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Left Behind author’s latest novel explores beginning times, not end times

Years after he helped create the mega-popular Left Behind novels about the end times, Jerry Jenkins is back with a new novel about the beginning times written with Dallas Theological Seminary President Mark Yarbrough. The Battle for Heaven and Earth, out…

Trimming faith codes cuts too deep

I served in the U.S. Air Force Reserve Chaplain Corps as a chaplain candidate during Donald Trump’s first term as president. I was endorsed through the Disciples of Christ denomination and under their faith code, “GE.” That faith code is…

AI and the expendability of humans

The explosion of AI has been matched by a rising dread: That machines will take our jobs and render human beings obsolete in the workforce. More than half of Americans fear AI could cost them or someone in their household…

Yes, pretend Trump is on the ballot, because he is

According to Frederick Buechner, one of my favorite writers, “Generally speaking, if you want to know who you really are, as distinct from who you like to think you are, keep an eye on where your feet take you.” So,…

Grand Canyon University gets state approval for law school

Grand Canyon University has received approval from the Arizona Supreme Court to open its new College of Law before receiving accreditation from the American Bar Association. The Baptist-affiliated university intends to seek ABA accreditation, leaders said, but students will be…

Something is fishy about the CT story

As evangelical Christians and others toss around the latest stories about whatever is happening at Christianity Today, something just doesn’t add up for me. I’ve been in the religious journalism business off and on for 43 years, and it is…

The dangerous American rebranding of authoritarian power

On Oct. 21, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff sat across from Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg after Russia released 74-year-old American teacher Stephen Hubbard, whom the United States had designated as wrongfully detained. Witkoff thanked Putin and then…

The mercy of Christ versus the wrath of God

In a Bible class I attended recently, the discussion centered on Romans 5. Verse 8 is a familiar and often memorized promise about God’s compassion: “But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ…

In brightest day, in darkest night, embrace your fear, do what’s right

In case you missed it, James Gunn’s revamped DC Universe just concluded its initial season of Lanterns. If you have zero interest in superheroes, feel free to stop reading here or continue if you wish to be converted. If you…

You have the power to defeat Donald Trump

Over the past few months, I’ve been asking others concerned about Donald Trump’s potential interference in the mid-term elections: “What can we do to stop him?” The answer is unequivocally, “All we can do is vote.” Yes! Absolutely! “But what…

Renewed debate on churches as polling places

As voters in suburban Kansas City go to the polls for midterm elections, they will not be voting at two locations of Resurrection Church that usually are polling sites. That’s because the multi-site Methodist church’s pastor, Adam Hamilton, is on…

Listen to the minor prophets as you vote

When many Christians begin searching the Scriptures while considering how to craft their personal political theology, they find themselves naturally drawn toward the sacred “red letters” where Jesus speaks. In his words, we experience God’s special care toward vulnerable communities,…

‘If your vote wasn’t important, they wouldn’t be fighting to get rid of it’

The heretic in the mirror: Josh Howerton’s Bible problem

Investigators zeroing in on source of fake trans mailers and texts

In Dallas, Methodist bishop creates a church in exile