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Mohler will propose new amendment against women

Al Mohler will propose a new variation on the “Law Amendment” when the Southern Baptist Convention meets in Orlando next month. The president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., announced May 18 he will propose an amendment to…

Second Baptist Houston lawsuit headed to trial

A lawsuit brought against leaders of Second Baptist Church of Houston will proceed to a jury trial scheduled for July 27, now that mediation efforts failed. Nothing more about the mediation efforts is publicly stated, as the letter from the…

McLean Bible Church case gets new life in appeals court ruling

A long-running legal dispute between leadership of McLean Bible Church and members who have accused Pastor David Platt of attempting to take over the church got new life — yet again — May 19. The Virginia Court of Appeals remanded…

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Clock runs out on abuse reform legislation in Missouri

Statute of limitations reform legislation died last Friday after the Missouri Legislature adjourned without passing at least one of the companion bills, SJR-93 and HJR-130, despite the Against the Clock advocacy campaign urging voters to call their representatives and emphasize…

Cindy Clemishire Act does not advance in Oklahoma

Last week, the Oklahoma legislation known as the “Cindy Clemishire Act” died after the state Senate adjourned early, without calling the bill to a floor vote. This came just one day after its unanimous passage out of the Senate Judiciary…

Author debunks America’s ‘Christian past that wasn’t’

The audacity of Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick only scratches the surface of the lies generations of Christian nationalists have been telling in order to remake America in their own religious image, according to Warren Throckmorton, author of The Christian…

Malcolm X at 101

If Malcolm X were alive in 2026, he would likely be less shocked by America’s contradictions than many Americans are. Why? Because Malcolm spent his life warning us. Born May 19, 1925, Malcolm X evolved from a street survivor into…

Because I shook John Lewis’ hand

Some of you who have seen the movie Ocean’s 13 may remember the line near the end when George Clooney’s character, Danny Ocean, confronts Al Pacino’s character, Willie Bank, with this gem: “You should know better. You shook Sinatra’s hand.”…

Harry Fosdick wants a word with Seven Mountains Dominionists

On May 21, 1922, Harry Emerson Fosdick broke the spell of Christian fundamentalism in a single sermon, “Shall the Fundamentalists Win?” After more than 100 years, his words still sting those of a fundamentalism inclination. In fact, Fosdick’s critique fits…

Postcards from Rededicate 250

My wife, Jodi Kanter, is a performance studies scholar. Over the years, she’s taught me how to read a stage. As I made my way onto the green grass of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Sunday, even before I…

What I saw and heard in DC this weekend

Evangelicals flocked to Washington, D.C., over the weekend to attend the Trump administration’s “Rededicate 250” event on Sunday, which was billed as “rededicating” the country to being “one nation under God.” The night before Trump’s official event — funded by public money…

3 views on Donald Trump held by American Christians

US megachurches report strong rebound from pandemic

Baptists need to speak up again for religious liberty

What in hell became of heaven?