Graham Platner’s campaign to dethrone Susan Collins as one of Maine’s two senators has come to an abrupt end following allegations of sexual assault. In an 11-minute-long video on X, the progressive firebrand launched a combative defense calling the allegations...
You don’t always have to know someone in order to learn a great deal from them. Sometimes, just using our eyes and ears will tell us a lot. We had just pulled up to Bubba-Doo’s. It was a Saturday morning,…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
The first time I voted by mail, I sent my ballot “priority express” from the university post office. No way would Oliver North represent Virginia in the Senate. Not on my watch! Since that first voting experience, I’ve had the…
I thought it was strange. For months prior to the July 30 release of Megan Basham’s bestselling Shepherds for Sale, Christian firebrands on X were counting down the days until the book hit “Big Eva” like a wrecking ball. They…
While having lunch at a restaurant the other day, I overheard a college-age server behind the counter telling co-workers she wished her friends wouldn’t get angry every time politics comes up. “Why can’t people just be positive for a change?”…
Donald Trump may be confused about what school nurses do, but he’s back on script opposing abortion. The Republican presidential nominee made waves within his own party last week when he appeared to support some level of abortion access and…
Six weeks after one of the best-known Southern Baptist sanctuaries in America burned in a four-alarm fire, no cause of the blaze has been determined, according to officials at First Baptist Church of Dallas. Executive Pastor Ben Lovvorn has been…
September is a big month for Andrew Wommack, the controversial health and wealth preacher who celebrates the 30th anniversary of his Charis Bible College on Sept. 6 and hosts his annual gathering of his Christian nationalist political arm, the Truth…
