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...
Most of the time, when people say, “Just joking,” they’re not joking at all. Often, we use “just joking” as a cover when we’ve trotted out ideas we know will be controversial or hurtful but we want to say them…
Americans’ competing visions of what “religious liberty” means came into full view May 1 as President Donald Trump created a Religious Liberty Commission that was immediately denounced by watchdogs of traditional religious liberty. “This order accelerates the collapse of our…
Dr. Phil has something to say about religious liberty and public education. The TV therapist made popular by Oprah has taken a very public conservative bent lately, and this week he wrote an op-ed for the New York Post explaining…
They’ve arrested a judge. Not for corruption. Not for embezzlement. Not for abuse of power. But for what some are calling an act of conscience. On April 25, Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was taken into federal custody by…
Twenty-five year ago, give or take, I asked myself a rather straightforward question: “Why is it seemingly impossible to have peace in the Middle East?” After expending a quarter century in research, shedding blood, sweat and tears in the process,…
Leaders of United Methodist-affiliated colleges and universities are expanding their resistance to Trump administration efforts to interfere in the nation’s educational institutions. The movement began in late February when Roland Fernandes, top executive of the General Board of Higher Education…
When President Donald Trump claimed about his tariffs, “Only the weak will fail,” he revealed a philosophy — or theology — of the most perverse and evil magnitude. Trump demonstrated he’s not the ringmaster in a circus of clowns. The…
Dear Editor: I read the article about Second Baptist Church of Houston with great interest. I am a longtime member of a Baptist church and a professional registered parliamentarian. I have served various churches and religious organizations as a professional parliamentarian…
The Southern Baptist Convention has lost nearly one-fourth of its members in the past two decades. The latest report from the SBC’s Lifeway Christian Resources shows total membership in SBC churches nationwide fell to 12,722,266 in 2024 — a loss…
As Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, I’m happy to return the Department to its mission-minded focus of helping the most vulnerable and often-forgotten Americans find affordable homes. That’s why, in February, I stopped enforcement of the…
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed open April 30 to permitting the use of taxpayer dollars to fund the nation’s first religious public charter school. Their reasoning during oral arguments about the case of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic…
Dear Editor: In response to the Supreme Court’s argument on religious public schools, April 30: To students of Colonial American history and the Bill of Rights, this is a potential big deal and worthy of attention. Colonial Baptists, Quakers, Presbyterians…
