoting a gospel of America as a Christian nation and labeling anyone who threatened the power of white Christian men as communists and a threat to God’s will.