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‘Bring back the electric chair,’ Tennessee GOP candidate urges after botched execution

Christa Pike remained in critical condition in a Tennessee hospital Oct. 1 after surviving two execution attempts and numerous agonizing efforts to insert IVs during her failed lethal injection the day before. Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee responded by announcing…

Are we in another ‘Golden Calf’ moment?

These days, in the land of the free and the home of the Ten Commandments in classrooms, the story of the Golden Calf as described in Exodus 32 and Deuteronomy 9 keeps coming to mind. Exodus says: The Lord said to Moses,…

Do not become numb to the cruelty of this administration

Another day and another news report of Trump administration cruelty related to immigrants and immigration policies. Yesterday it was 2-year-olds left to represent themselves before immigration judges. Today it was another hard-working immigrant legally living in the United States snatched…

Tina Peters spreads election doubts after early release from prison

Tina Peters, a Christian election-denying felon, has traveled the country raising doubts about voting since June when she left prison seven years early thanks to President Donald Trump’s successful pressure campaign against Colorado officials. Peters thanked Trump in the Oval…

Devils of Democracy explores America’s ‘demon problem’

“Either we surrender to the demonic forces … or we defeat them in a landslide,” said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a 2024 rally in Waco. Texas. Such partisan “conspiratorial demonology” contributes to Americans’ perennial “demon problem,” says a…

Welcoming immigrants while securing our border

Immigration and this administration’s handling of it don’t seem to go away. Recently, ICE agents unlawfully detained San Diego Padres catching coordinator Oswaldo Pirela, accusing him of unlawfully overstaying a visa. It seems like this sort of thing should not happen in…

You probably know a rapist

We talk often about how one out of every four undergraduate women is sexually assaulted during college. Everyone knows that statistic. And because everyone knows it, most of us are aware it is virtually impossible for someone not to know…

Battle over Johnson Amendment continues in court

Denying tax-exempt status to faith groups that endorse political candidates violates the constitutional rights of congregations, the Trump administration claimed in a recent court filing. The U.S. Justice Department made the argument in a brief submitted Sept. 21 in National…

What’s this all about, Pete?

America may be entering one of the strangest intersections of warfare, technology, politics, masculinity and religion in modern history. On Sept. 30, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Pentagon will establish an Office of Religious Affairs reporting directly to him….

Hegseth plans Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth plans to create an Office of Religious Affairs within the Pentagon that will “strengthen the moral, ethical and spiritual readiness of our warfighters.” Hegseth announced the new office Sept. 30 in a speech laden…

Understanding Methodists and the ‘trust clause’

The following article is republished here through BNG’s partnership with UMInsight, where it originally appeared. The “trust clause” became a familiar, if sometimes confusing, concept for many during the period when disaffiliation was possible for United Methodist churches for…

I understand what the Tompkins County DA apparently doesn’t

“Each time Jane Doe asked to stop the sexual conduct, the sexual conduct stopped.” That’s Matthew Van Houten, the Tompkins County district attorney, explaining why he didn’t charge anyone after a Cornell University student said seven fraternity brothers took part…

Bus tours are rolling across America to get out the vote

If Dolly Parton can give from the heart, so can Elon Musk

The cost of admission to the Colosseum

High school freshman creates church sensory room as Eagle project