If God has a standard, why aren’t Christians required to vote accordingly?One troubling theme among Big Evangelical celebrities in 2016 was their outright work to suppress Christian voter turnout. Men like Dr. Russell Moore, head of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) were doing the…

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #1: Donald Trump won white evangelicals by a record 81%. UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #2: Eighty-one percent of evangelicals… UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER #3: The white evangelicals make up a huge swath of the Republican Party, and Donald Trump can credit his victory as president…

In 1971, British broadcaster Michael Parkinson sat down with Muhammad Ali for an interview covering various aspects of his life, his career, and the American civil rights struggle. When asked why he became a Muslim, Ali described winning the gold medal in boxing for the United States in…

I prayed in a bubble on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. After months of not praying together, a limited number of worshipers, abiding by Health Ministry regulations, gathered in the school gym which serves as my usual synagogue. We were seated in what Israelis call “capsulot” – “capsules”…

Lifestyle A California church is fighting back after their Pastor pledged to lead a ministry from jail in response to threats from Governor Newsom. After California Governor Gavin Newsom threatened church leaders with prison time if they disobey his orders to limit worship services, Pastor John MacArthur is…

Some leaders are trying to save their flocks from the lure of the online conspiracy theory.Credit…Michael DeForgeLast month, Seth Brown, the executive editor of The Biblical Recorder, a Southern Baptist newspaper in Cary, N.C., delivered a stark warning to Christians. He had become increasingly concerned about the posts…

By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Follow | Wednesday, September 16, 2020 Worshipers gather for Calvary Chapel Church’s Baptism 2020, held at Corona Del Mar State Beach, Sept. 12, 2020. | Screenshot: Instagram/Calvary Chapel Church Chino Hills A record number of baptisms took place at a beach in…

I recently finished reading White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity, by Robert P. Jones, the CEO of Public Religion Research Institute. In that book, Jones comments about recent (2018 and 2019) public opinion survey responses from white mainline Protestants, white evangelical Protestants, and white Catholics…

The sins of the fathers are passed down with both a solemn hand and a diabolical chuckle in “The Devil All the Time,” a viciously coiled study in the banality of evil, the abuse of power and the diminishing returns of screen violence.Cutting a bloody swath across Ohio…

September 15, 2020 And a kilogram of flour BY ELIZABETH OSTRINGI don’t know about you, but I’m not that fond of the book of Judges—all those nasty stories. It’s not something I turn to when looking for a comforting promise from God. Nor Leviticus, with all those grisly sacrifices.Give…