Bill Bolin, the Michigan pastor who politicized his pulpit and was profiled by author Tim Alberta, now leads a local library board and is intent on “changing the sexual tone and nature of some library policies and practices.” Bolin was…
On Christian activists and the demonization of political discourse
The Apostle Paul told the Ephesian believers to “put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.” Today, some Christian leaders exploit Paul’s words for partisan political purposes, equating the eternal battle…
Trump administration ends protected status for Haitian immigrants
Haitian immigrants who fled chaos and violence to start new lives in the U.S. have wondered if and when the Trump administration would start deporting them. They got their answer Friday, June 27: Their Temporary Protected Status ends Sept. 2….
Robert Morris scandal engulfs a Colorado pastor
Leaders of New Life Church in Colorado Springs announced the resignation of Senior Pastor Brady Boyd Friday evening, 12 days after Boyd promised his flock he knew nothing about the sexual sins of his mentor, Robert Morris, founder of the…
One year after Robert Morris’ confession, things are only worse
It has been one year since megachurch pastor Robert Morris admitted he had sexually abused a child decades earlier and resigned from Gateway Church in Dallas, but the scandal has only grown and now engulfs other leaders in controversies about…
Mike Lindell defamed voting company exec, must pay $2.3 million
A Denver jury this week determined MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell defamed voting company executive Eric Coomer when Lindell falsely claimed Coomer rigged voting machines to steal the 2020 election from Donald Trump and called Coomer “treasonous” and a “traitor” on…
GOP and Christian legal group battle ‘Censorship-Industrial Complex’
“I have stopped all government censorship and brought back free speech in America,” President Donald Trump told Congress in March. “It’s back.” He was referring to one of the many executive orders he signed on inauguration day: “Restoring Freedom of…
Focus on the Family, Turning Point protest ‘hate’ listing by SPLC
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s latest annual “Year in Hate” report documents 1,371 hate and antigovernment extremist groups in the U.S., including three new groups beloved by conservative evangelicals: Focus on the Family, Turning Point USA and PragerU. Focus on…
Politics of Hate shows how groups use faith, Scripture to justify attacks on the ‘other’
Jesus told his disciples to love their neighbors and even their enemies and “those who persecute you.” But today, some of Jesus’ politically active followers have defied that command and “darkened America’s political soul by constructing a biblical justification for…
In emotional testimony, Mike Lindell says he did nothing wrong
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has spent four years and tens of millions of dollars spreading claims the 2020 presidential election was rigged. Now, he’s spending two weeks in a Denver courtroom, fending off defamation charges in a case he calls…
The American Miracle film says ‘divine hand’ guided nation’s founding
The American Miracle: Our Nation Is No Accident is a Christian movie that offers an affirmative answer to the question, “What if God’s divine hand guided the steps of the Founding Fathers, due to their faithfulness to him and belief…
The ‘Dogefather’ leaves the building
Elon Musk, the billionaire industrialist who donated $275 million to help Donald Trump win reelection and then served as the public face of the president’s Department of Government Efficiency, left Washington, D.C., on Friday. Trump celebrated his 130 days of…