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Once again, immigrant advocates damn Biden’s new policy

President Joe Biden’s claim that congressional inaction required him to issue an executive order temporarily blocking asylum for migrants at the U.S. Mexico border did little to dampen the anger and disappointment of immigrant rights advocates. Numerous organizations released statements…

UMC faces turbulence after removing LGBTQ bans

Barely a month after a historic meeting that removed half a century of official discrimination against LGBTQ Christians, The United Methodist Church faces new turbulence as homosexuality foes opt out of the worldwide denomination. General Conference delegates voted in late…

Christian media figures may face defamation trials before November election

Christian media celebrities and the companies that platform them are getting closer to facing the legal consequences of falsehoods they spread about the 2020 elections. Christian radio host Eric Metaxas, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, Clay Clark of the ReAwaken America…

The sad consequences of the end times theology and entertainment of my youth

When I was growing up in a Baptist church, I was fascinated with end times theology. It was not until later in life that I realized how ahistorical and unscholarly most of that theology was. I read the Left Behind…

Trump the totem

Last week’s historic verdict is worth rehearsing. On May 30, Donald J. Trump became the first former president to be convicted of a crime. Twelve ordinary citizens unanimously found Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in…

Witch hunt finds Trump guilty

My children gleefully learned about labeling women “witches” from the movie The Princess Bride. In an infamous scene, while attempting to heal the mostly dead Westley, Miracle Max is accosted by his wife, Valerie. He responds with, “Get back, witch!”…

The Law Amendment is one more SBC backlash against women

Next week, the Southern Baptist Convention will hold its annual meeting in Indianapolis and vote on the second reading of what has come to be known as the Law Amendment. A proposed amendment to the SBC’s Constitution, named after the…

Rosaria Butterfield is not a model for becoming un-gay

Growing up as an independent fundamentalist Baptist, I was taught that loosening any standards meant you were getting on the slippery slope toward becoming gay. If I grew my hair out over my ears, I might eventually reject God and…

New book features transcripts of Jimmy Carter’s Sunday school lessons while president

Attending church and teaching Sunday school helped Jimmy Carter through some of the most challenging moments of his presidency, author Christi Harlan said. While in the White House, Carter and his family were members and frequent attenders of The First…

A conversation with Jason Carter, grandson of Jimmy Carter

We’re all amazed that President Carter has been on hospice for so long. I know this was an intentional decision on his part. What kind of response have he and the family gotten to his public praise for hospice? His…

LA firefighter claims religious discrimination because of Pride flags

Now joining the ranks of cake bakers, wedding photographers, website designers and other evangelical Christians suing to avoid the appearance of supporting homosexuality is a fire fighter in Southern California. Jeffrey Little is a captain with the Los Angeles County…

Evangelical leaders amplify Trump’s ‘lawfare’ attacks against justice system

Many of the conservative Christian leaders and groups that embraced former President Donald Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was rigged are now amplifying his claims that America’s justice system is rigged following his conviction on 34 felony counts. “Our…

Theologizing with Larkin Poe, 10 years after Reskinned

Ministry leader with tall tales wins GOP bid for Colorado governor

What Willy Rice once knew

What I learned July 5 at church