Robert Jeffress says James Talarico “twists Scripture.” The problem here is not Talarico but Jeffress. Of the U.S. Senate candidate from Texas, he said: “He is pleasant in his demeanor; he appears to know the Scripture. Even though he twists…
Here’s what Baptists said at Rededicate 250
Despite a lack of religious diversity among the speakers at the Trump administration’s “Rededicate 250” event held last Sunday on the National Mall, conservative Baptists played a prominent role. The speaker lineup for the nine-hour religious festival included two Catholics…
Evangelicals will dominate at ‘Rededicate 250’ this weekend
A cast of Trump-supporting Christian nationalists will participate this Sunday in “Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise and Thanksgiving” on the National Mall. The event is scheduled to take place at the exact time most American Christians are…
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…
What Putin’s Altar Boy offers American Christians
Juha Meriläinen, church historian at the University of Helsinki, has written a forthcoming book titled Putin’s Altar Boy. In it, he sounds a warning about the dangers of a church under the influence of the state. Patriarch Kiril, the head…
The divinization of Trump is precisely why the Church Fathers wrote the creeds
After the latest alleged attempt on Donald Trump’s life at the White House correspondents’ dinner on April 25, 2026, some of his Christian supporters responded in a way that has become almost routine. His survival, they said, was the hand…
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…
Evangelical leaders return to Oval Office to pray over Trump
In what has become an annual ritual, evangelical leaders gathered around President Donald Trump in the Oval Office March 5 and prayed over him and for U.S. success in the war against Iran. The photo-op prayer time was organized by…
Jeffress is a hypocrite testifying against Johnson Amendment
Robert Jeffress testified before the president’s Religious Liberty Commission this week how he and his downtown Dallas church have been persecuted, while failing to acknowledge his own persecution of other religious groups. The pastor of First Baptist Dallas publicized in…
Hobby Lobby founder gives $7 million to rebuild First Baptist Dallas
The founder of Hobby Lobby has donated $7 million to First Baptist Church of Dallas to help rebuild the 1890 sanctuary destroyed by fire last year. Pastor Robert Jeffress announced the gift during Sunday morning worship Dec. 8. The Hobby…
MAGA coalesces around evangelical support for Israel in bombing Iran
Robert Jeffress not only supports President Donald Trump’s bombing of Iran, but his publicist sent out a news release to make sure everyone understands he does. In last Sunday morning’s sermon — delivered hours after Trump ordered massive bombs dropped…
Southern Baptist pastor will speak at Faith and Freedom Coalition event
Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress will join a slate of Republican politicians as a keynote speaker at an upcoming “Road to Majority” conference, billed as “the nation’s largest public policy gathering of conservative Christian activists and leaders.” Jeffress, pastor of First…