Wheaton College is rewording a plaque on its campus that referred to Indigenous people as “savage Indians.”
Israeli police escort Jews to flashpoint Jerusalem site
Israeli police escorted more than 250 Jewish visitors Sunday to a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem where clashes between police and Palestinian protesters helped trigger a war in Gaza, according to the Islamic authority overseeing the site.
Debate over Israel-Palestine violence highlights shifting political and religious alliances
After days of violence that took the lives of at least a dozen people in Israel and hundreds in the occupied Palestinian territories, officials in both regions finally agreed to a cease-fire that took effect on Friday (May 21). But as…
Why grievance studies hoaxer and atheist James Lindsay wants to save Southern Baptists
Meet James Lindsay, the sword-wielding atheist hoaxer and former massage therapist who wants to save the Southern Baptist Convention.
Lee Greenwood’s hit song inspires new ‘God Bless the USA Bible’ including America’s founding documents
Country music singer Lee Greenwood’s enduring patriotic hit “God Bless the USA” is the inspiration behind a new custom Bible.
As trust between Israeli Jews and Arabs reaches new lows, Netanyahu rises again
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators in the world’s capitals in mid-May 2021 blamed the Israeli government for recent bloodshed in Israel and Gaza, and called on world leaders to pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu into calling a ceasefire. Protesters emphasized the perceived power imbalance between Israel and Palestine….
What Joe Biden Puts in the Collection Plate
Joe and Jill Biden gave $1,000 to St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church last year, the Greenville, Delaware, congregation where the president regularly receives Communion and visits the graves of his first wife and two of his children. The Bidens gave…
Franklin Graham urges evangelicals to get vaccinated before it’s ‘too late’
Franklin Graham pleaded with evangelical Christians to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in an interview with Axios that appeared over the weekend on HBO, saying, “I want people to know that COVID-19 can kill you.”
US climate envoy Kerry meets with pope on climate crisis
John Kerry, President Joe Biden’s climate envoy, met privately with Pope Francis on Saturday, afterward calling the pope a “compelling moral authority on the subject of the climate crisis” who has been “ahead of the curve.”