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...
Donald Trump’s de facto campaign slogan throughout the 2024 presidential season was, “I am your retribution.” In countless ways during his first 100 days in office as the 47th president, Trump has seemed hell-bent on proving he meant it. Sometimes…
The American people “should be taking a victory lap” because of the success of President Donald Trump’s implementation of Project 2025, the head of the Heritage Foundation told National Public Radio April 30. In an interview with “All Things Considered”…
When Donald Trump abruptly fired Doug Emhoff and other Biden appointees from the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, it wasn’t just a petty political maneuver — it was a warning flare about how empire behaves when it fears truth-tellers. This is…
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In June 2015, my wife and I were on a mission trip with students at a church where I previously served as a youth pastor. The trip had all the makings of a typical youth excursion; students leaving things behind,…
Every presidential administration uses messaging to manipulate facts and explain inconvenient truths. But Trump 2.0 rivals the Ministry of Truth from George Orwell’s 1984 in its assaults on language, logic and memory. Winston Smith and the other dedicated messengers who…
Toward the end of the movie Conclave, members of the College of Cardinals regroup following a series of bomb explosions that have rocked the Vatican. After a seasoned cardinal demands militant action against Muslims, a younger Cardinal speaks: No, my…
While many express concern about Paula White’s leadership in the White House Faith Office due to her adherence to the prosperity gospel and her bizarre, tongue-speaking prophecies for Donald Trump, one of the surprising developments of this past week was…
A Missouri Senate committee approved legislation to place the Ten Commandments in public-school classrooms, but not before rewriting the Scriptures to conform with conservative political ideology, said Brian Kaylor, a Baptist minister and leader of a clergy coalition opposed to…
President Donald Trump’s tariffs are difficult to parse as viable economic policy. While he claims they will be good for the country, the obvious conclusion is that they are bad medicine that will not cure us but make us more…
Just days after President Donald Trump’s task force to fight anti-Christian bias held its first meeting, a prominent pastor was arrested for praying in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Pastor William Barber and two other people were arrested by…
Immigrants must be treated with the dignity and respect required by faith and the due process afforded under the law, a coalition of Dallas-area faith leaders demanded during an April 28 press briefing. The event was presented by the Interfaith…
