Country music singer Lee Greenwood’s enduring patriotic hit “God Bless the USA” is the inspiration behind a new custom Bible.
As trust between Israeli Jews and Arabs reaches new lows, Netanyahu rises again
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators in the world’s capitals in mid-May 2021 blamed the Israeli government for recent bloodshed in Israel and Gaza, and called on world leaders to pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu into calling a ceasefire. Protesters emphasized the perceived power imbalance between Israel and Palestine….
What Joe Biden Puts in the Collection Plate
Joe and Jill Biden gave $1,000 to St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church last year, the Greenville, Delaware, congregation where the president regularly receives Communion and visits the graves of his first wife and two of his children. The Bidens gave…
Franklin Graham urges evangelicals to get vaccinated before it’s ‘too late’
Franklin Graham pleaded with evangelical Christians to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in an interview with Axios that appeared over the weekend on HBO, saying, “I want people to know that COVID-19 can kill you.”
US climate envoy Kerry meets with pope on climate crisis
John Kerry, President Joe Biden’s climate envoy, met privately with Pope Francis on Saturday, afterward calling the pope a “compelling moral authority on the subject of the climate crisis” who has been “ahead of the curve.”
Houses Of Worship Grapple With The Vaxxed And Unvaxxed Divide
Worship online just isn’t the same, even after a year of getting used to it. Yet widespread vaccinations haven’t resolved all the questions of how to gather again, despite the eagerness of congregants to see each other again.
How purity culture and anti-Asian racism intersect in some white evangelical circles
The intersection of purity culture and anti-Asian racism is familiar to many Asian American Christian women, who say there’s long been a connection between the two among white, conservative Christians.
Christians Can Learn from Muslims. But There Are Lines We Shouldn’t Cross.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve witnessed firsthand how painful, exhausting, and occasionally frightening it is to live among people who passionately disagree. In this maelstrom of masks, quarantines, vaccines, and lockdowns, we’ve often forgotten how to love our brothers, sisters,…
US hits China and others for repressing religious freedom
The Biden administration on Wednesday took aim at China and a number of other countries for repressing religious freedom as it forges ahead with its aim of restoring human rights as a primary focus of American foreign policy.