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How will Trump’s victory influence the Israel-Gaza conflict?

Kamala Harris mainly evaded the Israeli-Gaza conflict during her presidential campaign, largely because anything she said would invite harsh criticism from one segment of the diverse Democratic coalition. Now that Donald Trump is headed back to the Oval Office, how…

Living as aliens

Last Tuesday, we elected a convicted felon, a mediocre businessman and a weak leader to be the 47th president of the United States. First, the part about being a convicted felon and being charged with other crimes. I started to…

Data show harsh anti-immigration practices do not work

Harsh anti-immigration policies do not dissuade migrants from repeatedly attempting to enter the U.S., according to an online panel of migration experts convened by the Center for Migration Studies. So-called “prevention through deterrence” tactics, like building border walls, restricting asylum…

The Servant-God, not Trump, is Lord of All

In September 2021, a massive billboard promoting Donald Trump loomed high above Highway 27 in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., with the words of Isaiah 9:6, a biblical text long cherished by Christians, emblazoned over an American flag: “Unto us a son…

Abolitionist cites reasons to campaign against death penalty

Among the many failings of capital punishment is its disproportionate use against people of color, its failure to deter violent crime and the spiritual and emotional trauma it inflicts on families, jurors and prison guards, death penalty abolitionist Michael Stone…

A tribute to my sister, missionary Nancie Wingo

The horror of death and destruction now crippling the Middle East, euphemistically known as “The Holy Land,” finds me constantly defaulting to one overriding emotion: Gratitude. And no, that is not a typo. I’m grateful my late sister, Nancie Wingo,…

Exvangelical author seeks to confront and console

At 17, Blake Chastain decided he would become an evangelical pastor. A quarter century later, he’s an unofficial chaplain-activist for those who’ve left evangelicalism behind. His new book, Exvangelical and Beyond: How American Christianity Went Radical and the Movement That’s…

What to do with electoral disconsolation

Invocation. “Come Ye Disconsolate,” Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway § § § § Today, in the United States (and selected outposts of our nation’s allies and opponents), there is a gluttony of emotive expression prompted by our nation’s electoral conclusions. As…

Matt Queen resigns Greensboro church

Nearly a month after pleading guilty to a felony charge of providing false information to law enforcement, Matthew Queen has resigned as pastor of Friendly Avenue Baptist Church in Greensboro, N.C. Queen, former evangelism professor and interim provost at Southwestern…

Ryan Walters cites states’ rights in call to end U.S. Education Department

Donald Trump’s victory last Tuesday prompted embattled Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters to prepare parents there for elimination of the U.S. Department of Education. On Thursday, Nov. 7 — two days after the presidential election — Walters sent…

Two young leaders exemplify the alarm over Trump

Donald Trump’s return to the White House is “the absolute worst case scenario,” according to religion scholar Matthew Taylor. “We’re in an epochal shift in American history of the worst sort, and while it does not spell the absolute end…

Take America backward

The last time this happened, I met with two other ministers in a bottle shop. The owner opened up early for us. We filed in with bags under our eyes, proof we stayed awake too late watching news outlets and…

Except for white evangelicals, Americans have soured on Trump’s leadership

CBF approves $16 million budget, leaders challenge more mission

The Black Church was not meant to save America

Caner sues Truett-McConnell for wrongful firing