Someday, Donald Trump will be a mere memory. Just last week we were reminded, during the 9/11 memorials, that one-third of the nation’s population was not yet born when the planes hit the twin towers. That’s how soon firsthand memory…
Franklin Graham’s daughter nominated as ambassador
Franklin Graham’s daughter, Cissie Graham Lynch, has been nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as United States Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. The post at the U.S. State Department requires Senate confirmation. The last person nominated by…
In Texas, GOP candidates defend racist and misogynistic comments
The Texas Republican candidate for public office who criticized university students for not being white has doubled down on his comments. On Saturday, Bo French posted a photo of students at last weekend’s University of Texas football game with this comment: “I…
Pardon for sin and a sin that endureth
I just returned from leading a group to visit the Legacy Sites in Montgomery, Ala. Each morning and evening, I offered a meditation to ground us for what we were about to see and process. One of the hymns we…
‘Actual Blasphemy’: Critics Stunned By ‘Repulsive’ Video At Trump Convention
President Donald Trump’s Republican midterm convention in Dallas featured a bizarre video that claimed he was chosen by God for a special purpose.
Robert Jeffress, apostate
Robert Jeffress, senior pastor at First Baptist Church of Dallas, is no stranger to controversy. He has denigrated Christian ethics by openly proclaiming political power as more important than personal character when choosing political candidates. Time and again he’s asked…
In direct appeal to Trump, Catholic bishops’ president urges end of mass deportations of Haitians
Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference president, sent a letter on Sept. 8 urging President Donald Trump to cease the deportation of “large numbers” of Haitian immigrants.
Why every Republican in Congress should be voted out
As the Republican Party holds its midterm convention here in Dallas this week, it’s notable how many Republican elected officials suddenly found somewhere else to be. Some of these don’t want to get more of the stink of a failing…
Trump appeals to Supreme Court to control voter database
The Trump administration appealed directly to the U.S. Supreme Court Sept. 8 seeking clearance to implement a database it wants to use to purge voter rolls leading into the midterm elections. The move came just four days after a federal…
Ultra-Orthodox leaders meet with Trump in the White House
Hasidic leaders visit Trump: A delegation of Hasidic leaders from the New York area met with President Donald Trump in the White House this afternoon. Plans of the meeting had drawn criticism from some Jewish Trump supporters because they included the…
Christian nationalists are behind Trump’s Smithsonian attacks
On July 24, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to slander the work of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., by demanding signs be placed out front accusing the Smithsonian of pushing a “woke” version of history. These signs,…
Lake America?
President Donald Trump wants Americans — and Canadians — to start looking at one of the Great Lakes differently. Lake Ontario, he decrees, should become “Lake America.” At first glance, the name itself is not necessarily offensive. In fact, there…