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Radical Christian theology appears to have shaped Minnesota shooter

The Minnesota man accused of shooting two state legislators and their spouses may have been driven by anti-abortion views shaped by some of the nation’s most radical and potentially violent Christian movements, educated observers say. Vance Boelter, 57, has been…

What’s in a mask?

The first few years I lived outside Alabama, I received the same question by those learning where I grew up: Did you see members of the Ku Klux Klan walking down the street in Alabama? This question was sometimes asked…

What participants saw at No Kings protests across the country

With thousands of Americans showing up in 1,500 cities for “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump Saturday, I wanted to know what motivated people and what they experienced. So I did what any modern journalist would do: I posted…

People I met at the No Kings rally in Nashville

Since more than 80% of evangelical Christians voted for Donald Trump in 2024, when seeking folks to interview at the June 14 No Kings protest in Nashville, Tenn., I sought those bearing religious-oriented posters to explore their perspectives. With several…

Post-COVID, church-shifting has created more ideological agreement

The COVID pandemic facilitated a greater sorting of churchgoers into more ideological groups than before, according to new nationwide data from Hartford Institute for Religion Research. This is one of several key findings from the National Survey of Church Attenders…

God’s hand, sex and 2020 vision

Let’s analyze a political celebrity’s claim about God. For comparison: In summer 1986, while I was on a Christian college mission trip to the Philippines, my parents and my younger sisters were taking a very out-of-the-way route to Myrtle Beach,…

Trump is sending Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans packing

The Trump administration has begun terminating temporary legal status for more than 500,000 migrants awaiting immigration proceedings. The Department of Homeland Security started issuing termination notices June 12 to Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans enrolled in the CHNV parole program….

‘All the Buried Women’ podcast weaves a story of women and abuse in the SBC

Beth Allison Barr is well-known for her two bestselling books — The Making of Biblical Womanhood and Becoming the Pastor’s Wife — but now she’s added podcaster to her resume. Baylor University students know Barr as a history professor, but…

What a database can’t do

It is a dark irony that people who claim to stand for truth can so effectively bury the truth about abuse. Although it never should have been her story, Jennifer Lyell was one of many who bravely reported abuse at…

Where does Sean Feucht’s money come from?

In recent years, Sean Feucht has been everywhere: Singing in Washington, D.C.; engaging in “worship warfare” at every state Capitol and becoming the guitar-strumming frontman for Christian nationalism. What Franklin Graham and Jack Graham and Robert Jeffress have done for…

Finally, an honest conversation about CCM and Gospel music

One recurring story in recent years has been Christian nationalist worship leaders wielding worship as a weapon for dominating their neighbors rather than as a vehicle for liberating them. The insurrection of January 6 unfolded as New Apostolic Reformation charismatics sang worship…

Truett McConnell faculty chairs went straight to trustees

The jury is out on the long-term damage to Truett McConnell University brought by a sexual abuse scandal, but the next few weeks will prove critical. News broke May 29 that a former coed had accused a former vice president…

What you’re not seeing: Tens of thousands of children separated from parents

The way we were

Talarico’s pastor pushes back on Daily Wire’s claims

Spiritual formation is how churches learn whom to hear