As voters in suburban Kansas City go to the polls for midterm elections, they will not be voting at two locations of Resurrection Church that usually are polling sites. That’s because the multi-site Methodist church’s pastor, Adam Hamilton, is on...
As evangelical Christians and others toss around the latest stories about whatever is happening at Christianity Today, something just doesn’t add up for me. I’ve been in the religious journalism business off and on for 43 years, and it is…
On Oct. 21, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff sat across from Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg after Russia released 74-year-old American teacher Stephen Hubbard, whom the United States had designated as wrongfully detained. Witkoff thanked Putin and then…
In a Bible class I attended recently, the discussion centered on Romans 5. Verse 8 is a familiar and often memorized promise about God’s compassion: “But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ…
In case you missed it, James Gunn’s revamped DC Universe just concluded its initial season of Lanterns. If you have zero interest in superheroes, feel free to stop reading here or continue if you wish to be converted. If you…
Over the past few months, I’ve been asking others concerned about Donald Trump’s potential interference in the mid-term elections: “What can we do to stop him?” The answer is unequivocally, “All we can do is vote.” Yes! Absolutely! “But what…
As voters in suburban Kansas City go to the polls for midterm elections, they will not be voting at two locations of Resurrection Church that usually are polling sites. That’s because the multi-site Methodist church’s pastor, Adam Hamilton, is on…
When many Christians begin searching the Scriptures while considering how to craft their personal political theology, they find themselves naturally drawn toward the sacred “red letters” where Jesus speaks. In his words, we experience God’s special care toward vulnerable communities,…
There’s a video circulating online of Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff, speaking at a State Department conference. Imagining photographs of anti-Trump protesters whom he calls left-wing terrorists, Miller says, “Not one looks normal. They’re all deformed in…
A new administrative headquarters and $1 million endowment will enable the Cooperating Baptist Fellowship of Oklahoma to continue its mission of serving Christ and fighting Christian nationalism, Executive Director Kyle Tubbs said. “We want to be as pure of a…
A lawsuit filed against Pawleys Island Community Church in South Carolina for allegedly allowing a registered sex offender to work around children has been dismissed. The complaint filed in August accused the church and its Pawleys Island Academy of permitting…
This week I caught up with Rick Pidcock, a friend from the shared publishing world of Baptist News Global who has now written a riveting new book, Weapons of Worship: How the Songs of Evangelicalism Form the Soundtrack of Extremism. Rick,…
The current senior minister of Highland Park United Methodist Church and his two immediate predecessors have sent a message to congregants about why they should vote to leave The United Methodist Church. And the three senior ministers directly counter the…
