Taxpayer-funded By Dawn’s Early Light woos Trump’s evangelical base

Democratic presidents have targeted Christians and attacked religious freedom for decades, but President Donald Trump is making everything right, claims By Dawn’s Early Light, a taxpayer-funded movie starring Trump administration officials that praises the president’s Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian...

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Alumni pair ask Carson-Newman to revoke Title IX waiver

By Bob Allen Two alumni of Carson-Newman University have written an open letter urging the Baptist-affiliated school to revoke its waiver from a federal law banning discrimination. Travis Cooper and Jared Champion, who graduated from the school located in Jefferson…

Mark Driscoll starts new church in Phoenix

Robert George returns home ‘safe and sound’ after health scare

An open letter to Carson-Newman University

By Travis Cooper and Jared Champion Dear President O’Brien, We write to you regarding Carson-Newman University’s decision to seek and accept a waiver to the provisions of Title IX. In a moment when division and hate abound, we were heartbroken…

Conservatives call for ‘religious freedom,’ but for whom?

Your Christmas nativity scene is a lie

Survey: Same-sex marriage, Pope Francis top religion stories of year

From pride to fear

By Amy Butler Even the memory feels vaguely cheesy, as do most things Disney (in my experience). I was 6 years old; the date was July 4, 1976. For that year of my life my family lived in Orlando, Fla.,…

Will the new ‘Star Wars’ tap into spiritual longing or merely entertain?

By Joe LaGuardia There is a tidal wave of excitement over the seventh installment of the Star Wars franchise, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, to be released this week. Tickets for opening day are nearly sold out, people will camp…

Jerry Falwell Jr., Franklin Graham and the sad effects of terrorism on Christianity

The goal of terrorism is far more complex and far more sinister than just the taking of human life, as painful and devastating as that is. It is to instill a fear — a terror — in those who bear…

Are we finally witnessing the death of Christianity in America?

Several months ago a Pew Research study sparked what almost seem like shouts of glee from those who were eager to declare the impending death of Christianity in America. According to the report, Millennials are leaving the Church in droves…

Mercer student tackles Mid-East travel, anti-Muslim attitudes with fervor

By Jeff Brumley When Macon native and Mercer University student Alayna Williams signed up for a cultural exchange trip to Qatar a few months ago, she and the rest of the family decided not to tell dad. “They didn’t tell…