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Women are dying due to vague abortion laws in states

Evidence is mounting that abortion bans are threatening the lives of mothers in states where the prohibitions are the strictest. Medical experts and pro-choice activists in states like Florida, Georgia and Texas say women are increasingly subjected to life-threatening health…

Donald Trump is The Joker but he’s not joking

When Donald Trump claimed Tim Walz is a “moron” and Kamala Harris was “born mentally impaired,” Lara Trump said he was “joking around.” In defense of what it means to joke around, I suggest Donald Trump is The Joker and…

Letter to the Editor: Christians should vote

Dear Editor: We are at a turning point in our nation’s history. Our founders crafted a Constitution meant to stand the test of time. But time has not been kind to our country. Unconstitutional ideas have been gaining traction for many…

National poll: Only 12% of Americans favor Project 2025

New national polling shows more Americans are learning about the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 and a majority of Americans do not like the plan at all. Polling conducted by Navigator Research in early September found half of Americans now rate…

Politics, faith and mission: A conversation with Matthew D. Taylor

Matthew D. Taylor is author of The Violent Take It by Force: The Christian Movement that Is Threatening Our Democracy, a brilliant and deep dive into the world of charismatic American Christians who planted the seeds for January 6 and…

Judge calls Tina Peters ‘charlatan,’ sentences her to nine years for election crimes

Tina Peters, the former Colorado county clerk who became a 2020-election-denying hero to conservative Christians after granting conspiracists access to voting machine data that was published online, has reached a point in her three-year legal odyssey she had worked and…

Talking about politics

“No one is talking about politics.” I saw this assessment of the communities responding to the utter devastation of Hurricane Helene and noted the takeaway was people could put aside differences in crisis. Being able to work together despite differences…

Bachmann and Huckabee named most influential Christian Zionists

Former Southern Baptist pastor turned politician Mike Huckabee is the second most influential Christian Zionist in America, according to The Jerusalem Post. The Jerusalem-based news outlet published its Top 10 list of “pro-Israel Christians” along with a list of 25…

The Living Stones

In early September, I returned from a visit to Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. Led by the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center, my visit was part of a multifaith delegation of Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Quaker, Buddhist and Hindu clergy,…

First Baptist Erwin, Tenn., among those hard-hit by Helene

Like many congregations affected by Hurricane Helene and its remnants, First Baptist Church of Erwin, Tenn., emerged from the storm determined to do whatever it could to help its battered community. But even as they jumped headlong into fundraising and…

Megan Basham is lying again

Many of us keep wondering how the evangelical church could have wandered so far into the wilderness of untruth. The answer is evangelical influencers like Megan Basham. She’s not alone, however. She’s in a select group of evangelical liars that…

Only one Bible fits the $3 million bid for Oklahoma classrooms

Update: On Oct. 7, the state of Oklahoma amended the bid document for Bibles in response to massive pushback. Also, one other Bible was identified that meets the original criteria, one promoted by Donald Trump Jr. There’s a new…

Republicans push through more unregulated funding for ICE and CBP

Trump admin defying court order on immigration access

What was there left to argue?

Beauty, ashes and the Southern Baptist Convention