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Tennessee appeals court rules against SBC in anonymous accusation of sexual abuse

First, the Southern Baptist Convention got in trouble for not sharing information about known clergy sexual abusers in its congregations; now it is on trial for spreading undocumented allegations against a Tennessee minister. On Jan. 8, the Tennessee Court of…

Zuckerberg’s and Rogan’s masculinity sounds like evangelical complementarians

“It’s also good to know that you can kill people,” Joe Rogan opined in his podcast interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as the men began to giggle. “There’s a certain confidence from that,” Zuckerberg affirmed. “If you could sell…

Memory is the power to gather roses in winter

Editor’s note: Although written about a wildfire that ravaged Malibu, Calif., in 1993 — a fire not nearly as devastating as the Los Angeles-area fires of 2025 — this piece offers important reflections on what it means to be both…

Why did Newsweek publish an op-ed with at least 22 false claims?

Newsweek has published an opinion piece with at least 22 false claims. That piece, “Next Year Will Be the Best America’s Had in a Long Time,” reads as though it came straight from a Trump rally with no fact checkers…

Circular firing squads are an inevitable pitfall in extremist movements

After spending a better part of the last decade investigating extremism, I have learned one thing is consistent within every movement: circular firing squads. Although the group embraces a common disdain for an external enemy, in-fighting somehow always manages to…

Top 10 environmental events of 2024

1. Hottest year on record. 2024 is virtually certain to be the hottest year on record, surpassing the previous hottest year from the prior year, which crushed the next closest year by more than 1 degree. The year included the three…

Study explores American views on both parties’ ‘brands’

Most Americans view Republicans as decisive and proactive as well as inherently dishonest and uncaring, according to a new Navigator Research report. Democrats, on the other hand, are viewed by a majority as a friend to the middle class and…

McCartney inspired Christian men’s movement

Bill McCartney, the acclaimed coach who led Colorado’s moribund football team to a national championship and founded Promise Keepers, a ministry that inspired a nationwide Christian men’s movement and urged believers to confront the sins of racism, died last Friday…

Senators clear the way for Hegseth’s Christian nationalist crusade

It’s hard to find strong enough adjectives to describe the unmitigated disaster the Senate hearing on the nomination of Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense was. Even the few Republicans who had expressed previous concerns about his nomination handled him…

What you’re not seeing: Tens of thousands of children separated from parents

The way we were

Talarico’s pastor pushes back on Daily Wire’s claims

Spiritual formation is how churches learn whom to hear

Tennessee appeals court rules against SBC in anonymous accusation of sexual abuse

Zuckerberg’s and Rogan’s masculinity sounds like evangelical complementarians

Memory is the power to gather roses in winter

Why did Newsweek publish an op-ed with at least 22 false claims?

Circular firing squads are an inevitable pitfall in extremist movements

Top 10 environmental events of 2024

Study explores American views on both parties’ ‘brands’

McCartney inspired Christian men’s movement

Senators clear the way for Hegseth’s Christian nationalist crusade

Of meth sermons and puke dust

Will we be the right kind of light to the world?

Evangelical leaders urge Trump to preserve refugee resettlement program

Pro-Palestinian, pro-Israel symbols to be banned after British government backs NHS antisemitism reforms

Catholic Archdiocese Fires Prominent Exorcist After Unexpected Claim About Demons

Draft of King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ found at Virginia seminary archives

Some Republican governors are rebranding June with conservative alternatives to Pride

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What you’re not seeing: Tens of thousands of children separated from parents

The way we were

Talarico’s pastor pushes back on Daily Wire’s claims

Spiritual formation is how churches learn whom to hear