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The Seeing Stones and the surveillance state

There is something almost too on-the-nose about a company named Palantir releasing a manifesto that reads like a love letter to centralized power. Palantir Technologies does not exist in isolation from American political power. It is one node in a…

Protecting the gift: A call to parental vigilance

I am writing this article specifically for parents raising children in today’s world. As a new church plant, our congregation has been blessed with many children, and our recent parenting class has shown just how much this topic matters to…

What’s the real story with Gen Z and religion today?

Last week, we released the latest PRRI Census of American Religion. Our 2025 data show religious affiliation in the United States has remained largely unchanged since 2024, with 28% of Americans identifying as religiously unaffiliated. Church attendance also has not increased….

The burden of saving everyone

“You can believe whatever you want. Just don’t force it on me.” I’ll be blunt: This take is popular, but it doesn’t work. I understand why people say it, and I agree it sounds reasonable. It assumes something most of…

I watched Angel’s animated Animal Farm so you didn’t have to

An animated version of George Orwell’s Animal Farm opens in theaters May 1 from “values-centric” Angel Studios. To quote the marketing to Christian conservatives, attempting to turn this violent, politically dense classic into a cute kids’ movie is a “cautionary…

Another court ruling says Alligator Alcatraz can stay open

A federal appeals court lifted an injunction that ordered Florida to dismantle its “Alligator Alcatraz” immigrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta ruled against environmentalism groups and the Miccosukee…

Texas Ten Commandments law likely headed to US Supreme Court

Texas’ Ten Commandments law may be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court after an appellate court ruled it does not violate church-state separation under the U.S. Constitution. A majority of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans…

438 Baylor students checked in at TPUSA event Wednesday

Wednesday night in Waco, Texas, 438 Baylor University students passed through the checkpoint outside Waco Hall to attend the Turning Point USA “This Is the Turning Point” tour event. Black pipe and drape was set up in the back portion…

‘All Are Neighbors’ celebrates diversity and inclusion

What got billed nationally as a pro-gay event on Baylor University’s campus April 22 turned out to be a celebration of democracy for all people. The “All Are Neighbors” rally held on the top floor of Cashion Academic Center on…

TPUSA drives a bus over Baylor and then backs up to do it again

Baylor University’s administration has — perhaps accidentally — sullied itself by affiliation with Turning Point USA. The damage to the university’s reputation is significant. In any space except the far-right MAGA-sphere, TPUSA is known as a political outfit tied at…

Unearthing an unnecessary death

My wife is in declutter mode, a seasonal psychological disorder similar to photosynthesis. Warming weather and increased hours of sunshine renew her fear that we will die inconveniently for our children, who will be forced to sort mountains of detritus…

When Al Mohler takes up serpents, I’ll listen to his views on women

As a child in church, I didn’t know much. I sat quietly in the pew beside my sister. We’d watch as our Great Aunt Emmie would scoot out from a side door into the choir loft of the small Baptist…

3 views on Donald Trump held by American Christians

US megachurches report strong rebound from pandemic

Baptists need to speak up again for religious liberty

What in hell became of heaven?