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SBC Executive Committee can’t cover expenses, seeks extra $3 million

This story was updated Feb. 19 to include a clarification on staff compensation at the SBC Executive Committee. The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee cannot meet its financial obligations this year and needs $3 million in “priority funding” from…

89% of Americans disagree with Trump cutting off US foreign aid

The disruption of U.S. overseas aid operations is placing the Trump administration at odds with a growing majority of the American public, according to a new survey by the University of Maryland’s Program for Public Consultation. The Feb. 6-7 study…

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When I was 5 years old, my father angrily said, “When we get home, you’re getting a spanking.” My mother intervened, saying I had likely heard “that word” on the school bus and didn’t know it was wrong. She was…

‘Neither right nor safe’: The Gulf of Conscience

On April 18, 1521, an Augustinian monk named Martin Luther stood before Charles V, king of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor, and his court comprised of representatives from the nations of Europe. Luther was required to respond to two questions:…

Feeling overwhelmed? Think local, Tyler advises

It can be overwhelming to consider that there won’t be a presidential election for nearly four years, or even the possibility of winning either the House or Senate away from the control of Christian nationalists for another two years. One…

The Christian faith in two sentences

Many years ago, when I served as a youth minister at a Baptist church during college, I took my youth group to a week of summer camp. Near the end of the week, during the evening worship service, the preacher…

Dismantling DEI is about making America white again, Lewis warns

Donald Trump’s prohibition of government diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives has nothing to do with fairness and everything to do with subduing marginalized communities, pastor, activist and author Jacqui Lewis said during a recent episode of “The State of Belief”…

Bishop Budde’s sermon, one month later

Unless you’ve been in a coma, you’re no doubt aware of the sermon Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde gave at a “Service of Prayer for the Nation” held at Washington National Cathedral Jan. 21. The bishop preached a gospel message and…

Trump on Mount Rushmore, Trump birthday federal holiday and more

The attempted deification of Donald Trump and the legislation of Christian nationalism continued unabated last week in the U.S. Congress and state legislatures. Even as Trump declared on social media, “He who saves his country does not violate any law,”…

A reality check on the reach of white Christian nationalism in 7 charts

In the wake of the election of Donald Trump with the strong support of white evangelical and other conservative white Christians, my organization, PRRI, released last week our annual update of the largest ongoing study of Christian nationalism ever conducted….

The guest preacher who was a fortune teller

You don’t often get fortune-telling in a Baptist church, so when it happens, you sit up and take notice. Perhaps “prophecy” is a better descriptor. I was about 13 years old, slightly more concerned with whether a boy was going…

Wake up

There was an urgency to his whisper: “Mary, wake up!” Like any new mother, she was instantly awake, asking, “What’s wrong? Where’s Jesus?” “He’s fine. But we have to go. I’ll explain on the way.” Her husband’s face, lit only…

Rise of American authoritarianism demands a choice, Perryman says

Shaving Dad goodbye

The Enhanced Games were another MAGA grift

It’s bad interpretation, not the Bible, limiting female pastors