Social media was abuzz this week with reaction to Southern Baptist Convention leader Al Mohler appearing on a podcast with Christian nationalist Doug Wilson. The mere fact of them being in conversation is the most notable thing, because what they...
“But when you give a party, ask the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. That is the way to find happiness, because they have no means of repaying you.” — Luke 14:14 In February 2025, President Donald…
In 2023, my two grandmothers died within six weeks of each other — January and February. During that time, I found out a dear friend had cancer. After Easter, she told me her cancer was terminal and she wasn’t interested…
James Talarico, a Democratic state representative in Texas, recently was interviewed on MSNBC and asked by hosts what his views are on the war in Gaza. He responded, “There’s a theologian who said, ‘I screamed at God for the starving…
A pending Supreme Court decision on whether states can ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth represents a pivotal moment in the struggle against Christian nationalism, said Rachel Laser, president of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. “Either you…
“No transgender for everyone,” Donald Trump declared of his second term as president in a controversial social media post Oct. 27. In an 83-word Truth Social post that boasted at least eight flagrant lies, Trump included as part of his…
On Sept. 26, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that the 20 soldiers who participated in the 1890 massacre of hundreds of Lakota men, women and children at Wounded Knee would retain the Medals of Honor awarded to them….
When a Huffington Post reporter recently asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt who chose Budapest as the site for a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladamir Putin, she shot back: “Your mom did.” A moment…
A pressure campaign by billionaire Elon Musk and conservative Christian groups has succeeded: The FBI said Oct. 5 it no longer will work with the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League, two groups that monitor extremism, Associated Press…
The politicization of democracy is one of the most disturbing precedents of Donald Trump’s second presidency, Democracy Forward President Skye Perryman said during a livestreamed conversation with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. American democracy and constitutional freedoms never have endured the…
Honest Americans need a shorthand way of challenging President Donald Trump and his MAGA followers, says Eddie Glaude Jr. of Princeton University. He suggests a simple phrase: “You’re lying.” “Within the context of faith, the Christian tradition, those who claim…
The U.S. military sank Venezuelan vessels at least six times since early September. A strike on Oct. 14 killed six people. After a strike on Oct. 17, the U.S. took survivors into custody, and the death toll from these attacks…
One reason there is such a dissonance between the church and the culture in the United States is because the church has gotten lazy. In the early days of my time in Abilene, Texas, at Crescent Heights Baptist Church, Hardin-Simmons…
