Less than a week after a pastor announced a challenge to Al Mohler for president of the Southern Baptist Convention, another pastor also joined the race. But unlike the other two candidates who spent the last year promoting Donald Trump…
From Biden’s giant Bible to Christian flags waved by rioters, ‘religion’ means different things to different people and different eras
The Bible featured prominently in the inauguration. In fact, three were used in the swearing-in ceremonies – Kamala Harris used both Thurgood Marshall’s and one belonging to a friend; Joseph Biden used a 128-year-old family Bible.
In Biden’s Cabinet, Catholics and Jews dominate
Joe Biden’s Cabinet is set to make history in a number of ways.
Biden Invokes Augustine in Call for American Unity
In his inaugural address calling for national unity, President Joe Biden turned to Christian teachings, including the Psalms and St. Augustine, to acknowledge the pain of the current political moment and his desire to bring Americans together around common values.
St. Matthew’s Cathedral, where Biden attended pre-inauguration Mass, has long been a place where politics and faith meet
Prior to being sworn in as the 46th president of the United States – and only the second Catholic to hold the post – Joe Biden attended Mass.
North Dakota lawmaker sorry for mass email of QAnon video
A Republican state representative from North Dakota apologized for sending a video from the QAnon movement to all of his fellow lawmakers over the weekend, saying he mistakenly thought it was a message from President Donald Trump.
Mohler Faces SBC Presidential Challenge from the Right
After 14 controversy-filled months as the only announced candidate for the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Al Mohler will face at least one challenger in the vote this June. On Wednesday (Jan. 13), a Baptist pastor from Georgia…
Biden’s Big Bible Is Heavy with History, Symbolism
Donald Trump once claimed that Joe Biden would “hurt the Bible” if he became president, but the copy of the Scripture that Biden is bringing to the inauguration looks like it might hurt you if you tried to lift it.
How the Ebenezer Baptist Church has been a seat of Black power for generations in Atlanta
The high-stakes U.S. Senate race in Georgia catapulted the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church back into the spotlight. For 135 years, the church played a vital role in the fight against racism and the civil rights movement. It was the spiritual home of…