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Religious freedom is for Christians only, says Jenna Ellis

America’s guarantee of religious freedom is for Christians only, not Muslims, claimed former Trump election fraud attorney and podcast host Jenna Ellis and her guest, virulent anti-Muslim activist and “priest” Calvin Robinson, in a recent podcast, “America Under Divine Judgment.”…

A sermon we’ll never forget

A few weeks ago, on the occasion of our church’s Children’s and Youth Sunday, I co-preached with a 10-year-old girl. She and I have known one another for a good long while now. I came to First Baptist on St….

Why Tanner Horner should not be executed

On Nov. 30, 2022, 7-year-old Athena Strand was kidnapped and murdered by FedEx driver Tanner Horner. Horner was at Strand’s house delivering a package when he instead abducted and then later murdered the young girl. When arrested by police, he…

Who has the hardest time immigrating to America?

Nationals from 10 African countries face the steepest barriers to entering the U.S. for business, study, tourism or residency, according to a new study by a Florida law firm specializing in immigration. Senegal, Burundi and Nigeria are at the top…

SPLC pleads not guilty to feds’ fraud charges

The Southern Poverty Law Center pleaded not guilty to 11 fraud-related charges and is tentatively set to face trial Oct. 5 in an Alabama federal court. SPLC Interim President Bryan Fair entered the plea May 7 to the indictment handed…

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Dream for America offers alternative to TPUSA

An organization created to organize liberal high school and college students against Turning Point USA is steadily gaining ground on U.S. campuses. And the task is an urgent one, said William He, the 19-year-old CEO of Dream for America, an…

Kanakuk leader Joe White announces retirement

Joe White, the embattled leader of Kamp Kanakuk in Missouri, will retire at the end of this summer camping season, he announced. That does not mean he will relinquish ownership of the camp, however. White and Kanakuk have been embroiled…

Abuse reformers launch ‘Against the Clock’ in Missouri

No More Victims Alliance has launched a new advocacy campaign called “Against the Clock” in response to the stalling of two statute of limitations reform bills in Missouri as part of its national effort to expand abuse survivor access to justice….

Greg Abbott is on a campaign against religious liberty

One year ago, I wrote about how Texas Gov. Greg Abbott amplified a racist, Islamophobic tweet to further a conspiracy theory about a North Texas Muslim community. The conspiracy was that the planned community, EPIC City, was going to enact…

‘It’s not an idol,’ Trump-loving pastor declares

The South Carolina pastor who prayed over a 22-foot-high golden statue of President Donald Trump last week says it is not an idolatrous golden calf as described in the book of Exodus. Mark Burns is a self-appointed pastor who previously…

Young Daniel and his three friends would like a word

We’ve seen it, the gold-plated 22-foot statue erected at the Trump Doral Golf Club, blessed by one of his court priests, evangelical pastor Mark Burns, paid for by the Presidents Crypto Bros. The pose is his defiant hand raised at…

Nobody dislikes Southern Baptists more than Al Mohler

Trump EEOC claims more religious discrimination on vaccine mandates

What I wish Christians knew about Sharia Law

On telling a brother he is going to hell