ERLC podcast features March for Life president
NASHVILLE (BP) – The latest episode of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission podcast features a conversation with the president of the March for Life in anticipation of the upcoming national rally in late January.
FIRST-PERSON: The shadow of modern slavery
Human trafficking is the uncomfortable conversation we rarely have in church settings yet its reality casts an imposing shadow in our minds, especially for those of us who have daughters.
Does AI-generated worship … generate worship?
NASHVILLE (BP) – Apparently, it’s possible to be soulful, and yet without a soul.
60 years of ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’
“A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the beloved animated television program, turns 60 this year. It is hard to imagine that it almost did not air.
‘The Christmas Shoes’ novelist VanLiere sees Jesus for all humanity in ‘Looking for Christmas’
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (BP) – Donna VanLiere tells the sentimental Christmas stories mass audiences enjoy, beginning with her debut “The Christmas Shoes,” which drew a record 16.7 million viewers to its 2002 release as a CBS movie.
New York on track to become 14th jurisdiction to legalize assisted suicide
NEW YORK (BP) – New York state is on track to legalize physician assisted suicide for adults in early 2026, joining 12 other states and Washington D.C. that allow such intervention.
When loss fills an empty chair at the holidays
NASHVILLE (BP) – Grief isn’t beholden to a calendar. But when someone isn’t home for the holidays, the pain intensifies.
Isaiah 41:10, Psalms 23 and 91 among most popular Bible app verses for 2025
EDMOND, Okla. (BP) – For the fourth time in the last six years, Isaiah 41:10 was the most downloaded Scripture of the year on the YouVersion family of Bible apps, which according to its founder has been installed on 1 billion devices nationwide.
For Israeli families of deceased hostages, biblical Sitting Shiva mourning finally comes
JERUSALEM (BP) – Tiferet Lapidot had returned to Israel to spend the holidays with her family. But Oct. 7, 2023, was the last time her father Ohad Lapidot would see her alive.
For Jason and Ty Simpson, trusting God became the real game plan
MARTIN, Tenn. (BP) – Jason Simpson remembers the “aha” moment for his son, Ty.











