Iran was the primary driver behind an 87% increase in executions around the world last year, according to a new report by Amnesty International. The human rights organization said it tallied 2,707 people executed in 17 nations in 2025, up…
Trump understands Bible better than pope, Jeffress claims
U.S. President Donald Trump “has a better understanding of what the Bible teaches about the role of government than the pope,” Robert Jeffress told Fox News May 9. Asked about the ongoing war of words between Trump and Vice President…
An Iranian yeshiva bought a major Reform temple. It could be a blessing.
You can take the Port Washington branch of the Long Island Rail Road, or you can drive out on the Long Island Expressway to Exit 33. And you can work hard, be successful and want a great community for your…
What’s the risk of Trump’s fight with Pope Leo?
I don’t believe President Donald Trump understands the political risk of picking a fight with Pope Leo XIV. My best guess is he believes the unquestioning submission demonstrated by his fawning white evangelical followers exists among all his Christian followers….
War in Iran: A clash of fundamentalisms
Whatever its specious rationales and eventual outcomes, one underlying fact about the war in Iran is clear: What is largely fueling this dangerously combustible conflict is essentially a clash of fundamentalisms — Islamic, Jewish and Christian. When speaking of Islam generally, it is important to state emphatically that most of the world’s Muslims are peaceable peoples. (In my former role as a leader of the Alliance of Baptists, we entered…
In post full of lies, Trump lambastes Pope Leo
One week after he threated to end Iran as a civilization, U.S. President Donald Trump went after Pope Leo via social media. Relations between the White House and the Vatican already were strained, as the pope has soundly criticized Trump’s…
Graham and Jeffress won’t criticize Trump’s Easter Sunday screed
Two of President Donald Trump’s most reliable evangelical supporters aren’t concerned about his profanity-laced Easter Sunday post that threatened war crimes against Iran — a post that caused other elected officials to call for the president to be removed from…
How many more signs do you need?
Every week, I get emails from readers accusing us at BNG of being the Devil’s agents for publishing articles critical of Donald Trump. Inevitably, these writers think we just don’t understand the Bible or politics or culture. They know it…
Tucker Carlson calls on Christians to abandon Trump now
Tucker Carlson helped get Donald Trump elected president in 2016, but now he’s warning Christians they should abandon support for the president as he commits immoral crimes against humanity. “If there’s one theme that spans all 66 books in the…
Letter to the Editor: Soldiers should refuse illegal military orders
In the final sermon before his assassination in 1980, Archbishop of El Salvador Oscar Romero told the soldiers in a public broadcast to refuse the orders of the violent, militaristic regime in the country. “I want to make a special…
Letter to the Editor: End the war in Iran, now
Many Americans and Christians continue to rightfully express concern at the ongoing conflict against Iran, with one poll recently suggesting 60% of the country opposes the usage of military force. While the operation appears to have achieved its military objectives, the civilian carnage has been tragic: One Middle…
Good Friday: Empty chairs at empty tables
The morning began the way mornings are supposed to begin. Children arrived with backpacks slung over their shoulders, voices rising and falling in the easy rhythm of laughter and routine. Classrooms filled. Lessons began. It was, in every visible way,…