Christian celebrity didn’t sit well with B. J. Thomas. The famous singer of “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” and “(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song,” personally loved Jesus. It was Christ’s followers that were the…
T. D. Jakes on How White Evangelicals Lost Their Way
Bishop T. D. Jakes is one of the most famous pastors in America. His multi-thousand-member Dallas megachurch, the Potter’s House, is just one part of his platform; he’s recorded gospel albums, starred in television broadcasts, led several popular conference series,…
Younger Jews see no contradiction in speaking up for Palestinians
Hadar Cohen spent the first 10 years of her life in Jerusalem, where she grew up with a lot of liturgy and prayer as her family managed a synagogue. Cohen is a Mizrahi Jew, a community whose roots in the…
Unknown Soldier’s precarious journey home included chaplain’s prayer
A century ago, a captain on a storm-tossed Navy ship turned to an onboard chaplain for his specialty: prayer.
Unquestioned support for Israel wasn’t always the way for conservative Christians
Although it’s become normative to associate evangelicals with Christian Zionism or to interpret their alliance as a desire to bring about the end times, such ideological positions were relatively marginal within American Christianity until the Six Day War in 1967—almost…
Lawsuit: Only Christians could apply for jail chaplain job
Applicants for a chaplain’s job at a Maryland county jail had to sign a statement affirming that they are Christians, a Muslim man claims Thursday in a federal lawsuit accusing the county and a contractor of religious discrimination.
Alcohol, Drug, Suicide Deaths Doubled Since ’99
The number of annual deaths in the U.S. from alcohol, drugs and suicide has more than doubled in the past two decades, according to a report from The Well Being Trust published May 12.
Republicans and Democrats switch sides on religion vs. science
Mistrust of the scientific community is affecting the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. But research suggests the religion and science debate wasn’t always this divisive.
Greene’s Holocaust Comparisons Cause New Headaches for G.O.P.
House Republican leaders on Tuesday broke nearly a week of silence about comments by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia comparing mask and vaccine mandates to the treatment of Jews by Nazis during the Holocaust, condemning her language but stopping…
One year after George Floyd’s murder, faith leaders continue the call for racial reckoning
Los Angeles pastor Stephen “Cue” Jn-Marie is quick to point out the movement for Black lives and Black Lives Matter has been going on for eight years, but he believes it was “an act of God” that transformed it last…
Is it safe to sing at church yet? Depends who you ask.
A mix of musical expression is likely to continue as congregations navigate the ‘new normal’ of the continuing pandemic with some people fully vaccinated and some not.
Navy sailors sue for right to wear religiously mandated beards
Four service members have filed suit against the U.S. Navy, asking for a religious exemption from requirements that they shave their beards in violation of their religious beliefs. The lawsuit claims that both the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom…









