The data post from Ryan Burge caught my eye — as usual. But one of the comments below the post really got my attention. “Let’s be real, non-denoms are basically Baptists,” the commenter said. This was in response to Burge’s...
I read George Orwell’s Animal Farm in the ninth grade. I’ve been thinking a lot about the novella in recent weeks as candidates from the Democratic Socialists of America face more moderate Democrats in primary elections across the country. In…
As the end of the summer approaches, Congress returns to Washington, and the November elections move into their stretch run, it seems a good time to try to assess where exactly we are in terms of this second Trump administration…
On February 3, 2025, I sent Sen. Roger Wicker, my senator, the senior senator from Mississippi, an urgent email. It read in part: “Sen. Wicker, PLEASE stand up to the President! Shutting down USAID invites China to move into the…
Three years ago, in June 2023, I was scrolling through the Amazon Kindle bestseller list. All the regular, normal, to-be-expected titles were at the top. But as I kept scrolling, the books began to change. Gone were the big names…
The Catholic bishops of Florida took state Attorney General James Uthmeier to school on basic freedoms enshrined in the First Amendment and on the rights of religious institutions, not politicians, to decide matters of theology. It all began in late…
Grand Canyon University is the latest evangelical school to launch a law school, corresponding with increased interest in preparing “Christian worldview” students for legal careers. The Phoenix-based school announced Aug. 16 it plans to open a law school as early…
The new president of the Catholic Biblical Association is a Jew. And that’s a problem for some folks, despite the fact Amy-Jill Levine is perhaps the best-known Jewish advocate for interpreting the New Testament in its original context. Levine, professor…
“Christian Zionism” is a term that blends both political and theological perspectives, and it is considered dangerous by some because of the profound implications these combined ideologies have on real-world events and policies. In pursuit of deeper understanding, I attended…
There is a particular kind of Texas story that keeps repeating itself, and it repeated again this month. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport planned to install a modest set of foot-washing stations — sinks, essentially, in existing restrooms — so Muslim…
The last time I was in Minneapolis, the city was under siege. In January, I came to Minneapolis on behalf of Baptist News Global. I arrived two weeks after Renée Nicole Good — a U.S. citizen and mother of three…
Conservative Christians and members of the Trump administration have proclaimed this current government as a defender of Christianity and religious freedom. These proclamations are completely dismissive of numerous instances to the contrary, including the latest heartbreaking news that our government…
The Trump administration claims its spy mission in a Baptist church did not violate an injunction barring immigration actions on or around the property because its operative infiltrated a gathering other than a worship service, according to an Aug. 23…
