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What’s so upsetting to evangelicals about Kristin Du Mez?

“Do you know where we are?” I asked my 16-year-old son as we turned onto the main road that goes near my parents’ house. “No,” he replied. “My awareness of the city is like disconnected bubbles. Gramma’s neighborhood is one…

One year later, Charlie Kirk still isn’t a martyr

One year after Charlie Kirk’s death, I am increasingly concerned that parts of the American church have forgotten the difference between mourning and canonization. We have a word for remembering those who have died: Mourning. We have a word for…

Groups seek to prevent Trump from sending armed agents to polling places

A new lawsuit seeks to prevent the Trump administration from violating federal law by sending armed federal agents into polling places during the midterm elections. The litigation comes in response to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s recent comments…

Trump admin has admitted zero persecuted Christians this year

Donald Trump is about to have the distinction of being the first president in possibly 45 years not to permit the resettlement of a persecuted Christian or other religious minority through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. This is from a…

Presence and pain at Ground Zero

After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, I twice visited the World Trade Center site with young adult friends and family who were new to the city and wanted to pay their respects to those who died there. The first visit, coming…

When the worst happened, many gave their best

Twenty-five years ago today, our nation experienced one of the darkest days in American history. On September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people lost their lives in a series of terrorist attacks that changed our nation and, in many ways, changed…

Human trafficking, evangelicals and the ‘lifestyles’ of survivors

Recently, I attended a human trafficking seminar put on by a local hospital and hosted at a megachurch. Speakers discussed at length the impact of health care workers and other serving professions on victims and survivors of human trafficking. For…

On living hopefully in a despairing, destitute world

Immediately after the dastardly terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, I sat at a computer screen — in the secretary’s office of Austin Heights Baptist Church in Nacogdoches, Texas, far from home — for the better part of a day…

Attorney says she was fired for not doing Trump favor for Mel Gibson

A former U.S. pardon attorney fired for not restoring the gun rights of actor and director Mel Gibson has sued the Justice Department claiming unlawful termination. Elizabeth Oyer alleges she was fired because Gibson, who lost firearm rights due to…

Russell Moore tells evangelicals their immigrant jokes aren’t funny

Russell Moore is at it again — this time calling fellow evangelicals to account for their gallows humor about immigrants. In his latest Christianity Today newsletter, the former Southern Baptist ethics leader chides evangelicals for excusing their inhumanity toward immigrants…

About those White House website arcade games

The White House has launched an online arcade featuring possibly vibe-coded knockoffs of five retro-classic arcade games modified to promote pro-Trump MAGA themes. And yes, it’s everything you would expect: Poorly made, copyright-infringing, creatively and morally bankrupt nostalgia bait that…

Texas criticized for adopting curriculum with anti-Muslim themes

The Texas State Board of Education recently approved a social studies curriculum that disparages Islam and minimizes Black history. Muslims and education experts who attended the board’s Aug. 31 meeting urged its members to reconsider adopting the changes, saying they…

Supreme Court blocks Trump’s attack on voting by mail

Someday …

Franklin Graham’s daughter nominated as ambassador

Christian nationalism erodes Enlightenment ideals