“As a Christian I certainly believe that’s possible,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo responded when asked by CBN whether Trump is a new Esther, who in the Bible convinced the king of Persia not to slaughter the Jewish people.
‘This could have been their 9/11 moment’
A generation of young American Muslims is coming of age in a time when a mass shooting at a mosque is horrifying, but not surprising.
Most US Christians find Trump signing Bibles inappropriate: poll
A Morning Consult poll released March 18 shows nearly two-thirds of Christians in the U.S. found it inappropriate when President Donald Trump signed the covers of at least two Bibles earlier this month at a Southern Baptist church in Alabama…
China tells Christianity to be more Chinese
Is this a case of government oppression or the Chinese church coming into its own? How to understand “sinicization.”
Pompeo: All faiths will have ‘something to say’ on forthcoming peace plan
A briefing with a small group of media outlets caused controversy after a member of the State Department press corps reportedly was invited to take part in the call and then disinvited after being told the call was limited to…
Rabbis express concern about excesses of Purim celebrations
According to the Code of Jewish Law, a person is obligated to drink enough alcohol on Purim to be unable to differentiate between cursing Haman and blessing Mordechai, but Jewish leaders have become alarmed by the excessive use of alcohol…
White evangelicals are still the heart of Trump’s base
You get the impression that Trump’s support in this specific demographic — his best — has dropped as evangelical leaders argue over his “divisive” views and behavior. That’s very misleading.
Pompeo briefing on world religious freedom given exclusively to ‘faith-based media’
“Can’t recall religion being a test before for journalists,” tweets NBC’s Andrea Mitchell on the secretary of state’s exclusive talk before Mideast trip.
Evidence of improper voting raises questions about Methodist gay clergy vote
United Methodist Church officials admitted this week that some of the votes cast during its recent special session on sexuality may have been invalid.
Knowing and preaching the Jewish Jesus
“If to get a good message you need to make Judaism look bad, then you don’t have a good message.”
LGBTQI ‘Equality Act’ enjoys broad support; there’s just one problem
Though an estimated 70 percent of the overall population supports nondiscrimination protections for LGBT people, and a new survey shows that a majority of every religious group agrees, there remains at least one significant hurdle.
Will Bibles designed for the Instagram generation get millennials into religion?
The Christian startup Alabaster expects to sell nearly $1 million worth of religious books this year.