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When political leadership uses religion as a tool of power

One of the most troubling trends in modern leadership is the growing use of religion as a political instrument. The practice is not new. Political leaders, especially where democratic institutions are weak, have learned that religion reaches people at the…

The role of Christian ethnic militias in Nigeria’s violence

An urgent prayer request came from my Fulani Christian friend in Nigeria July 11. His relatives were in danger: “Soldiers arrived suddenly and started chasing everyone. They arrested four men and stampeded the cows, which promptly got into the nearby…

There was more to Aunt Leila’s dining room table

Growing up in Youngstown, Ohio, I lived with a sense of youth and an aloofness to social issues. It’s not that I didn’t care about the struggle for fairness, equality and love or even about social justice; none of that was…

Expanded sports betting is harming student athletes

On Jan. 14, 2023, the Dayton Flyers held a comfortable halftime lead over the VCU Rams. ESPN gave the Flyers a 95.8% probability of winning the game. The Flyers came out of the locker room and proceeded to implode. With…

Lonely people who need the church

Please don’t tell me if The Martian makes it home or the Gone Girl is gone for good. For reasons I can’t explain I read novels 10 to 15 years after they are on the bestseller list. I just read…

Court overrules Trump ban on visas based on nationality

The Trump administration broke U.S. law with a policy denying visas to people based on nationality, a federal court has ruled. U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas in New York held Aug. 21 that the 75-nation ban exceeded U.S. Secretary of…

Trial date set for former Truett McConnell VP

A trial date has been set for a former vice president of Truett McConnell University in Cleveland, Ga., who was accused of a years-long illicit relationship with a former student and staffer. The relationship itself is not what will be…

EEOC pursues claim against Apple for religious accommodation

Apple Inc. will pay $150,000 and update its religious-observance policies to settle a discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. EEOC said the litigation resulted from Apple’s refusal to grant a Jewish employee time off for sabbath…

Let’s define our terms on ‘sex’ and ‘gender’

On Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14168, “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government,” which directed government agencies to replace the term “gender” with “sex” in all federal documents…

Supreme Court’s majority won’t preempt Trump’s mail ballot threats

The U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump administration an emergency appeal Aug. 24 allowing the president to implement portions of an executive order that threatens mail-in voting in the midterm elections in November. The action clears the way for the…

In Texas, this math doesn’t add up to gospel

For most of my life I knew a truth about myself that I could not say out loud. I carried a badge in a Texas town. I raised children. I have been married to the same person for 46 years….

Does Methodist connectionalism serve large and small churches equally?

The battle between Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas and its regional governing body in The United Methodist Church may boil down to whether large and small churches in the denomination can continue to operate by the same governing…

Go ahead and livestream that firing squad execution!

Pete Hegseth’s gospel of violence

Baptists should be burdened about world freedoms

GOP faithful warn of communism, promote Trump’s faith policies