There are two children in this story, and the lawsuit can only see one of them. The one it sees is easy to love. A child whose parents are raising them, feeding them, praying over them, and who find out…
A tale of two Black influencers
As you walk up the stairs to the library at the HBCU where I teach, you’ll see two 9-foot-by-5-foot photographic portraits on opposing walls. On one side, W.E.B. Du Bois, on the other, Booker T. Washington, staring at each other,…
Salazar and the Slytherins: When fiction mirrors life
The popular fictional series of J.K. Rowling offers valuable lessons for life, along with ominous warnings about human nature. What might we learn? Harry Potter: Our kids grew up with Harry Potter, the hero of Rowling’s famous literary series. Beginning…
Surely this Christian university would have banned Amos too
On May 7, Christina Littlefield, the woman who revised and updated my 2009 book, Christian America and the Kingdom of God, was banned, was banished by her Christian university, was told that for 15 months, without permission from the dean,…
What kind of people are we becoming?
The following comments were given by the author on Saturday, Oct. 10, at a Dallas rally against the death penalty. I speak today as a Christian, mindful of the ancient conviction expressed in Genesis that every human being is…
Robert Jeffress should not be trusted with a Bible
Major freeways in North Dallas are adorned with billboards proclaiming that First Baptist Church of Dallas is “built on the Bible.” If that’s so, why does the church’s pastor not seem to understand what the Bible teaches? Fresh off his…
The state doesn’t need my eyes
On what must have been a dark day in the first century, leaders of the Roman Empire began loading exotic animals into crates. Lions, leopards and crocodiles were led down ancient routes. Via Salaria, the “Salt Road,” and Via Latina…
122 babies: The USS Lincoln
One hundred twenty-two babies. One hundred twenty-two new beginnings. And fathers who spent months defending a nation while missing the first moments of their children’s lives. On Oct. 8, 2026, the USS Abraham Lincoln returned to San Diego after 321…
Baptists should be burdened about world freedoms
The older I become, the more I appreciate and reaffirm that my baptistic theology is one that offers the world — beginning with America — solid principles by which to live respectfully with neighbor. Even if only the four foundational…
Justice does not require spectators
Nearly 20 years ago, I opposed the execution of Saddam Hussein. Not because I believed Hussein was innocent. His regime was responsible for brutality, repression, torture and death on a staggering scale. I opposed his execution because I could not…
Go ahead and livestream that firing squad execution!
I’m glad Pete Hegseth wants to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan. Not because I support the death penalty; I don’t. And not because I think firing squads are humane; they’re not. And not because I think…
If she lived in the wrong state, my daughter could have died
The call came in the early evening on a summer’s day. “Mama, I’m in the hospital. “I’m OK, but they’re saying I’ve had an ectopic pregnancy. They’ll be taking me to surgery soon.” I was in shock. She had just…