A federal judge has permanently dismissed Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary from the long-running defamation lawsuit filed by Jane Roe, while leaving the door open for a jury trial against former seminary President Paige Patterson in the summer 2026. This lawsuit,…
Christianity Today hires a Black woman and the white right goes nuts
Within hours of Christianity Today announcing that longtime pastor and scholar Nicole Massie Martin had been elected its next president and CEO, a familiar chorus of online racist and patriarchal critics declared the flagship evangelical magazine is no longer really…
Former Texas youth pastor facing reindictment, new charges
A former youth pastor at four Texas churches is facing a slew of new criminal charges as his long-delayed trial is now set to begin Dec. 1. The new indictment returned by a grand jury three months ago charges Luke…
Megyn Kelly: ‘He wasn’t into, like, 8-year-olds’
Former Fox and NBC News personality Megyn Kelly proclaimed on her Sirius XM podcast that she did not believe at first that Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile because “somebody very, very close to this case” told her Epstein preferred the…
US bishops choose leader accused of ‘enabling’ abusive priests
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops elected conservative Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City as its new president Nov. 11. The move by the American Catholic Church drew both calls for unity from the new leader and a…
ACNA crisis worsens even more
The crisis enveloping the Anglican Church in North America has intensified yet again, with a second woman accusing Archbishop Steve Wood of sexual harassment. The new allegation is part of a revised presentment (formal church complaint) that also includes an…
Vatican signals possible dialogue with new Anglican Communion
The Vatican has signaled it may be open to ecumenical dialogue with the new, conservative breakaway Global Anglican Communion, a move that would upend decades of Catholic-Anglican relations centered on the See of Canterbury, the English church’s historic “first among…
Christian Zionism strikes back
The battle lines have been drawn, and they are theological. On one side is the Nick Fuentes-Tucker Carlson wing of ethno-nationalism, which espouses a form of Catholic integralism or “blood-and-soil” traditionalism. On the other side is the most powerful grassroots…
ACNA crisis deepens
The leadership crisis in the Anglican Church in North America escalated dramatically this week, as Archbishop Steve Wood announced he is taking a temporary leave of absence amid allegations of sexual misconduct and bullying. His appointed replacement, however, immediately faces…
The devil already is in the details of ‘Trump Plan’ for Gaza
The prisoner exchanges and the announcement of the “Trump Plan” for Gaza, brokered by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio were met with a sigh of relief for many Palestinians. Yet, as the dust settles, it’s clear this plan has…
Understanding the complex violence in Nigeria and Trump’s threat
The tragic national security situation in Nigeria has been thrust into the international spotlight anew with a threat from U.S. President Donald Trump. On Oct. 31, Trump designated Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” for “systematic violations of religious…
No Enemies to the Right? Inside the GOP’s new civil war
A new fault line is quickly dividing American conservatism: A political strategy called “No Enemies to the Right.” This philosophy, sometimes abbreviated NETR, operates on a simple logic: All political “punching” must be directed toward the Left, which is seen…