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Voters must choose between two religious visions

The 2024 presidential election is a head-scratcher. Donald Trump is intentionally violating every canon of American political etiquette. His interminable campaign speeches are aimed at no one outside the MAGA base. Outside of a few washed-up celebrities like Kid Rock…

Do I hate Donald Trump?

One of the accusations I hear leveled by evangelical Trump supporters is that people who oppose him do so not out of principle but out of mere hatred of him. Do I hate Donald Trump? I try as best I…

What will people say about American Christianity in 200 years?

A few weeks ago, I attended my niece’s wedding. While my wife and I waited for the service to begin, I found myself in a conversation with the young minister who was conducting the wedding ceremony. Although he had attended…

Justice is still coming for 2020’s election denial super-spreaders

Donald Trump and many of his loyal foot soldiers won’t face justice for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election before the 2024 election. But for some, including Christian influencers and media personalities who put faith in Trump’s claims and…

From empire to freedom: The hope of our faith

Facing the reality of governmental oppression, as a form of imperial reaction and suppression to the revolutionary movement of the church, early Christians anticipated unavoidable suffering. Living within an autocracy, anyone or any movement that stood in contradiction to this…

Donald Trump, Teletubbies and end times theology

What do Donald Trump, Teletubbies, Starbucks coffee cups and other forms of Christian persecution have in common? More than you might think. As someone raised in a very conservative Southern Baptist church in Orlando, Fla. — I would not go…

Fight for voting rights by actually voting, speakers urge

Faith-based activists must continue the fight for voter rights if religious freedom and a pluralistic democracy are to survive the 2024 election and thrive beyond it, said Adam Phillips, chief strategy officer for Interfaith America. Members of congregations across the…

Burge sees danger in ‘political monoculture’ of evangelicalism

The problem with white evangelicals isn’t their close affiliation with the Republican Party but the homogeneity of their political thinking and culture, sociologist of religion Ryan Burge said during a conference hosted by Denver Seminary. “When a religious movement becomes…

How to preach about the election

Only one Sunday remains until Election Day. With a candidate on the ballot who promises to be a dictator on day one, the stakes could not be higher — for the church or for democracy. The truth is the vast…

Letter to the Editor: Today’s ‘Book of Eli’

In the post-apocalyptic themed movie The Book of Eli, Denzil Washington plays Eli, a nomadic, perhaps divinely appointed prophet and guardian of the last remaining copy of the Bible. His mission is to protect and transport it to a place…

Trump calls immigrants ‘garbage’ but evangelicals see dignity and humanity

Last Friday, Donald Trump visited Austin, Texas, and promised, “Immediately upon taking office I will launch the largest deportation program in American history.” “January 20 … will be liberation day in America,” he said in front of a background that read…

Lawsuit between SMU and UMC is headed to court again

Southern Methodist University in Dallas is headed back to court seeking to free itself from the authority of The United Methodist Church. Most sources trace this conflict back to actions taken by the UMC in 2019, but a tug-of-war between…

Mohler again claims same-sex marriage harms children

Dan Patrick reiterates: ‘No separation of church and state’

Baptists know better than this

Judge bars Tennessee from revealing immigration status of sick children