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Let’s look more closely at the claim 2,300 trans athletes have ‘stolen’ gold medals

“Trans athletes have ‘stolen’ nearly 2,300 gold medals from women and girls in the US” blared the New York Post headline. The official social media accounts for the U.S. Department of Education picked up the story, sharing a screenshot of…

Bob Agee, former OBU president, dies days before 88th birthday

Bob Agee, the second-longest-serving president of Oklahoma Baptist University, died Sept. 26 just four days shy of his 88th birthday. Agee led the Shawnee, Okla., school from 1982 to 1998 and is credited with shaping the school amid political and…

‘Bring back the electric chair,’ Tennessee GOP candidate urges after botched execution

Christa Pike remained in critical condition in a Tennessee hospital Oct. 1 after surviving two execution attempts and numerous agonizing efforts to insert IVs during her failed lethal injection the day before. Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee responded by announcing…

Are we in another ‘Golden Calf’ moment?

These days, in the land of the free and the home of the Ten Commandments in classrooms, the story of the Golden Calf as described in Exodus 32 and Deuteronomy 9 keeps coming to mind. Exodus says: The Lord said to Moses,…

Do not become numb to the cruelty of this administration

Another day and another news report of Trump administration cruelty related to immigrants and immigration policies. Yesterday it was 2-year-olds left to represent themselves before immigration judges. Today it was another hard-working immigrant legally living in the United States snatched…

Tina Peters spreads election doubts after early release from prison

Tina Peters, a Christian election-denying felon, has traveled the country raising doubts about voting since June when she left prison seven years early thanks to President Donald Trump’s successful pressure campaign against Colorado officials. Peters thanked Trump in the Oval…

Devils of Democracy explores America’s ‘demon problem’

“Either we surrender to the demonic forces … or we defeat them in a landslide,” said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a 2024 rally in Waco. Texas. Such partisan “conspiratorial demonology” contributes to Americans’ perennial “demon problem,” says a…

Welcoming immigrants while securing our border

Immigration and this administration’s handling of it don’t seem to go away. Recently, ICE agents unlawfully detained San Diego Padres catching coordinator Oswaldo Pirela, accusing him of unlawfully overstaying a visa. It seems like this sort of thing should not happen in…

You probably know a rapist

We talk often about how one out of every four undergraduate women is sexually assaulted during college. Everyone knows that statistic. And because everyone knows it, most of us are aware it is virtually impossible for someone not to know…

Battle over Johnson Amendment continues in court

Denying tax-exempt status to faith groups that endorse political candidates violates the constitutional rights of congregations, the Trump administration claimed in a recent court filing. The U.S. Justice Department made the argument in a brief submitted Sept. 21 in National…

What’s this all about, Pete?

America may be entering one of the strangest intersections of warfare, technology, politics, masculinity and religion in modern history. On Sept. 30, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Pentagon will establish an Office of Religious Affairs reporting directly to him….

Hegseth plans Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth plans to create an Office of Religious Affairs within the Pentagon that will “strengthen the moral, ethical and spiritual readiness of our warfighters.” Hegseth announced the new office Sept. 30 in a speech laden…

Are we in another ‘Golden Calf’ moment?

Devils of Democracy explores America’s ‘demon problem’

‘Bring back the electric chair,’ Tennessee GOP candidate urges after botched execution

Tina Peters spreads election doubts after early release from prison

Let’s look more closely at the claim 2,300 trans athletes have ‘stolen’ gold medals

Bob Agee, former OBU president, dies days before 88th birthday

‘Bring back the electric chair,’ Tennessee GOP candidate urges after botched execution

Are we in another ‘Golden Calf’ moment?

Do not become numb to the cruelty of this administration

Tina Peters spreads election doubts after early release from prison

Devils of Democracy explores America’s ‘demon problem’

Welcoming immigrants while securing our border

You probably know a rapist

Battle over Johnson Amendment continues in court

What’s this all about, Pete?

Hegseth plans Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs

Trump Admin Trying to Deport Anti-Zionist Hasidic Jew “Home” to Israel

New documentary looks at the changing face of Christian churchgoing

Virginia State University sued for forcing Christian groups under rule of single ‘campus minister’

Supreme Court will hear dispute over a Kentucky church’s plan to build a shrine on residential land

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Are we in another ‘Golden Calf’ moment?

Devils of Democracy explores America’s ‘demon problem’

‘Bring back the electric chair,’ Tennessee GOP candidate urges after botched execution

Tina Peters spreads election doubts after early release from prison