On March 7, 2014, Brian Simmons spoke at Harvest Time Church, an Assemblies of God congregation in Greenwich, Connecticut. He encouraged the crowd to follow God’s will, regardless of their own human qualifications. He gave examples of biblical heroes who had been…
Israel’s Ben-Gvir advocates killing ’30 to 40′ people in Gaza nightly while speaking to ex-hostage
An extremist Israeli lawmaker in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition publicly advocated for killing “30 to 40” people in Gaza each night, comments that surfaced Sunday and were quickly shared by Palestinian media.
The Innocuous-Sounding Glue That Binds the Global Right
The majority of the homepage is occupied by a pair of buildings. On the left is the 2000-year-old Roman Pantheon, whose famous inscription informs the onlooker that “Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius built this during his third consulship.” On the…
Want To Solve A Murder? Ask An Anglican Priest For Help.
There’s something about priests solving murders in small towns that people love. From “Father Brown” to “Broadchurch” to “Wake Up Dead Man” to “Evil” to South Korea’s “The Firey Priest,” it’s fascinating to see how common the trope is when…
India Halts Passage of Bill Targeting Christian Nonprofits
Amid sustained pressure by Christian groups, the Indian government decided not to bring before Parliament a controversial bill that would have led to Christian organizations losing their properties.
Minnesota’s Democratic nominee is an Israel critic – but she is not El-Sayed 2.0
Peggy Flanagan, the likely next senator from Minnesota, defeated a moderate pro-Israel congresswoman, accuses Israel of genocide and says she would oppose offensive weapons sales to Israel.
Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit alleging antisemitism at Harvard University
A federal judge in Boston on Thursday dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit that accused Harvard University of turning a blind eye to harassment of Jewish students.
Department of Homeland Security Spied on Churches in the Twin Cities
According to documents filed in federal court this week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent undercover agents into church buildings to track activists attending events at Lutheran, Baptist, Episcopal, and Universalist churches in Minnesota’s Twin Cities (and an event…
Food bank stops supplying church after pastor called Native American ritual ‘idol worship’
A Wyoming church located on a Native American reservation has filed a federal complaint against a local food bank it accused of discrimination after the church’s pastor garnered headlines for denouncing the Sun Dance ritual of the Northern Arapaho Tribe…
Trump’s Racist Post About Abdul El-Sayed And His Wife Was Very Telling
We have reached the point in Donald Trump’s presidency where his Islamophobia is so recycled and predictable that it hardly registers as news — but one of his recent posts reached a new level of both cluelessness and racism.
For refugees to the US, discrimination can make healthcare harder to get
Newly arrived refugees resettling in the United States face ending one long journey and embarking on another as they begin their new life here. But even after years of displacement, people who came to the U.S. as refugees still face significant…
Pope Leo hat giveaway turns White Sox game into the church of baseball
On a hot August night on the South Side of Chicago, Rate Field, home of the White Sox, turned into a church of baseball, filled to capacity with true believers who sang, passed the peace, cheered on a celebrity nun…