When Ben Cole and I sat down with Jodi Chapman in Nashville two days ago, we did not realize the incredible timing of what was about to take place. We were recording a new episode of our “Stuck in the…
Now Ryan Walters wants TPUSA in every Oklahoma high school
The Oklahoma leader who wants a Trump Bible in every classroom and who commanded all students to pray for the president now wants to use the power of the state to establish Turning Point USA chapters in all 451 public…
Assemblies of God seeks to shield top exec from deposition
The Assemblies of God seeks to shield its top leader from being deposed in a court case related to sexual abuse in a popular AOG campus ministry. The General Council of the Assemblies of God says Doug Clay, general superintendent,…
SBC Executive Committee won’t pursue countersuit against Hunt
After some debate, the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee declined to accept a suggestion to go on the legal offensive against Johnny Hunt. Hunt, a former SBC president, filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the SBC for defamation after he was…
Iorg compares SBC’s diverse giving to gender dysphoria
Selective giving to the Southern Baptist Convention Cooperative Program budget is like believing children can choose their gender, Jeff Iorg told members of the SBC Executive Committee Sept. 22. Iorg, president of the Executive Committee, addressed the gathering on the…
‘We are on the side of God,’ Stephen Miller says
Enemies of the MAGA movement “have nothing,” Stephen Miller said at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service Sunday morning. But conservatives, on the other hand, “are on the side of God.” Miller, who has been called the mastermind behind the most controversial…
White pastors lash out at Black pastor’s comments on Charlie Kirk
White Calvinist pastors in the Southern Baptist Convention are attempting to cancel a Black Southern Baptist pastor because they don’t like what he said about Charlie Kirk. Tom Buck, a Southern Baptist gadfly who is pastor of First Baptist Church…
ERLC quits Evangelical Immigration Table
The Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission has broken ties with the Evangelical Immigration Table. The national group’s mission is “to encourage distinctly biblical thinking about issues of immigration” and advocate for “public policies consistent with biblical values.”…
Texas curriculum fight offers lessons in advocacy, Tyler says
The new “Bluebonnet” curriculum in Texas furthers the mythology of America as a Christian nation and tries to “indoctrinate that history at a very early age for young Texans,” according to Amanda Tyler. Tyler, who leads Baptist Joint Committee on…
Prof reviews proper and improper uses of Bible in public schools
The Bible has not been banned from public schools, but there are appropriate and inappropriate ways to use it there, a professor told a summit on religion and public education Sept. 16. Mark Chancey, professor of religious studies at Southern…
The First Amendment is for we, not just thee
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees five related freedoms, and all five are under attack today by the Republican Party. That is not a partisan statement; it is a fact. The modern-day GOP, overtaken by Donald Trump and…
Interfaith work called key to preserving religious liberty in public education
“Interfaith work is at the center of the work to save this country,” Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum told a summit on religious freedom in public schools Sept. 15. Kleinbaum, senior rabbi emerita at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York City,…