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The art of patriotic dealmaking

It is incomprehensible that opponents of President-elect Donald Trump criticize his efforts to commemorate historical events and memorable occasions from our recent national story by offering personal souvenirs to his fellow Americans. After all, he is simply following the footsteps…

AJ Sherrill wants to tell you a Bible story

AJ Sherrill hopes Christians will slow down enough this Christmas to hear the story anew. “Familiarity of the Christmas story can breed a lot of apathy, when we think we know everything there is to know,” he said. “We stop…

The Christmas Eve that went so wrong it was right

To begin with, we didn’t make enough bulletins for the large crowd that attended. So, 3 minutes before the service began, I found myself in the church office running off additional bulletins while simultaneously putting my clergy robe on, hooking…

Yes, a free and fair press is under assault by Trump and MAGA

The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States can’t stay off the political hot seat. There’s a bill now before the U.S. Senate, known as the PRESS Act — the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act —…

Suburban Houston book bans trace to a complex web of influences, including an SBC pastor

A suburban Houston school district has banned 34 books this fall in a show of force by trustees supported by a coalition of Christian nationalist advocacy groups that has ties to a former Southern Baptist pastor in Houston. By some…

Amanda Tyler on when and how to talk about Christian nationalism at Christmas dinner

Americans have numerous opportunities to push back against Christian nationalism without engaging conservative relatives during holiday gatherings, Amanda Tyler said in a webinar about her new book, How to End Christian Nationalism. Anyone thinking about raising the topic at a…

Byron Donalds is a ‘rising star’ and education ‘warrior’ in Trump’s GOP

Second-term Florida Congressman Byron Donalds doesn’t boast many legislative accomplishments, but that hasn’t kept the Black conservative from being nominated as House Speaker and being rumored as a possible Trump vice presidential pick during the campaign. Donalds vigorously campaigned with…

Nationalism and religious hatred are as old as time, filmmakers say

Donald Trump’s victorious presidential campaign rode a wave of nationalism and religious hatred as old as humankind itself, said Todd Stiefel, executive producer of the documentary Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy. The 2024 film shows how Trump…

Faced with decreased offerings, state Baptist conventions rethink giving to SBC

When conservatives gained control of the Southern Baptist Convention in the early 1990s, leaders of state Baptist conventions paid their obeisance by upping the percentage of church offerings they sent to the national convention. Thirty years later, that well is…

Biden commutations leave only 3 on federal Death Row

Understanding Christmas traditions is a matter of time

Sing a new song: Reflections on Band Aid at 40

3 killed as Methodist violence flares in Nigeria