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Dispute between SMU and UMC body headed to Texas Supreme Court

A five-year-old dispute between Southern Methodist University in Dallas and a multi-state United Methodist Church body over the university’s ownership and governance will come before the Texas Supreme Court for oral arguments Jan. 15. According to a summary on the…

Trump Bible gets special editions, and you’re invited to pay to pray

The God Bless the USA Bible now comes in three special editions, including one commemorating Donald Trump’s second inauguration as president of the United States. Another special edition of the leather-bound KJV Bible is sold as “The Day God Intervened”…

A peaceful January 6 offers little reassurance about our democracy

On Sept. 11, 2024, two months prior to the 2024 election, the Secretary of Homeland Security designated Jan. 6, 2025, as a “National Special Security Event.” The press release announcing this decision explained this designation had been made based on recommendations from…

Trump’s false narrative on January 6 is gaining traction

Four years after the January 6 insurrection at the United States Capitol, the Republican narrative that what happened was peaceful and legitimate appears to be gaining some ground. Not only because Donald Trump — widely credited as the instigator of…

January 6 anniversary vigil calls for Christians to remember and respond

An interfaith prayer vigil lamenting and commemorating the January 6 insurrection called Americans across the religious spectrum to resist the attacks on democracy and social justice anticipated during the second Donald Trump presidency. The fourth annual “Faith in Democracy” vigil…

Letter to the Editor: The misnamed ‘conservative resurgence’

Dear Editor: I enjoyed your recent article on discovering the history of the phrase “conservative resurgence.” I appreciated reading about the frustrating walk you and your colleagues had in describing the events at the time. Pastors and journalists share the…

Speaker Mike Johnson wrongly attributes prayer to Thomas Jefferson

Upon his re-election as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, R-La., read a prayer he said was written by Thomas Jefferson. Problem is, those who have studied the former president’s life and words say there is no…

Richard Bevan Hays: Poet, scholar, theologian, preacher

On Friday, Jan. 3, Richard Hays succumbed to his decade-long battle with cancer. He was 76. Richard was a devoted husband to Judy Cheek Hays and devoted father to their son Chris and daughter Sarah — all of whom are…

Amid New Orleans tragedy, Fox News and MAGA figures tell lies

When Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, plowed his truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year’s Eve — killing at least 15 people — Fox News and leading MAGA politicians immediately unleashed a targeted lie: “An illegal…

Biden’s real successes on immigration will be overshadowed by his failures, panelists say

President Joe Biden’s immigration policy accomplishments likely will be overshadowed by his perceived failure to stem the tide of illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a recent report by the Migration Policy Institute. The study and a panel…

‘He’s only the governor of Georgia …’

I stood at the front of the press corps on the White House lawn on Oct. 6, 1979, as President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter emerged from the front door to greet Pope John Paul II, who had…

My quest to find the origins of the term ‘conservative resurgence’

A few months ago, a former colleague published a video blog in which he confessed he fears he accidentally coined the term “conservative resurgence” in the Southern Baptist Convention. That sent me digging into the depths of the internet and…

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