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Franklin Graham says Trump ‘stands with truth’

Donald Trump is a truth-teller and Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde is a liar, evangelist Franklin Graham told hosts of the Newsmax show “American Agenda” yesterday. “Trump stands with truth,” Graham declared. “As president, if Trump tells you something, he’s going…

Trump vs. MLK: Drawing inspiration for the struggle ahead

It is one the glaring ironies of modern American history that Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States at noon on the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday. This was not the first time…

Contrasting two second inaugurals

Permit me to begin with a confession. After writing several op-eds for Baptist News Global regarding the presidential contest of 2024, it became clear to me America’s collective decision was to return America’s First Felon to the White House. That…

Basham and others link criticism of Budde to threat of female preachers

Conservative outrage over Episcopal bishop Mariann Budde’s appeal to President Donald Trump to show mercy is symptomatic of the heresy afflicting the Southern Baptist Convention, according to social media influencer Megan Basham. In response to Budde’s Tuesday sermon on unity…

The American church has betrayed its southern neighbors

The weekend before Donald Trump’s inauguration, I was at a worship service. However, it was not among the privileged of society in one of the numerous American megachurches; it was with a group of asylum seekers on the Mexican side…

Judge dismisses Yandell v. Kanakuk claims, but litigation may proceed

A Missouri judge ruled in favor of Kanakuk Kamps Jan. 17, stifling a claim by an abused camper that leaders of the Christian camp for children committed fraud and civil conspiracy against Logan Yandell. This is a rare win for…

A plea for courage

Thank you, Bishop Mariann Budde. Where are the rest of them, the folks who proclaim the Christian faith and yet never would dare stand before the president to ask for mercy for our sisters and brothers who deserve mercy? Where…

CBF pledges to keep serving immigrants

Despite Donald Trump’s executive orders attempting to shut down all immigration into the United States, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship says it will continue to serve immigrants and refugees in Jesus’ name. “We attend to the hungry and thirsty because Jesus…

Beyond Project 2025: MAGA populism’s religious plurality

The fears around Project 2025 were overblown by the Harris campaign, and that may be dangerous. In the 2024 election, talk of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 was ubiquitous among liberal voters. Kamala Harris pressed Donald Trump on the issue…

Tikkun olam for today

Woven tenderly into the spiritual tapestry of Judaism is the mending thread of tikkun olam, a phrase which has to do with repairing the world, making things better for the whole human family and all creation. Tikkun olam, a call…

Trump at the National Cathedral: We’ve already fought this war

What did Donald Trump think would happen when he showed up at Washington National Cathedral Tuesday morning for the traditional interfaith prayer service attached to most presidential inaugurations since 1933? Did he think the Episcopal Church would change its theology…

Is this what you voted for?

On Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump commuted the sentences of the paramilitary members who had been convicted of (or who had pled guilty to) seditious conspiracy for their part in the January 6 insurrection at the U.S….

The wicked are punished — or not

What Ryan Burge sees in America’s megachurches

We are a nation of immigrants

As worldwide deaths mount, Musk insists DOGE cuts didn’t kill anyone