To me, the silver lining in the Trump campaign is that my friends on either side of the aisle are agreeing with one another. Obviously a lot of people out there are voting for Trump, but at least in my…
Trump’s favorite Bible verse: ‘Eye for an eye’
“We have to be firm and have to be very strong. And we can learn a lot from the Bible, that I can tell you.”
Faith’s mysterious ways in the 2016 campaign
The 2016 election is transforming the religious landscape of American politics.
Donald Trump’s rise shows religion is losing its political power
The most surprising aspect about Trump’s solid appeal among Republican primary voters may be what it says about the waning place of religion in American politics.
Wiley Drake offers to run as Trump VP
A former officer in the Southern Baptist Convention who was on the ballot in California as Alan Keyes’ running mate in 2008 this time around is offering his services to GOP frontrunner Donald Trump. Wiley Drake, pastor of the First…
‘Real’ evangelicals don’t support Trump? Not so fast.
The majority of evangelical voters are not supporting Trump, it’s true. But plenty of them by any measure are.
Faith leaders ask candidates to give poor ‘living wage’
On the anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., dozens of faith leaders are calling for the U.S. presidential candidates to include a “living wage” for low-income workers in their political agendas.
The theology of Ted Cruz
Cruz’s defense of life is hard to reconcile with his calls to carpet-bomb and “annihilate” ISIS. How does one reconcile the defense of human dignity with these policy proposals?
Political organizer blasts SBC leader’s advice
An evangelical political operative says a Southern Baptist leader’s advice for Christians to vote for third-party or write-in candidates rather than settling for a “lesser of two evils” is a road map to victory for Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, American…