Like a moth to a flame, I return to social media platforms to view postings about current immigration policy, enforcement and protests. Despite how disheartening it is, I cannot help but be drawn into these debates — particularly the sometimes bitter exchanges between my fellow Christians. As someone who teaches ministers and…
SBC influencer William Wolfe wants an America of white people
“My boys all look like me. And I want my children to grow up in a country where they’re not minorities,” William Wolfe said out loud in a video now posted online. “I want my boys to grow up in…
‘I see you, I grieve with you, I stand with you’
My heart retches within me. I grieve for the lives of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Good was murdered while she attempted to drive away from an ICE agent, shot at least twice through her window after the ICE agent…
Harris’ dual loyalty test for Shapiro
It is an almost predictable rite of passage in American Jewish life.
Is Christian nationalists’ use of Romans 13 kinky or perverted?
A pastor praying outside an ICE facility in Chicago gets shot in the head by a pepper pellet and collapses to the ground in pain. Commentators dispute whether the protesters had been warned to leave, although currently circulating videos don’t…
Living between Romans 13 and Revelation 13 as we celebrate our nation’s birthday
As July 4 approaches, we struggle with the political polarization in our nation and worry about our democracy threatened by the allure of autocracy. To use scriptural categories, we are living between Romans 13 and Revelation 13. Romans 13 has…
Evangelicals quoting Scripture: Whatever happened to Romans 13?
Not long ago, our evangelical brothers (and some sisters) seemed to like this passage a lot. So did the previous presidential administration. “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities; for there is no authority except from God, and…