It may now seem surprising to many United Methodists, and even more Baptists, that for most of our histories in the United States, all Methodists and Baptists were regularly designated as evangelical denominations. The most important reason is that both...
On Saturday April 5, at simultaneous events across the United States, tens of thousands gathered at more than 1,200 locations to oppose the policies of President Donald Trump, Project 2025 and the actions of Elon Musk and the Department of…
Books by Robert P. Jones, Anthea Butler, Jim Wallis, Maya Angelou and Ibram X. Kendi are among the 381 volumes banned from the U.S. Naval Academy library by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth last week. “It is heartbreaking and frightening…
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order April 1 requiring the Trump administration to resume funding legal services for unaccompanied minors with cases in immigration court. This on-again, off-again drama has taken multiple turns in the past month, including…
Matt Walsh’s views on immigration could be refuted by a fourth grade social studies student. Walsh, an influential conservative blogger, author and political commentator, hosts the podcast “The Matt Walsh Show,” which has 3.2 million subscribers. He is the author…
The United States must be transformed to find the moral compass it needs to survive the deep-seated fear and anger dividing Americans and threatening constitutional democracy, Sojourners President Adam Russell Taylor said. “Part of what we need in this moment…
Donald Trump, who claims he never lost an election that wasn’t rigged or stolen, issued an executive order last week declaring his authority to determine which American citizens can vote, how they vote, when they vote and how results are…
When U.S. President Donald Trump called Christianity Today a “left-wing rag” in December 2019, he was responding to an editorial by Mark Galli titled “Trump Should Be Removed from Office.” Trump fired back, claiming, “I have done more for the…
Note: This is the fourth in a five-part series on the updated Social Principles of The United Methodist Church. Back in 1972, delegates to the first full General Conference of the four-year-old United Methodist Church struggled to adopt a…
In the darkness of night, after sharing the Passover meal with his disciples, Jesus led them to a garden called Gethsemane at the foot of the Mount of Olives. This was not just any garden. Its very name tells a…
Editor’s note: After this column was written, historian Heather Cox Richardson reported that some of her daily posts on American history and life have mysteriously disappeared from Facebook. About a month ago, Presbyterian Outlook, the magazine of the Presbyterian Church…
Earlier this month I attended the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s Advocacy in Action in Washington, D.C. On the fourth day of the gathering we headed to Capitol Hill to meet with our various representatives. On the walk to the six buildings…
In the summer or 1968, as a high school student, I attended Debate Camp at the University of Georgia. During that time, we learned the ins and outs of debate tactics and processes, and we practiced on each other. The…
