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Trump and Vance ‘willfully antagonized the pro-life movement,’ Tim Alberta says

Donald Trump and JD Vance have “willfully antagonized the pro-life movement” out of fear of losing suburban female voters in key states, political reporter and bestselling author Tim Alberta said at Baylor University Sept. 4. Albert, author of The Kingdom,…

Shen Yun dancers abused by Falun Gong leaders, report finds

Christian groups have promoted The Epoch Times newspaper and The Firing Squad film to Christians by concealing their links to Falun Gong, a non-Christian spiritual movement. But a New York Times report on the Shen Yun dance troupe further highlights…

Texas Board of Education gets huge pushback on religion-infused curriculum

Activists and other Texans opposed to a proposed Bible-based curriculum for public school children are becoming a concern for extremist Christians who support the material, said Amanda Tyler, executive director of Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty. BJC has joined…

A hundred years after the Scopes trial, not much has changed

If you haven’t heard about the 1925 Scopes trial in Dayton, Tenn., that is about to change. We are rapidly approaching the centennial of that messy affair, and books and articles on the subject already are starting to appear. Any…

Politics, faith and mission: A conversation with Brian Kaylor

Brian Kaylor is president and editor-in-chief of Word&Way, a Baptist minister with a Ph.D. in political communications, and the author or co-author of five books on religion and politics, including a new book on white Christian nationalism with Beau Underwood,…