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It’s Holy Week, and Trump is comparing himself to Jesus once again

On the second day of the Christian Holy Week, Donald Trump once again compared himself to Jesus Christ. Huffington Post reported that as Trump attended a court hearing for his upcoming criminal trial over hush money payments to porn star…

Here’s some good news on the health of America’s clergy

The mental and physical health of America’s clergy may be better than previously reported, according to new data from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research. “There is no question that at this moment many clergy are stressed, exhausted and have…

Al Mohler takes his ‘Ask Anything’ tour to Cobb County

When Al Mohler’s “Ask Anything” tour came to Cobb County, Ga., March 24, I went over to see what it’s all about. The president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has been on the road and online for several years fielding…

Watch your language and your beliefs, sex abuser survivors tell the church

The insidious and chronic nature of church sexual abuse is an outgrowth of patriarchal concepts of the divine that provide theological cover for abusers and shame for their victims, said the authors of a new book on theologies of abuse….

We are all interims eventually

Last December my wife, Lori, and I officially joined Oakland Baptist Church in Rock Hill, S.C., after attending worship for several months. I particularly was grateful for the music and worship leadership of a new colleague (and now friend), Suzanne…

Franklin Graham plans Easter Sunday broadcast from Jerusalem

Franklin Graham, one of the foremost allies of Israel among American evangelicals, will broadcast a special Easter message from Jerusalem March 31. He will be joined by Christian music artist Michael W. Smith. As Israeli Defense Forces have killed 31,000…

Wasted resources? I beg to differ

The interview with Robert Naylor was over. I was wrapping up cords and cables and stowing them in the tote bag, basking in the glow of the vision laid out by Naylor, then president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. By…

Candace Owens out at Daily Wire over antisemitism

Candace Owens, the sharp-tongued Black conservative Christian commentator, has left the Daily Wire, the website announced Friday, following growing outcry over her continuing promotion of antisemitic claims: The week of March 18, she liked a post promoting a classic claim…

Embracing what’s sacred

As spring rain drizzles outside, I’m thinking about Easter worship and the increasing numbers of Christians (and pastors) who are leaving church. The statistics have become a modern fact of life and aren’t as shocking as they once were. For…

Open Doors report documents dangers women and men face for Christian faith in 50 countries

Christian women face appalling levels of religiously motivated sexual assault and forced marriages in countries known to be hostile to the faith, Open Doors International reports in a new study on gender-specific religious persecution. Physical and psychological violence are next…

Here comes a progressive response to demagogic and authoritarian politics

As the 2024 election looms over us like a dark cloud, many Americans are fearful of the outcome. Will Donald Trump win a second term? Even asking the question has driven me to my Bible and my bourbon (Pappy Van…

Terrorism, money and the threat to world peace

In the last couple of weeks, terrorists in Nigeria invaded and kidnapped about 300 people, including nursing mothers and children as young as 2 and 5 from schools, a highway and internally displaced peoples camp in Kaduna, Katsina, and other…

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