James Orsen Bakker, who transformed Christian evangelism via television, died Oct. 5 at age 86. Bakker and his first wife, Tammy Faye Bakker, were hosts of the daily TV show The PTL Club and built a Christian vacation village in…
Trump says Iran bombing San Diego and LA would be ‘small price to pay’
Letting Iran bomb Los Angeles and San Diego would be a “small price to pay” for the U.S. intervention in Iran, President Donald Trump told a rally in Grand Island, Neb., Oct. 5. The inflammatory comments have been confirmed by…
Bishop Budde appears in ad urging Americans to vote
Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde appears in a new video ad urging all people to vote. The bishop, who made headlines in January 2025 for urging President Donald Trump at his inaugural prayer service to “have mercy” on immigrants and the…
Jeffress calls Talarico ‘not a Christian’ and ‘evil’
Robert Jeffress escalated his attack on James Talarico in a Sept. 30 podcast conversation with Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas, said Talarico, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Texas, “is not a…
Guess who hasn’t said anything about the Cornell Seven
While most Americans have opinions on the Cornell Seven — the frat boys accused of rape and sexual assault at Cornell University — you know who hasn’t said a darned word publicly about any of this? Russell Moore, Beth Moore,…
Bob Agee, former OBU president, dies days before 88th birthday
Bob Agee, the second-longest-serving president of Oklahoma Baptist University, died Sept. 26 just four days shy of his 88th birthday. Agee led the Shawnee, Okla., school from 1982 to 1998 and is credited with shaping the school amid political and…
Do not become numb to the cruelty of this administration
Another day and another news report of Trump administration cruelty related to immigrants and immigration policies. Yesterday it was 2-year-olds left to represent themselves before immigration judges. Today it was another hard-working immigrant legally living in the United States snatched…
Hegseth plans Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth plans to create an Office of Religious Affairs within the Pentagon that will “strengthen the moral, ethical and spiritual readiness of our warfighters.” Hegseth announced the new office Sept. 30 in a speech laden…
Tennessee botches another execution
For the second time in four months, Tennessee’s death penalty protocol has failed to work. On Wednesday, Sept. 30, inmate Christa Pike was “alive and loudly snoring after the attempted lethal injection and taken by ambulance from the prison,” her…
EEOC demands religious accommodation for anti-trans employee
The Trump administration’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sided with a disgruntled employee who refused to use another employee’s desired gender pronouns. The EEOC announced Sept. 30 it has reached a settlement with Generac Power Systems, a Wisconsin generator manufacturer,…
Judge tosses some of Sills case but allows parts to proceed to trial
Parts of Davd Sills’ defamation case against the Southern Baptist Convention and several of its leaders have been dismissed by a federal judge while other parts will head to trial — short of an out-of-court settlement. U.S. District Judge William…
Fact check: Yes, Talarico’s grandfather was a Baptist pastor
James Talarico’s grandfather was a “moderate” Baptist pastor in the Southern Baptist Convention, and that’s why his grandson is so liberal, Al Mohler claims. On the June 2 episode of Mohler’s “The Briefing” podcast, the president of Southern Baptist Theological…