Evangelical obsession over gender is ascending to heaven now. In March, Christianity Today published a piece titled “Our Gender on Earth as In Heaven: Will Our Gender Be Removed or Renewed in the Resurrection?” The author, Fellipe do Vale, is…
Like the Quakers, can we imagine peace between Israel and Hamas?
In what may seem an exercise in futility, the Quakers have produced a peace proposal for Hamas and Israel. I have great respect for the Quakers, starting with the influence they had on President Abraham Lincoln. I have been greatly…
A newspaper, a religion and a dance troupe producing misinformation
Billboards have sprung up across the nation with a simple message in bright colors: “#1 Trusted News: TheEpochTimes.com.” The text is accompanied by a photo of an unidentified everyman. Problem is, there’s not a shred of data to back up…
Why is there a growing trend toward elder governance in Southern Baptist churches?
There is a growing trend among Southern Baptist churches to adopt an elder-based model over the traditional congregational model. In Baptist churches, the concept of elder-led polity refers to a specific form of church governance where elders play a central role in decision-making and…
Trump’s perverted and violent rhetoric requires a response
Donald Trump reposted a video to his personal social media website depicting President Joe Biden with his hands and feet tied together in the back of a pickup truck. Disgusting, but what’s new? Observing Trump’s perverse rhetorics — visual and…
What should we make of the curious case of Wendell Berry and a University of Kentucky painting?
Judge Thomas Wingate, circuit judge for the 48th judicial district in Franklin County, Ky., has dismissed a lawsuit filed by writer and Kentucky farmer Wendell Berry and his wife, Tanya. Their suit sought to stop the University of Kentucky from removing a…
Here comes a progressive response to demagogic and authoritarian politics
As the 2024 election looms over us like a dark cloud, many Americans are fearful of the outcome. Will Donald Trump win a second term? Even asking the question has driven me to my Bible and my bourbon (Pappy Van…
The evangelical campaign against abortion faces three big pushbacks this year
Abortion presents a profound moral issue on which Americans have hotly contested emotional arguments. When it comes to the 2024 election, a Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds women of reproductive age (18 to 49), Black women and women who live…
Marjorie Taylor Greene and the toxic trope of the rapist-murderer-racial other
The murder of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley on the campus of the University of Georgia Feb. 22 has drawn national media interest and political activity. Right-wing movers and shakers have especially been galvanized by this one murder. I think I…