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Seven religion-influenced cases pending before US Supreme Court

The Supreme Court soon will hear arguments about tax breaks for charities, school policies on LGBTQ material, Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood, and Oklahoma’s proposed Catholic charter school. The high court also agreed to hear a case on gay conversion…

In Kentucky, a Confederate statue sparks protest and spawns podcast

A Kentucky history professor has launched a new podcast exploring how issues of race, religion and community are symbolized by a Confederate memorial in a rural town near Lexington. “Rebel on Main” also presents a historical and sociological inquiry into…

If Jesus loves me, why is Donald Trump ruining everything?

I heard one of those televangelists preaching at me online the other day, declaring with equal sincerity that Jesus loves me and that Donald Trump is the savior we’ve all been waiting for. I’m having a hard time reconciling these…

Josh Hawley pressured evangelical lawyer to exit Trump administration

Hilary K. Perkins, an evangelical Christian who recently was named the Food and Drug Administration’s top lawyer, already has resigned following a pressure campaign by Sen. Josh Hawley, a fellow believer, and husband to lawyer Erin Hawley, who has battled…

What will your church do, if …

On Dec. 1, 1955, a Black woman named Rosa Parks, sitting in the “no man’s land” of a Montgomery, Ala., bus, declined to relinquish her seat to a white rider as required by law. The refusal led to her arrest…

Focus on the Family bashes DEI, praises rocky economy, promotes Bible in schools

Conservative Christian “pro-family” groups that support President Donald Trump are promoting his attacks on DEI, praising his management of the economy, sending mixed messages about whether women should be leaders, and backing efforts to require Bible reading in public schools….

Now Trump’s allies want to pardon Derek Chauvin

Conservative activists, led by Elon Musk and podcaster Ben Shapiro, are pushing to pardon former Minneapolis police officer and convicted murderer Derek Chauvin. Revising negative narratives — regardless of the truth — has become a runaway train in President Donald…

What I learned at a town hall meeting where our elected officials didn’t show up

I went to a town hall tonight in Little Rock. When I walked in about 10 minutes until time to start, it was a standing room only crowd in a church sanctuary that seats 750 people. I leaned up against…

‘This is no longer just about Palestine; it’s about our collective humanity’

“This is no longer just about Palestine; it’s about our collective humanity,” a Palestinian Christian pastor told the World Methodist Council March 19. Munther Isaac, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem and author of Christ in the…

Trump’s faith adviser selling seven Easter blessings for $1,000 gift

President Donald Trump’s chief faith adviser is selling seven “supernatural blessings” for Easter season gifts of $1,000 or more. On her website and social media, televangelist Paula White has a special offer for what she calls the “Passover season” when…

Become ‘courageous resisters,’ scholar tells UMC women

“Everyday women” of the Civil Rights Movement should inspire Christians today to become “courageous resisters,” according to AnneMarie Mingo. She spoke during a March 18 webinar hosted by United Women in Faith, the worldwide women’s organization of The United Methodist…

Multiple faith groups oppose Huckabee confirmation

The gaping divide between evangelicals and the rest of American Christianity will be on vivid display tomorrow, March 25, as the U.S. Senate holds confirmation hearings for Mike Huckabee, President Donald Trump’s pick to serve as U.S. ambassador to Israel….

‘Be careful of Scripture heavy in law but light on grace,’ Wesley warns

‘Show up and do something,’ ACLU leader urges

From the South Side to the South Lawn and back again

Democracy as a moral practice, not just a system