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10 takeaways from CPAC 2026

Last week, the annual conference of the Conservative Political Action Conference was held in my back yard in Texas. So of course I attended. This isn’t my first time venturing into MAGA territory. I attended the National Rifle Association’s annual…

Give to me, Paula White says, and you’ll support Israel

Last year, Paula White offered her followers seven Easter blessings for a gift of $1,000. This Holy Week, she’s using support for Israel as a motivation to give money to her. In addition to being a health-and-wealth televangelist — soundly…

Only 35% approve of Trump’s handling of immigration

PRRI’S large new survey covers a lot of ground related to immigration, including support for how President Donald Trump’s second administration is handling immigration, the aggressive tactics of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, the construction of internment camps and due…

Trump’s EEOC targets businesses that required COVID vaccines

The Trump administration is using the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to punish businesses that required employees to get COVID vaccinations in order to protect public health. These actions appear to be inspired by the vaccine denialism of Robert F. Kennedy…

Trusting God in uncertainty

There are days during Lent that feel less like prayer and more like hanging on. Days when hope feels distant, faith feels shaky and the waiting feels endless. Sometimes it’s not just our own personal lives that feel heavy —…

A very Baptist identity crisis

When I was in my late teens, the Soul Survivor summer festival craze was in full swing, and for several years I attended with friends and church groups — often also participating in the New Wine conferences to combine and…

Why Good Friday matters as much as Resurrection Sunday

Long ago, Liz was visiting a historic Roman Catholic church in Argentina when her companion paused in front of a carving of Christ on the Cross. “This is how we evangelicals are different from Catholics,” he said. “We don’t have…

Apocalypse Now and our heart of darkness

Every morning, we awaken to a new moral outrage from our president. It is hard to keep our equilibrium. Today, after his oil blockade of Cuba has caused a complete breakdown of the energy grid of the whole island, he…

Donald Trump is the most despised person in America

“Trump made me an activist,” 62-year-old disabled veteran John Mena told the Washington Post Saturday. Mena, who was born in Ecuador but grew up in the United States, showed up Saturday for a No Kings rally near Los Angeles City…

End times obsessions: Why John’s Revelation is worth the trouble

Historically, a feature that often shows up for some people during troubled eras is an increasing obsession with predictions regarding the “end times,” or events surrounding the end of the world. In our current difficulties and hard times, this concern…

Machismo culture and fear of threatening the movement

Last week, The New York Times published an investigation uncovering at least five instances of sexual abuse committed against girls and women by César Chávez, an influential Latino leader in the farmworkers labor justice movement. According to interviews from 60…

How to write an obituary

Recently, I heard a radio news story about how people are turning to artificial intelligence to write obituaries for their loved ones when they pass. And I thought to myself, “Writing an obituary isn’t that hard; why do people need…

Islamophobia is the next bogeyman

The Black Church cannot remain America’s emergency moral infrastructure

We are manna

Webinar explores religious context of America’s Founders